Anybody dived around Athens

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rick_hughes@btconnect.com - 06 Mar 2006 18:55 GMT

I am going to Athens on business at end of the month, and throught I
would stay the weekend .. get in 2 days diving.
The cost to me is then only the dive charges as I will alreday be
in-country.

Looked around the PADI web site and found the 5star IDC centre - Agean
Dive Centre who can fit my dive times in no problem ... anybody dived
around Athens (Glyfada), and anybody dived with Agean Dive Centre ?

They advise the water temp is around 14-15 degree ... thus will be the
coldest I have been, but they are confident that a 5mm wet suit & hood
is more than enough.

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Matthias Voss - 06 Mar 2006 19:09 GMT

> I am going to Athens on business at end of the month, and throught I
> would stay the weekend .. get in 2 days diving.
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> coldest I have been, but they are confident that a 5mm wet suit & hood
> is more than enough.

to give you the shivers.
7mm, semidry. At least.

Matthias

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Euge - 06 Mar 2006 19:26 GMT

14-15 degrees? Definitely thick semidry. These temperatures are typical for
Dublin summer diving where we're all in either 7mm semi's or 5mm shortie
over 5mm longjohn with hood of course. I dived in Croatia where water temp
was late teen early twenties, I was wearing 5mm with hood but even at this I
was getting cold towards the end of the dive. 5mm in 14-15 degrees sounds
like a short chilly dive. I depends what your tolerance to cold is etc but
I'd agree with Matthias.

>> I am going to Athens on business at end of the month, and throught I
>> would stay the weekend .. get in 2 days diving.
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> Matthias

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El Mecky - 07 Mar 2006 03:13 GMT

Rick,

Be aware of flying-diving-flying. If you dive the whole weekend, you can't
fly on sunday-night or monday morning!

Frank

>I am going to Athens on business at end of the month, and throught I
> would stay the weekend .. get in 2 days diving.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> coldest I have been, but they are confident that a 5mm wet suit & hood
> is more than enough.

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rick_hughes@btconnect.com - 08 Mar 2006 22:36 GMT

last dive will be finished at 2pm Saturday ... flight back 7pm Sunday
... so .24 Hrs

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Rick Hughes - 29 Mar 2006 17:42 GMT

I did the dives - coldest I have ever dived at 14 degrees .... never again
in a wetsuit.
I must have wheezed away 20-30 bar in first 2 minutes the shock was that
bad, simply could not get my breath.

To be honest the diving was not good ... sod all fish, just rocks anemones &
star fish.
managed to track down a couple of small octopus .... well I enjoyed the
break, and gave the kit a check out prior to Sharm next month.

> Rick,
>
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>> coldest I have been, but they are confident that a 5mm wet suit & hood
>> is more than enough.

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