Dive-In Limassol
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Dive-In Limassol is a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre. We offer the full range of PADI Courses, both Introductory Courses such as Bubble Maker and Discover Scuba Diving, right through to Instructor Courses. Dive-In also provides Diving Safaris to The Zenobia, one of the Top Ten Wrecks in the World. We can organise private diving, as well as VIP Boat Charters. Dive In has been in The Four Seasons Hotel since 1994, and in 2005 we were awarded PADI's most prestigious accolade for our "Outstanding Contributions to the Diving Industry" by the CEO of PADI Worldwide, Drew Richardson. Dive In is also very proud to have won Diving Company of the Year 2019 for Cyprus from The Travel and Hospitality Awards. If you want the best training and dive experience then book with us!
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BrambleStar
Harwich, UK171 contributions
Mar 2019 • Solo
I have dived in countries all over the world. I am genuinely impressed by the serve from Jonathan at Dive In. I enjoyed a great morning diving - 2 dives - and achieved everything that I wanted to. Despite the fact that I was the only customer on a cold March day and the seas were far from warm, everything was exactly as I would want. I highly recommend this professional dive school who clearly understand the meaning of customer service. Thank you - we’ll be back!
Written 23 March 2019
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Thank you, so much for the great review, yes the water was unseasonably cold!! But you were a pleasure to go diving with.
We look forward to you coming back and diving with us again, lets get you to Master Scuba Diver!
Written 24 March 2019
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deMerclesden
London, UK246 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
I am an experienced diver with over 25 years’ experience of diving all around the world, from the Great Barrier Reef to the West Coast of Ireland and from the Philippines to the Atlantic Coast of Africa. Two years ago, my son learnt to dive in Malta and is now an equally keen diver. As part of a family holiday to Cyprus, I pre-arranged for my daughters to undertake a PADI Open Water course with Dive-In Limassol.
Our experience with this outfit was appalling. The attitude of the shop owner (Jonathan) was partially to blame – making my two young daughters feel ill-at-ease in all his dealings with them – as was their absolute focus on extracting as much money out of the process as at all possible. However, the biggest concern was the quality and standard of training. The shop likes to quote their PADI Excellence Certificate and the number of divers they have trained, but having recent experience through my son’s training and through the numerous dive centres that I have dealt with over the years, the training fell way short of the safety-focussed and comprehensive training on which PADI prides itself. Dive-In Limassol relied wholly upon the PADI Touch app – which is very good, but a screen-provided process should not negate the training establishment from providing clear and effective training in the practical application of the online theory. In particular, there was no dive planning training provided and no logging of their training dives until after Dive-In Limassol had extracted a further €25 per log book (I have never encountered a PADI Open Water course that doesn’t include the provision of a log book!!) – when challenged the dive shop owner told my daughters that they should know all about dive planning from the app (despite having undertaken 4 training dives in advance of which no formal dive planning was undertaken or taught) and that they should have asked to log their dives – as first-time divers, it is unreasonable to expect them to call the shots in this way. They passed the course and are now qualified to dive to a depth of 18 metres, despite having only ever been taken out from the shore to a depth of 6 metres – a boat dive to a greater depth would, to my mind, have provided a welcomed additional contribution to a well-rounded training experience.
[As they had not been trained to dive plan, the dive shop then cancelled a planned family dive of the Limassol wrecks and then withheld my daughters PADI certificates until we had paid them even more money due to the dive cancellation; but this is a side issue, when compared to the poor training received. Although, as with most of our dealings with the shop, the money – which I reluctantly paid – was more important than customer service or training quality…]
All-in-all, Dive-In Limassol went out of their way to deprive my daughters of the enthusiastic and positive introduction to diving that the course could have delivered. When concerns were raised, Jonathan and his wife were unprofessional and aggressive, becoming increasingly abusive; despite my remaining calm and non-abusive, this culminated in them threatening to call hotel security – I actually insisted that they did as I felt brow-beaten and bullied by their attitude. Fortunately, the staff at the Four Seasons Hotel, including the Hotel Manager to whom I spoke, were professional and even-handed in seeking to resolve the unpleasant situation that the dive shop owners had created.
There are better, more professional, less unpleasant (and cheaper) alternative dive operators available in Limassol and, despite Dive-In Limassol’s frequent references to Certificates and numbers of divers trained, I would strongly suggest that you seek these out.
Our experience with this outfit was appalling. The attitude of the shop owner (Jonathan) was partially to blame – making my two young daughters feel ill-at-ease in all his dealings with them – as was their absolute focus on extracting as much money out of the process as at all possible. However, the biggest concern was the quality and standard of training. The shop likes to quote their PADI Excellence Certificate and the number of divers they have trained, but having recent experience through my son’s training and through the numerous dive centres that I have dealt with over the years, the training fell way short of the safety-focussed and comprehensive training on which PADI prides itself. Dive-In Limassol relied wholly upon the PADI Touch app – which is very good, but a screen-provided process should not negate the training establishment from providing clear and effective training in the practical application of the online theory. In particular, there was no dive planning training provided and no logging of their training dives until after Dive-In Limassol had extracted a further €25 per log book (I have never encountered a PADI Open Water course that doesn’t include the provision of a log book!!) – when challenged the dive shop owner told my daughters that they should know all about dive planning from the app (despite having undertaken 4 training dives in advance of which no formal dive planning was undertaken or taught) and that they should have asked to log their dives – as first-time divers, it is unreasonable to expect them to call the shots in this way. They passed the course and are now qualified to dive to a depth of 18 metres, despite having only ever been taken out from the shore to a depth of 6 metres – a boat dive to a greater depth would, to my mind, have provided a welcomed additional contribution to a well-rounded training experience.
[As they had not been trained to dive plan, the dive shop then cancelled a planned family dive of the Limassol wrecks and then withheld my daughters PADI certificates until we had paid them even more money due to the dive cancellation; but this is a side issue, when compared to the poor training received. Although, as with most of our dealings with the shop, the money – which I reluctantly paid – was more important than customer service or training quality…]
All-in-all, Dive-In Limassol went out of their way to deprive my daughters of the enthusiastic and positive introduction to diving that the course could have delivered. When concerns were raised, Jonathan and his wife were unprofessional and aggressive, becoming increasingly abusive; despite my remaining calm and non-abusive, this culminated in them threatening to call hotel security – I actually insisted that they did as I felt brow-beaten and bullied by their attitude. Fortunately, the staff at the Four Seasons Hotel, including the Hotel Manager to whom I spoke, were professional and even-handed in seeking to resolve the unpleasant situation that the dive shop owners had created.
There are better, more professional, less unpleasant (and cheaper) alternative dive operators available in Limassol and, despite Dive-In Limassol’s frequent references to Certificates and numbers of divers trained, I would strongly suggest that you seek these out.
Written 28 July 2018
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Thank you Peter for your inacurate, vile and poorly written diatribe.
As you know, but have failed to include, you were offered a large discount for a family booking, including Open Water Courses for your "grown up" daughters. You failed to spend to the level you had committed to in your emails, hence the volume discount could not be applied. You did not want to pay the difference, and became along with your daughters abusive, irrational and unable to listen to us due to you continually talking over us.
You critise the PADI Touch distance learning theory tool, that has been used by tens of thousands of students all over the World.
Maybe you know better than PADI but I doubt that as you learned 25 years ago and we are now in the digital age. As we tried to explain to you, The Touch product comes with details of logging all your dives electronically, it was your descision to buy a log book, considered by many to be the old fashioned way!
Your daughters could not do the dive trip as they had not completed the Open Water Course, final exams dive planning etc something you and they told me was not needed!
To argue with highly experienced Instructors about a Course really is rather ridiculous.
Once we were aware that they had not understood, or even read the instructions for dive planning their Instructor spent over 2 hours explaining it to them!
I am sorry Peter, but if you do ever return to Cyprus please do find another Dive Centre as you and your daughters are not welcome here, and as a business your attempt to rip us off and stain our reputation is totally dishonourable.
Written 30 July 2018
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Maxim Artamonov
Tbilisi, Georgia4 contributions
May 2018 • Business
I was staying in Four seasons in Limassol for a work retreat. Went to Dive-in Limassol to ask if they could squeeze me in for some diving experience in Cyprus, but had no idea of what it could be. When I learned that they can organise for me to visit one of the best wrecks in the world, I god really excited. They wisely suggested to me a beach dive first to get my weights right and to test the gear. Next day, I went to "Zenobia" with one of their best diving instructors Tony Regan, who knew the site inside out. He not only took the best routes and watched my back all the time, but also managed to take some fantastic underwater photos of my dive with his camera and posted them on Dropbox for me. Overall I had a fantastic one-on-one experience and a great dive for a very reasonable price! Thanks a million to Dive-in Limassol for this unique experience and I am looking forward to diving with them again next year!
Written 15 May 2018
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Angelika M
23 contributions
May 2018 • Friends
I got my reactivation done here.
Enjoyed it a lot & Had fun too ;)
Thank You guys and special thanks to TONY !
If you plan your holiday in Limassol it’s really a good place to have your diving license !
Enjoyed it a lot & Had fun too ;)
Thank You guys and special thanks to TONY !
If you plan your holiday in Limassol it’s really a good place to have your diving license !
Written 2 May 2018
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BlahbeeBlah
Crawley, UK16 contributions
Oct 2017 • Family
We chose to go to the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol based purely on the fact they have an top rated Scuba Centre onsite. We had never done diving before. Our reluctant teenager was also won over and breezed through. We weren’t sure what kind of course to go on so the staff at the centre helped us with choosing, showing a great level of experience and flexibility. The occasion was my wife’s birthday so it was important that she succeeded in passing. The staff were amazing, accommodating and helping her through some anxious moments, teaching us all the required skills to pass. Jonathan, Debbie and Yanna were lovely throughout. It has been the highlight of our holiday. We couldn’t recommend their diving centre enough. It’s a massive asset to the hotel.
Written 28 October 2017
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Philip N
Greater London, UK15 contributions
Oct 2017 • Solo
Having procrastinated for two years I took the plunge and did a DSD. It was great and the instructor Jana was excellent. decided to try for a certification and managed to get to Scuba level with another pool session and a second open water dive. Jonathan and the team were great in explaining my options I enjoyed every minute of my time. I would recommend Dive-In in Limassol to anyone wanting to learn and I look forward to retuning to Dive-In as soon as I can.
Written 24 October 2017
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Thanks Philip, for your 5 Star Review, it was a pleasure introducing you to the Underwater World! We look forward to seeing you again, and upgrading you to Open Water. Safe diving. 👌
Written 25 October 2017
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martinsl0nd0n
London, UK1 contribution
Aug 2017 • Family
Completed Advanced Open Water and dived the couple of Limassol wrecks as well as the Zenobia. Dived with Alex and Tim and both are excellent instructors. I will dive with them again on my next trip to Cyprus and would definitely recommend.
Written 5 September 2017
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dmitryveshchikov
1 contribution
Jul 2017 • Solo
It was great to learn and complete the course with the staff at the dive centre! All of the staff were really helpful and friendly!
Written 1 September 2017
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Vanessa K
Northampton, UK9 contributions
Jul 2017 • Solo
I've completed my advanced open water with Jonathon and the team. Such lovely people and opportunist to dive locally in the bay plus on the Zen
Written 22 August 2017
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Duncan B
Bishop's Waltham, UK16 contributions
Jul 2017 • Solo
Dive-In Limassol are an outfit that take there responsibilities seriously to ensure you are competent diver once you qualify for your certification. They also make it fun and very supportive. Nice team of people.
Written 22 August 2017
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Morgan A
Duffus, UK1 contribution
Hello, Me and my brother are staying at the Four Seasons from the 14th to the 22nd of October, we don’t have any diving certificates but were wondering if it would be possible just to do a day of diving? Thank you, Morgan x
Jonathan W
1 contribution
Thank you for your question.
As per PADI, we do conduct the Discover Scuba Diving Experience, this is not a qualification, but can count towards one within 1 year at any PADI Centre.
The experience takes around 2 and a half hours.
We start with a short briefing on diving, and explanation of the equipment. Then as per PADI Standards we take you into Confined Water, which must be "swimming pool like conditions", so we use the pool at the Four Seasons to teach you safety skills, mask clearing, regulator recovery, so you can see and breath underwater!
Once you have mastered these, we take you into Open Water for a bay dive to see the fish life.
Kind regards
Hello
My husband and I are divers with Deep diver and Instructor Certificate.
We're coming this summer to Limassol not sure of the dates yet.
Could you please share the possible interesting dives we could do with you and what would it cost?
thanks
Jonathan W
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Hi, with your qualifications, the must do dive would be The Zenobia, one of The Top Ten Wreck Dives In The World! We also have 2 wrecks in Limassol, only 15minutes by boat from the Dive Centre. If you can email me dates, equipment needed etc I can quote you specifically.