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We all arrived Friday evening and stayed until Sunday around noon. This trip was the first time we stayed at the cabins at the Blue Grotto Dive Resort.

The cabins are simple but clean and air conditioned. We occupied almost all of their cabin, brought a grill and had a great time spending time together.

After the Saturday morning dive at Blue Grotto and the afternoon dive at the Rainbow River we did a night dive at Blue Grotto, which marked for many of the divers the beginning of their PADI Advanced Open Water diver course.

Sunday morning we did our last dive at Devils Den, which was great, as always. On all our dives we beat the crowds and had the dive sites mostly to ourselves and we were able to make our way back to Athens around 11:00am.

March 28, 2022 by benschlegl Leave a Comment

Scuba Summer Camp 2022

Athens Scuba is proud to announce that we are organizing Athens’ first ever Scuba Summer Camp for kids from age 10 to 17! We are excited to teach children a variety of knowledge and skills around scuba diving, snorkeling and swimming.

In this summer camp, required academics will be mixed with fun facts and educational videos. Water skills will be blended with fun activities, free diving and more, all of which will assist the future scuba divers in developing a better finning technique and airway control.

The camp will not fully certify the participant, but it will cover 2/3 of the full PADI Open Water Diver course. We will finish all knowledge and basic skill training with the children. The four check out dives required for full certification will be offered as an add-on later in the summer because the dives can’t be completed in a pool.

Requirements:

Minimum age is 10 years
Kids must be able to swim before the camp starts
Certain medical conditions will require a physicians sign off

The 5 Day Summer Camp from June 27th to July 1st 2022 includes:

Daily Supervision from 9AM to 3 PM
Two dive professionals in the water at all times while the campers are in
Life guard on duty whenever the campers will be in the water
Swim and snorkeling development, supervised by a professional swim coach on days one and two
Scuba knowledge development according to PADI standards
Scuba skill development according to PADI standards
Each child gets their own gear set with a Mask, Fins and Snorkel
Snacks
Water
Grill out Friday afternoon with parents

Parents are invited to join us Friday afternoon to check out the skills their children have learned and are encouraged to hop in and try scuba diving for free with us as well!