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Scuba Forum / General / November 2004Diving Nice to Northern Italy
I'm going to Nice next June for a week. I hear there is good diving in Northern Italy and may want to do a day trip. Any suggestions? -- DavidWarshaw Isn't Nice itself known for good diving anyway??? 'Cuz that'd be nice... *slap*<-myself for bad pun -- groats - pelogic thinker > I'm going to Nice next June for a week. I hear there is good diving in > Northern Italy and may want to do a day trip. Any suggestions? > > -- > DavidWarshaw Well what they have in Liguria (near Nice) is wall to wall wrecks! But it is bloody difficult to get them organised to do a morning dive. Most of the operations on the coast are pretty part-time and really only spring to life fully in July & August. At other times you usually get "well we may be going tomorrow, ring in the morning and see if we have enough divers" kinda thing. I think most Italians dive in clubs and there isn't enough demand for full-time dive operations outside July/August. The other thing you need to be aware of is that they think nothing of doing a 50m.+ dive if that is where the wreck is. There is a full-time dive operation on the port in Nice though. They seem to dive every day & have a PADI flag on their portacabin so they must be professional ;-) Pip pip  SignatureChris Notton Replace "nospam" with my surname to reply by email Sostituisca il "nospam" con il mio cognome per rispondere }<////(* Chris a écrit : > There is a full-time dive operation on the port in Nice though. They seem > to dive every day & have a PADI flag on their portacabin so they must be > professional ;-) :-( > Well what they have in Liguria (near Nice) is wall to wall wrecks! But it > is bloody difficult to get them organised to do a morning dive. Or to get a parking lot!! > The other thing you need to be aware of is that they think nothing of > doing a 50m.+ dive if that is where the wreck is. If the wreck is deep, go deep. If you know how to handle decompression, and are relatively immune to narcosis, what's the problem. Besides, the many parts of the Mediterranean is nice in the first ten meters, then sort of slimy down to 35m, then it will clear up and be spectacular. Mostly in the deep below the thermocline you can find lobster, Gorgonia, tunicatae, seaanemones, thuna, and bigger fish of which I currently miss the english names. You can even find fluorescending Gorgonia and anemones at and below 50m. As well as black coral. Matthias > There is a full-time dive operation on the port in Nice though. They seem > to dive every day & have a PADI flag on their portacabin so they must be > professional ;-) Commercial... > > Well what they have in Liguria (near Nice) is wall to wall wrecks! But it > > is bloody difficult to get them organised to do a morning dive. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Matthias Hi Matthias, Well I find that they think nothing of doing a 50 or 60 meter dive with 15m.+. of deco stops. It is a bit of a shock to find this is a relatively normal dive for local divers!! Whereabouts are you (a proposito)? Pip pip SignatureChris Notton Replace "nospam" with my surname to reply by email Sostituisca il "nospam" con il mio cognome per rispondere }<////(* > Well I find that they think nothing of doing a 50 or 60 meter dive with > 15m.+. of deco stops. It is a bit of a shock to find this is a relatively > normal dive for local divers!! You have to get accustomed to it, and take slow steps, and not, in any case, exert yourself, or be low hydrated. And for a 60m dive, a good first deep decompression stop may be much deeper, typically between 42 and 37m. > Whereabouts are you (a proposito)? North of Hamburg, just short of the North Pole. Spent some time diving this year again at Costa Brava, Hyères, Capri ( cap san Angelo) Ischia, Sorrento, Lipari Isles., almost in Portofino, ( Rebreather Rallye)but no parking lots, and the Garage parking was 9€ per hour, Lake Garda. Matthias > > Well I find that they think nothing of doing a 50 or 60 meter dive with > > 15m.+. of deco stops. It is a bit of a shock to find this is a relatively [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Matthias Hi Matthias, The problem I have with those deep deco. stops is: my computer is still adding deco! The preferred method (I encountered) seems to be to ascend slowly in a group and all stop at the first divers indicated stop. Everybody then compares deco requirements, hopefully you and your buddy are similar, so you ascend together until both your 1st. stops are done and then to the next indicated stop etc. An effort was made to pair up divers with similar computers as the newer ones gave more deco stops. Italy is the only place I see divers on the trains, so even they have parking problems. An Italian will normally park ANYWHERE! I thought it was a lot of effort for approx. 10 minutes bottom-time if there wasn't much too see! I would only bother again if the object was something spectacular. I have dived in the Med. about 30 times, mostly Italy, Sardinia, Minorca, & Cyprus. I was only impressed with Sardinia, lovely caves and they haven't eaten all the fish there! Most of the Med. seems to ba a fish- free zone. Pip pip SignatureChris Notton Replace "nospam" with my surname to reply by email Sostituisca il "nospam" con il mio cognome per rispondere }<////(* > The problem I have with those deep deco. stops is: my computer is still > adding deco! Just give a damn. As long as you have enough gas. It is your health, and the deep stops are more than superficially beneficial. The impede and hinder the building of microbubbles, which may do damage on further ascent. And if others are worried, well give a damn, make your partner be with you, and let him/her have the beenfit form a better decompression as well. It can be felt. I used a VR3 and an Aladin Nitrox pro for redundancy. With a 15 l bottle, the dive times were always around 70 minutes, and regardless of depth ( 35m to 72 m) decompression always was finished after 60minutes counting from descent. The preferred method (I encountered) seems to be to ascend > slowly in a group Why in a group. With single partner it is better. Doesn't scare that much fish. and all stop at the first divers indicated stop. > Everybody then compares deco requirements, hopefully you and your buddy > are similar, so you ascend together until both your 1st. stops are done > and then to the next indicated stop etc. An effort was made to pair up > divers with similar computers as the newer ones gave more deco stops. Indeed, that is a nuisance. > Italy is the only place I see divers on the trains, so even they have > parking problems. An Italian will normally park ANYWHERE! Not in curbs where there are busses going!. > I have dived in the Med. about 30 times, mostly Italy, Sardinia, Minorca, > & Cyprus. I was only impressed with Sardinia, lovely caves and they > haven't eaten all the fish there! All protected areas are good with fish. Some other are still spectacular for the landscape ( Gozo, Port Cros (both), Capri, Vulcano, Lipari) Matthias Thanks to all for information. As a new member, appreciate the excellent response. As a true "recreational" diver (warm water, sherpas for tank changes, pretty fish, not deep), I think I'll just work on my tan and enjoy the fine wine! -- DavidWarshaw |
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