Chania: Try Scuba Diving for Beginners
Overview
Try scuba diving in Chania with a beginner-friendly experience and a maximum of just 2 participants per instructor. No previous scuba diving experience is required, so you can discover the underwater world at your own pace with plenty of personal attention.
Your experience includes full scuba equipment, a thorough briefing, shallow-water skills practice and a guided open-water dive with a PADI Instructor.
We usually dive at Koutalas, a sheltered bay and natural nursery for Mediterranean marine life, where you may encounter octopus, lionfish, moray eels, scorpionfish and colourful schools of fish.
Underwater photos and videos are included at no extra cost. We edit them after your dive and send them to you the same day, giving you a ready-to-share memory of your first scuba experience.
What's Included
- Maximum of 2 participants per instructor for a more personal experience.
- Full Diving Insurance
- Full scuba diving equipment is provided, including wetsuit, mask, fins, BCD, regulator, weights and tank.
- Underwater photos and edited videos included and sent to you the same day.
- Guided open-water dive with a PADI Instructor.
Meeting and Pickup
Included with the option “Try Scuba Diving With Pick Up”.
Please wait outside the main entrance of your accommodation or at the agreed pickup point. We will confirm your exact pickup time and location after booking. Please be ready and waiting at the agreed location at the confirmed time.
For the option “Try Scuba Diving”.
Eparchiaki Odos Kalivon-Kefalas
Almirida 430 08, Greece
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
What To Expect
Your experience begins at our PADI Dive Centre in Almyrida, where you'll meet your instructor, get fitted with your scuba equipment and receive a clear briefing before your first dive.
We'll then travel together to the dive site, usually Koutalas, a sheltered bay rich in Mediterranean marine life.
You'll enter gradually from the shore, get comfortable breathing through the regulator and practise essential scuba skills in shallow water before beginning your dive.
Once comfortable, you'll explore underwater alongside your instructor. First-time divers generally spend around 35–45 minutes underwater, depending on individual air consumption. The dive is adapted to your comfort and ability, with a maximum depth of 12 metres.
Look out for marine life including octopus, lionfish, moray eels, scorpionfish and colourful schools of fish. With a maximum of 2 participants per instructor, you'll receive plenty of personal attention throughout.
Underwater photos and videos are included at no extra cost, edited and sent to you the same day.
After diving, we'll return together to the dive centre in Almyrida.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (10)
Q: How soon can I fly in an airplane after Scuba diving?
Cancellation Policy
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Activity code: C-481444P1
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Frequently Asked Questions (10)
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Participants in the Chania: Try Scuba Diving for Beginners cannot fly in an airplane within 24 hours of their dive.
The main concern with scuba diving and flying is decompression sickness (DCS). Your body needs adequate time during an ascent to off-gas excess nitrogen, or you can form bubbles in your bloodstream, possibly leading to DCS.
Jun 2024If you have any doubts about becoming seasick on the water, we recommend taking a Dramamine® Motion Sickness Relief tablet the night before your trip. Some people recommend taking it the night before your cruise and then again that morning so you will not feel so drowsy.
Feb 2023- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EET).
- Maximum of 2 participants per instructor for a more personal experience.
- Full Diving Insurance.
- Full scuba diving equipment is provided, including wetsuit, mask, fins, BCD, regulator, weights and tank.
- Underwater photos and edited videos included and sent to you the same day.
- Guided open-water dive with a PADI Instructor.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 8. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Chania: Try Scuba Diving for Beginners is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Chania: Try Scuba Diving for Beginners will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Maximum of 2 participants per instructor for a more personal experience.
- Full Diving Insurance
- Full scuba diving equipment is provided, including wetsuit, mask, fins, BCD, regulator, weights and tank.
- Underwater photos and edited videos included and sent to you the same day.
- Guided open-water dive with a PADI Instructor.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
