Phoenix Dive Club
Phoenix Dive Club
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Phoenix Dive Club was the first PADI-dive center in Crete. Since 20 years we educate sporty and interested candidates for Scuba Diving. The high level of the education of our diving school – adequate to the PADI guidelines – enjoys the best reputation nationwide. Our instructors love diving, even many of them started her/his career and grow up in our dive school.
Plakias, Rethymnon Prefecture, Greece
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2023
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akansha singh
Doha, Qatar77 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
We hadn’t dived in over 1.5 years (thanks covid :() so were a bit nervous to get back in the game, Isabella helped us with our refresher dive and truly made us feel super safe and comfortable. Truly a confidence booster. The team isn’t the normal-after-the-money or out-to-do-business——— they really do care about their divers and that reflects in each action. We are so happy we chose to dive with Phoenix. After our refresher with the legend Isabella, we went on a shore dive with Yannis, who is awesome himself too! Both dives were unique in their own way and taught us a great deal. We fell in love with the underwater world once again.
Written 2 October 2022
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Alex L
1 contribution
Jun 2022 • Solo
Just back from Crete where I did my Return to Diving course with Phoenix. Isabella, Sonja and Jannis make a great team. Very professional and experienced but also friendly and welcoming. All their equipment was in good condition. It was two years since my last dive so a bit rusty, but their instruction was excellent. I had a further three days diving with them. Undoubtedly the highlight of my holiday.
Written 10 July 2022
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Patty
Zurich, Switzerland2 contributions
Sep 2020 • Couples
On our first day on vacations we found the diving school and immediately decided to learn how to dive. Sonja guided us through the course with a lot of care and dedication. It was absolutely amazing and sooo much fun. We always felt safe and in great hands. The equipment is in great shape and everyone is just so nice. Thank you for the great time, Sonja and Isabella!!!!
Written 25 September 2020
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Kilian
2 contributions
Aug 2020
This year we signed in for the advanced open water dive course at the Phoenix dive club run by Isabella. An applause for Isabella and her instructor Sonja. Great, always patient with us and very clear in teaching and guidance. We had a fantastic time. In all the trainings we felt safe, had fun,felt good and gained a lot of experience. We look forward for upcoming diving with Isabella and Sonja.
Written 16 August 2020
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Marta Font Merino
Malaga, Spain12 contributions
Jul 2019 • Solo
“I am not a fish”: that was my sentence in the past to avoid the several invitations I had for diving. And nowdays.. I am a fish. I took the big step to do the DSD (bautizo in Spanish). I felt so comfortable with my diver guide Rafaelyo.
I discovered a new world under water. In two days I started with the Scuba Diver Course. Sonia taught me patiently every step. All the time I felt I was in the best hands. Isabella gave me the motivation to study, review and to practice my buoyancy in the pool and all the skills necessary to pass the test. The rest of the team were also taking care of everything flew like the see water.
Now at home I can see how lucky I was to have had this high quality introduction to the see the world under water.
Also, the premises of the dive club were full of equipment and always tidy. The water was clear and calm, in the wetsuit I didn’t feel any cold .
All this reasons have made me be entangled in the net of Diving.
ευχαριστώ Isabella, Sonia, Rafaeyo and George
I discovered a new world under water. In two days I started with the Scuba Diver Course. Sonia taught me patiently every step. All the time I felt I was in the best hands. Isabella gave me the motivation to study, review and to practice my buoyancy in the pool and all the skills necessary to pass the test. The rest of the team were also taking care of everything flew like the see water.
Now at home I can see how lucky I was to have had this high quality introduction to the see the world under water.
Also, the premises of the dive club were full of equipment and always tidy. The water was clear and calm, in the wetsuit I didn’t feel any cold .
All this reasons have made me be entangled in the net of Diving.
ευχαριστώ Isabella, Sonia, Rafaeyo and George
Written 8 July 2019
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Alias Dory /Hello Kitty
2 contributions
May 2018 • Family
Pleasant diving time. Very professional instructors and wonderfull spot : caves,lobsters, hippocampus, octopuses + various fishes. Also great for familly as they are free to use hotel playground and swimming pool nearby while diving. Highly recommended. Thanks Isabella!
Written 4 May 2018
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JeromeSmeets
Verviers, Belgium43 contributions
Aug 2017 • Solo
Very experienced staff who know their stuff about diving and the secret wonders of their location.
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Written 26 August 2017
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Ieke
7 contributions
Jul 2017 • Family
Diving Club Phoenix is a well organised and professional diving club. Security, good equipment and friendly & enthousiastic diving instructors are the ingredients you will experience. My son became PADI Open Water Diver and learned a lot. Recommended to go to! I surely come back in the future to make more dives. All the beste Isabelle, Sonja and Stellios.
Written 29 July 2017
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Andrew M
Derbyshire, UK27 contributions
Jul 2017 • Couples
Well this was our 10th visit to Plakias in 11 years and time to go and dive with Phoenix again. The set up and safe systems are the same but unlike some centres that pair everything to the bone Phoenix continues to invest in new kit and technology. I celebrated my 100th Dive with them and the bubbly was lovely post dive. If you are in Plakias and want to learn or do some diving, take word of advice from me and ask any local who teaches the locals to dive ? I bet Iit will be Isabella and Sonja at Phoenix.
Written 9 July 2017
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Ken V
Exeter, Canada26 contributions
Jun 2015 • Couples
Thank you Sonja and Isabella for teaching my girlfriend how to dive in a relaxed way. Your professionalism is top class. We had a lot of fun during theory 😊 looking forward to dive with you again. Keep up the good work! diving in the fish sanctuary was amazing. Never to be forgotten... Only repeated!
Written 13 June 2015
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