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Santorini Dive Center, Greece

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About Santorini Dive Center

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away. The sea is about 17°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 25°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). For Advanced divers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 7 good days in 7; in January and February, about 6. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Kamari. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away.

Facts: verified.

Dive centres nearby

  • Caldera Dive 5.4 km

  • Mediterranean Dive Club 6.7 km

  • Navy's Waterworld Diving Center 7.1 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to JTR, changing at CDG.

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  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Santorini Dive Center.

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  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Distances are straight lines unless a drive is given: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Santorini Dive Center on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 0 kn gusting 8.

The score for Advanced divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.2 mflat0 kn8kn
Mon 19Oct800.1 mflat7 kn11kn
Tue 20Oct800.1 mflat7 kn10kn
Wed 21Oct800.1 mflat7 kn11kn
Thu 22Oct800.0 mflat3 kn7kn
Fri 23Oct800.0 mflat8 kn10kn
Sat 24Oct800.1 mflat5 kn6kn
Sun 25Oct780.3 m12 kn16kn
Mon 26Oct800.5 m7 kn24kn
Tue 27Oct800.4 m9 kn14kn

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Sea is the open water's waves near the site, in metres, halved for a sheltered site. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); "boats in" marks gusts that keep dive boats in. What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives.

The season

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7
  2. Feb6of 7
  3. Mar7of 7
  4. Apr7of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec7of 7

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £895–£1,755 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £525–£1,095
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £15–£25
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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