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10/06/2024

WWI HMS Ermine at 68 meters depth

The Objective AegeanTec’s first JJ-CCR diving trip in Greece fulfilled a long held ambition. What better way to kickstart a new tradition than to combine it with diving a WWI wreck? Especially one that had been visited only once before and that constituted an absolute time capsule from the evening...

29/05/2024

Yet another shipwreck discovered at 222 meters at the gulf of Megara just outside of Athens!

A shipwreck that occurred almost 50 years ago has been discovered in the Gulf of Megara, at a depth of 222 meters. The wreck belongs to the cargo ship "MINI LORD," which sank on November 20, 1976, following a collision with another vessel.Researcher Kostas Thoctarides told the Athens News Agency tha...

28/05/2024

Dive at the museum of Peristera in Alonissos Island! - Starting June 2024!

Alonnisos (Greek: Αλόννησος [aˈlonisos]), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades. It is 3 km (2 mi) (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos. Alonnisos is also the name of a village on the island, as well as the municipality that encompasses the island and the village.

The village of Alonnisos is located on the southern part of the island. It is locally known as Chora and signposted as The Old Village. The main port of the island is located in the southeast and is called Patitiri. There are ferry, catamaran ("flying cat") and hydrofoil ("flying dolphin") services from Patitiri to Volos, Agios Konstantinos, and Thessaloniki on the mainland and to the islands of Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros. The bay at the southern end of the island is also called Alonnisos.

The Municipality of Alonnisos includes the nearby islands of Adelfoi, Gioura, Kyra Panagia (Pelagos), Peristera, Piperi, Psathoura and Skantzoura.

27/05/2024

AVANTIS III - 1 DAY / 2 BOAT DIVES FROM 150€

The cargo ship “Avantis III” was a cargo ship with a length of 80 meters and a total capacity of 2.362 tones. It was constructed in 1977 in Norway and its first name was “Akershus”. It sank on the 19th of November 2004 in the morning, just in 20 minutes, after crashing into the rocks of “Doroussa” islet, under good weather conditions. The ship had a cargo of construction materials and it was travelling from Mesolongi to Cyprus.

This recent wreck can be seen by Open Water divers since it begins at 15m, but it is needed to be at least Advanced to see the wreck completely. The wreck is intact, with many objects that were on board to be seen. It lies on a sandy bed from 15m to 45m approx.

23/05/2024

7 DAYS / 10 BOAT DIVES IN CRETE FROM 700€ in Agia Pelagia, Crete

Agia Pelagia is a small coastal town with a lovely beach 20 kilometres west of Heraklion, as the national road drifts high above the coastline. At least twice in past times Agia Pelagia has been destroyed and washed into the sea. Once was probably due to a seismic sea wave from the earthquake that created Santorini. Before 1965 there was almost nothing in Agia Pelagia, which was a small port from where they transferred wood and coal to Heraklion.
The large deep cove of Agia Pelagia itself is surrounded by the smaller Ligaria Cove on the east and Mononaftis Bay on the west. The picturesque white buildings, the bluish-green of the Mediterranean and the varying shades from sandy brown to lush green along the shore, create a landscape of rare beauty. Agia Pelagia is an awe-inspiring example of the beauty of Cretan Nature and it’s almost impossible to resist taking a closer look.

21/05/2024

7 DAYS / 10 BOAT DIVES FROM €1050 in majestic Skopelos

Skopelos Island’s history, untouched natural environment, rich biodiversity, interesting geological structures and important cultural elements, in combination with warm hospitality and qualitative diving services, is an ideal mix that offers a memorable stay and amazing underwater experiences. Skopelos island -where the famous ‘Mamma Mia’ movie was filmed-is considered the greenest island of the Aegean Archipelago and has a central position in the complex of North Sporades islands.

Skopelos Dive Centerproposes one week of accommodation in one of the most beautiful niches of Skopelos island -on the idyllic Adrina beach-, full of diving activities, moments of deep relaxation and culinary delights.

With a direct flight from your country to the nearby island of Skiathos, you can dive in the National Marine Park of North Sporades, the most important habitat in Europe for the Mediterranean Seal Monachus –Monachus. And for the afficionados of wreck diving one of the most well preserved shipwrecks in N. Sporades -the Μ/S ‘‘Christoforos‘‘(sunk at 1982) a cargo ship of 80m. long, that stands upright at 35m depth-, awaits them in Panormos bay (next to our Dive Resort) to reveal its history and secrets!

20/05/2024

Don't miss out!!

7 DAYS / 10 BOAT DIVES IN PAROS FROM 796€
Paros is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. One of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about 8 kilometres (5 miles) wide. It lies approximately 150 km (93 miles) south-east of Piraeus. The Municipality of Paros includes numerous uninhabited offshore islets totaling 196.308 square kilometres (75.795 sq mi) of land. Its nearest neighbor is the municipality of Antiparos, which lies to its southwest. In ancient Greece, the city-state of Paros was located on the island.

Historically, Paros was known for its fine white marble, which gave rise to the term “Parian” to describe marble or china of similar qualities. Today, abandoned marble quarries and mines can be found on the island, but Paros is primarily known as a popular tourist spot.

14/05/2024

Croatian diver Valentina Cafolla reclaimed the apnea ice diving world record with a remarkable 140-metre swim under ice

Video. Croatian diver Valentina Cafolla reclaimed the apnea ice diving world record with a remarkable 140-metre swim under ice, shortly after Japanese diver Yasuko Ozeki set the previous record just 36 hours earlier.

25/04/2024

Great news for our beloved seas!

📣 We've just renewed our partnership with Greece’s N.E.C.C.A. to protect the largest marine protected area in the ❗ But wait, there's more! is making waves by banning bottom trawling in national parks by 2026 and extending it to all marine protected areas by 2030.

“We are happy that we are continuing our important work in the largest Marine Protected Area in the Mediterranean. The protection of Alonissos Marine Park is elemental for the conservation of the Mediterranean Monk Seal, as well as all other creatures in the marine reserve.“- Valias Stefanoudaki, Director of Sea Shepherd Greece

Ready to learn more❓Read the full article now: https://seashe.ph/SeaShepherdRenewsPactwithGreece

25/04/2024

USAID towards the protection and conservation of our oceans.

Victorine Tafara fishes on the Belo sur Mer coast. The head of her household, she has become one of the few female leaders in the fishing industry in Belo sur Mer.In 2020, Victorine attended the FisherWomen Leadership Program organized by USAID through Hay Tao (‘know how’ in Malagasy), a five-ye...

24/04/2024

No words can describe this documentary! Well done to everyone involved!!

15/03/2024

Researchers surveying the seabed surrounding the island of Kasos discovered pottery that holds clues to trade in the MediterraneanArchaeologists excavating shipwrecks off the Greek island of Kasos have unearthed a trove of pottery that sheds light on trade networks in the

04/03/2024

Dive in 4 Visitable Underwater Archaeological Sites by 2025!

Experience under the seabed! With diving in Visitable Underwater Archaeological Sites, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces.In particular, the Ministry of Culture is proceeding with the final presentation to the diving public of properly organized Visitable Marine Archaeological Sites (MMS), af...

26/02/2024

Another wreck discovered!

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸!𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: Erikos Kranidiotis, Stelios Stamatakis, Alexandros Lykos, Ioannis Simiridis𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻: Vasilis Adamopoulos𝗦𝘂𝗽...

29/01/2024

Newly discovered WWI French Submarine, by Kostas Thoctarides!

The wreck of a long-lost First World War French submarine was recently discovered by an underwater research team off Greece.Floreal, which sank in 1918 was located by the team of Kostas Thoctarides at a depth of 98 meters in the Thermaikos Gulf off Thessaloniki.“In the area of the wreck, there wer...

23/01/2024

Congratulations to our neighbors' for this initiative! This is the way to move forward!

Several countries like Malta are disassembling marking buoys from dive sites to brace for harsh winter sea storms. However, Turkey is charting a different course, the turkish wrecks plan.

15/12/2023

Congratulations to Canadian freediver William Winram, for achieving a new world record at 140 meters depth! 🥳💪👌

At the age of 58, Canadian freediver William Winram has claimed a new 140m CMAS world record in the Variable Weight No Fins discipline, in which the diver

04/12/2023

A very interesting read, with high hopes for the future of our seas!

Robot arms are being trained in Western Australia to restore coral reefs with positive early results Fish in a hundred vibrant shades flit between monumental towers of coral and the waving jelly arms of sea anemones.  The colours and diversity of life on a tropical coral reef can be dazzling. Such ...

25/11/2023

Congratulations to cave diver Frédéric Swierczynski for setting a new world record at a depth of 308m! 👌🥳🤯

French cave-diver Frédéric Swierczynski has claimed a new world depth record of 308m, following his seven-hour descent into the Font Estramar spring in France’s eastern Pyrenees on 3 November – and having experienced a succession of strange symptoms brought on by too-rapid depth changes.The pr...

23/11/2023

An extraordinary example set by Mr. Giannis Palaiokhorinos!

Dozens of tons of waste collected from the bottom of the Greek seas are transformed into Christmas decorations and travel to more than 80 countries to illuminate and decorate them.The pioneering idea implemented over the last three years belongs to a Thessaloniki native who uses recycled Christmas d...

16/11/2023

If you can't beat them, eat them. 🍽🥢

The warming Mediterranean exacerbates the problem of invasive lionfish. What can divers do?

09/11/2023

Give yourselves an early Christmas gift and sign up for Padi's Cavern course, by George Vandoros in Vouliagmeni lake!👌

Cavern diving is defined as any dive conducted within the light zone of a cave. The light zone is area near the entrance of the cave where you can see natural light at all times. You'll go on 4 scuba dives during the PADI Cavern Diving programme. During your first dive in an open water