Achilleon Diving Center
Achilleon Diving Center
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TimP-Hawkwell
Essex, UK51 contributions
Oct 2021
First time diving in Corfu, normally dive in warmer climates. Even with 5mm I was cold and used up air very quickly on my 1st dive. Angeliki gave me a rash vest and it was so much better. I had booked for 5 days 10 dives but due to adverse weather, it was only possible to dive 4 days. The dives were interesting so enjoyable rather then many marine life to see. All the dive guides had their own styles and personalities, even a Yorkshire lass Jenny gave me an almost 1-2-1 guide, which made the dives very interesting. I would totally recommend Achilleon Diving Centre in Corfu.
Written October 24, 2021
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Andreas Agatjaggelou
11 contributions
May 2021 • Solo
Having not dived for many years, I joint a group of around ten people, the center's " Discover scuba diving for beginners " course. The first thing that struck me, was the friendly, welcoming atmosphere and how quickly the slightly nervous, all but one, complete beginners, were made to feel at ease.
All our equipment, was laid out for us, making sure that the correct size suits, bcd, masks and find, were selected for each of us. After getting kitted up, Our instructor, Birgit, proceeded to familiarise us with the use of our BCD and breathing equipment, the basic hand signals that we would be using and anything else, relevant to the dive. Her delivery, though thorough, was very clear and humourous. She checked, throughout the lecture, that we understood each instruction, by asking us to repeat with our own equipment, every step, as she demonstrated it. The lecture and demonstration, lasted about half an hour. By the end, I believe that all students were left feeling confident.
The dive that followed, was very well organised, yet relaxed. We were separated into small groups of between two or three students and our instructor made sure that we were cared for, throughout the dive. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I highly recommend the Achilleon dive centre. In fact, in a few hours time, I am driving to Paleokastritsa for my second dive with them. I have uploaded a number of photos from my first dive with them.
All our equipment, was laid out for us, making sure that the correct size suits, bcd, masks and find, were selected for each of us. After getting kitted up, Our instructor, Birgit, proceeded to familiarise us with the use of our BCD and breathing equipment, the basic hand signals that we would be using and anything else, relevant to the dive. Her delivery, though thorough, was very clear and humourous. She checked, throughout the lecture, that we understood each instruction, by asking us to repeat with our own equipment, every step, as she demonstrated it. The lecture and demonstration, lasted about half an hour. By the end, I believe that all students were left feeling confident.
The dive that followed, was very well organised, yet relaxed. We were separated into small groups of between two or three students and our instructor made sure that we were cared for, throughout the dive. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I highly recommend the Achilleon dive centre. In fact, in a few hours time, I am driving to Paleokastritsa for my second dive with them. I have uploaded a number of photos from my first dive with them.
Written May 28, 2021
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Aidan M
Croydon, UK24 contributions
Aug 2022
This was the very first time that my son and I attempted scuba diving and as first experiences go, it couldn’t have gone any better.
George was our instructor for the day and he was absolutely fantastic. We were a little bit nervous to start, but George made us feel extremely calm with his excellent communication, instruction and demonstration to ensure that we understood everything. We were also greeted by the manager Angeliki, who was incredibly friendly and welcoming and would go out of her way to ensure that we had everything possible to make us feel comfortable.
The equipment that we were provided was in excellent condition, from the mask, to the breathing apparatus to the wetsuits, all of which was sterilised. And being a tall person, I had absolutely no problem with everything fitting me as it should.
As beginners, our dive experience was 45 minutes long. We dove to a very comfortable 8 metres in Paleokastritsa sea water that had excellent visibility. We got up close to a number of fish and other sea creatures, including an octopus that popped its head out from its dwelling to say hello.
Overall our first experience was absolutely superb, we even got certificates to prove that we passed the first level of scuba diving. I can’t recommend it highly enough and if we are lucky to make the trip to Corfu again, then we will certainly be looking to make a visit to the outstanding Achilleon diving centre.
George was our instructor for the day and he was absolutely fantastic. We were a little bit nervous to start, but George made us feel extremely calm with his excellent communication, instruction and demonstration to ensure that we understood everything. We were also greeted by the manager Angeliki, who was incredibly friendly and welcoming and would go out of her way to ensure that we had everything possible to make us feel comfortable.
The equipment that we were provided was in excellent condition, from the mask, to the breathing apparatus to the wetsuits, all of which was sterilised. And being a tall person, I had absolutely no problem with everything fitting me as it should.
As beginners, our dive experience was 45 minutes long. We dove to a very comfortable 8 metres in Paleokastritsa sea water that had excellent visibility. We got up close to a number of fish and other sea creatures, including an octopus that popped its head out from its dwelling to say hello.
Overall our first experience was absolutely superb, we even got certificates to prove that we passed the first level of scuba diving. I can’t recommend it highly enough and if we are lucky to make the trip to Corfu again, then we will certainly be looking to make a visit to the outstanding Achilleon diving centre.
Written August 15, 2022
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Cropéloupé
1 contribution
Sep 2022 • Couples
Long story short : The instructor was nice but
the staff only cared about making us pay, they don't have equipment for all the people reserving so you end up waiting a long time even though you arrive on time, and you don't get a refund even if something goes wrong. Hard pass.
We were asked to arrive by 11 am, and we waited for half an hour before someone decided to give us suits.
We put them on and mine was a bit tore up on the sides. We had to wait 1h30 in the sun in the suits (rater unconfortable) without even being offered water.
The instructor arrived and was very nice but he had to wait for another group to come back because there was not enough equipment for our 5-people group. So we waited another 45 min.
When we finally went to the water, my friend had a panic attack and couldn't go on with the dive.
The rest of us dived and were OK, only my suit was teared up so a lot of water came in and I was rather cold.
When we came back, we asked for a refund for my friend, but they wouldn't refund her parts for various reasons that did not sound valid to us. They just had our money and that's all they cared about the moment we paid.
Go somewhere else if you don't want any surprises or annoying Delays.
the staff only cared about making us pay, they don't have equipment for all the people reserving so you end up waiting a long time even though you arrive on time, and you don't get a refund even if something goes wrong. Hard pass.
We were asked to arrive by 11 am, and we waited for half an hour before someone decided to give us suits.
We put them on and mine was a bit tore up on the sides. We had to wait 1h30 in the sun in the suits (rater unconfortable) without even being offered water.
The instructor arrived and was very nice but he had to wait for another group to come back because there was not enough equipment for our 5-people group. So we waited another 45 min.
When we finally went to the water, my friend had a panic attack and couldn't go on with the dive.
The rest of us dived and were OK, only my suit was teared up so a lot of water came in and I was rather cold.
When we came back, we asked for a refund for my friend, but they wouldn't refund her parts for various reasons that did not sound valid to us. They just had our money and that's all they cared about the moment we paid.
Go somewhere else if you don't want any surprises or annoying Delays.
Written October 2, 2022
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Gizem G
Amsterdam, The Netherlands94 contributions
Aug 2020
We had 4 dives with this enterprise around the bay. Water temp is low but they provide 7mm suits and all equipment was good quality compared to other dive centers we have experienced. Underwater is worth exploring especially for rock formations, amazing swim thrus and caves.
Unfortunately and to our surprise the dive masters were not paying attention to marine conservation and buoyancy at all. There might of course be some mistakes with buoyancy control especially when equipment is new to the divers but those remain odd mistakes of a fin hitting the reef or floor but this case was totally full ignorance of this concern. The divers we dived with lacked any buoyancy control at all and even one of the divers delibarately deflated his bcd to take better pictures with all knees, fins and elbows all over the place. Ignorance was also evident from the suits as knee parts were slightly torn. It was so sad to see that some corals tried to survive under rocks as obviously no chance of living on open space. After seeing that it was no more suprise that dive master actually moved a conch from its peaceful place so other divers put it under flash light to take pictures. sad...
Hope you pay more attention to marine conservation and make the whole experience a bit more fun in general instead of soldering up to a small boat.
Unfortunately and to our surprise the dive masters were not paying attention to marine conservation and buoyancy at all. There might of course be some mistakes with buoyancy control especially when equipment is new to the divers but those remain odd mistakes of a fin hitting the reef or floor but this case was totally full ignorance of this concern. The divers we dived with lacked any buoyancy control at all and even one of the divers delibarately deflated his bcd to take better pictures with all knees, fins and elbows all over the place. Ignorance was also evident from the suits as knee parts were slightly torn. It was so sad to see that some corals tried to survive under rocks as obviously no chance of living on open space. After seeing that it was no more suprise that dive master actually moved a conch from its peaceful place so other divers put it under flash light to take pictures. sad...
Hope you pay more attention to marine conservation and make the whole experience a bit more fun in general instead of soldering up to a small boat.
Written August 13, 2020
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000eric000
Dilbeek, Belgium31 contributions
Jul 2021
We were extremely friendly welcomed by Angeliki and Panagiotis during our stay begin July 2021.
The club has got very good material and infrastructure and experienced team who guide you to the nicest places to dive in Palaiokastritsa.
We highly recommend you to go to this great dive club for a great diving experience.
5 stars – 10/10 - 100%
The club has got very good material and infrastructure and experienced team who guide you to the nicest places to dive in Palaiokastritsa.
We highly recommend you to go to this great dive club for a great diving experience.
5 stars – 10/10 - 100%
Written August 3, 2021
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Flora
2 contributions
Jul 2021 • Friends
We enjoyed our first diving at Achilleon diving center !
A warmful welcome with Angeliki, and her team. We didn't see many fishes during our dive but the water is clean and it was nice.
Our teacher Menelaos was so kind and attentive, a very big thank you to him, we felt safe and confident with him.
Thank you again, I recommend this center, you will not be desappointed !
A warmful welcome with Angeliki, and her team. We didn't see many fishes during our dive but the water is clean and it was nice.
Our teacher Menelaos was so kind and attentive, a very big thank you to him, we felt safe and confident with him.
Thank you again, I recommend this center, you will not be desappointed !
Written July 10, 2021
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Rosy
1 contribution
Jun 2023
I went for a first time dive with the Achilleon Diving Centre. The team were really supportive and we had a great time. The instructors were clear with helpful guidance and sorted all gear for us.
However, we paid 10 euros for photographs but none were taken of our dive group the whole time. This was disappointing as we really wanted to remember our first dive and did not take photos ourselves because we had paid for them. After going back to them in person after all photos from the day had been uploaded, we explained to the team that there were no photographs taken during either of our dives. They agreed that there were no photos from the dive but still did not refund us.
However, we paid 10 euros for photographs but none were taken of our dive group the whole time. This was disappointing as we really wanted to remember our first dive and did not take photos ourselves because we had paid for them. After going back to them in person after all photos from the day had been uploaded, we explained to the team that there were no photographs taken during either of our dives. They agreed that there were no photos from the dive but still did not refund us.
Written July 31, 2023
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FayeW
London, UK808 contributions
Oct 2020 • Solo
I was travelling on my own and everyone was very friendly and welcoming at the centre. They made a lot of effort to give people varied dives whilst keeping safe according to the weather conditions. Had some really interesting dives and the guides were great at pointing things out. Zoli was my guide for 3 days and he and the whole team were really friendly and helpful. Really nice set up in the dive centre to rinse and hang up gear and a lovely location on a stunning beach. I had a fantastic time diving with you, thank you!
Written October 12, 2020
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Alexander Jurkowitsch
Stuttgart, Germany11 contributions
Jul 2021 • Solo
It was very easy and straightforward to organise my dives with Achilleon. Despite the center being very busy, I felt very well attended to by the team. I enjoyed two very nice days of diving with Taki and Wasili. I can only recommend Achilleon Dive Center for anyone looking into diving on Corfu.
Written August 2, 2021
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Bonsoir nous sommes aSidari pour 5 jours quel sont vos jours de plongée pour que nous réservions
Written August 8, 2020
Ich würde gerne wissen ab wie fielen Jahren man mit machen darf.
Written July 17, 2020
Bonjour
Je suis à paleokastritsa du 10 au 16juillet, avec mes filles (12 et 15 ans). Est il possible de passer niveau 1 de plongée ? Si oui, quelles sont les conditions et cout? Merci. Carol
Written June 23, 2019
Azella Sabatte
Thionville, France
Bonjour, nous souhaitons avec mon copain faire de la plongée. Faut-il réserver à l'avance?
Written June 19, 2019
Hello,
I come in holidays in Marmara Messonghi beach resort in september and I would like to dive.
Do you speak a little french or not.
Best regards.
Anthony
Written August 7, 2018
Hi, we are taking a cruise tomorrow to Corfu at 9 a.m. Our ship is docking at places(near the new fortess) to scuba dive when we get to a place for How do you move? And can I come back to Cruise by 1 pm?
Written June 25, 2018
Hi all,
I was wandering if anyone could help me.. me and my husband are planning on doing the beginners diving trip at Archilleon Diving Center.
What does the *1 Discover Scuba Diving* include and is it worth it? 😊
Written January 7, 2017
As per the previous comments, there is and intro and the experience itself. If you want to find out more in detail have a look on my review.
I have done it 3 times and I'm considering to do the advanced courses.
Written January 26, 2017
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