Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: united4eva on July 28, 2010, 14:29:40 PM
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Hi All,
Well I have booked my flight and I am extremely excited/nervous to be returning back to Calis in just four weeks!!!
Anyway I saw a post about the daily boat trips with Carole and Tayfun and had a look at a few other activities.
Has anybody done the scuba diving day?? I would love to dive but have never done it before but for £30 can you really go wrong?
It is a full day though and I am just wondering whether it is diving all day or whether you get the chance to chill and do a bit of sunbathing? I am only there for a week (6 full days) and therefore want to get some sunbathing in but also want to make the most of things to do!!
So 12 island tour or scuba diving??
x
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For £30 you will be having a try dive, which will probably last no longer than 30 mins and the rest of the day for sunbathing and watching the other divers come and go.
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I recently did the try dive at Likia world. 38 EUR but that included
9am start with some training and explanation talk first which was very entertaining and done by Alf who previously built up the biggest Dive centre in the Med in Turkey.
a 30 mins swim with a one to one instructor - you can feed some fish while down there too
lunch at Likia World - a place with a reputation for out standing food selections
and then in the afternoon you can either lounge around at any of the pools or go on their boat trip to Butterfly Valley 2.30 - 4.30pm
Not a bad price for all that and the only Dive Centre to offer the one to one which for someone like me was definitely needed.
Its such a good deal a day pass to Likia actually costs more than the try dive day package.
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have done it a few times, i found mermaid and eurodive the better but cant comment on lykia as have not tried them, every time was instruction and dive in the morning and dive in the afternoon, well looked after by pro divers when under water, great experience, was thinking of going for open water ticket.
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We have done a few times before
good day out as long as everyone is diving
two 30 min dives. Don't pay more than 30gbp. A few agents are attempting to charge 35gbp. Carol and Tayfun office in Fethiye tried this with us last night despite their website stating 30gbp
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I would say you would be very lucky to have 2 try dives for £30, if you could let me know where I may give them a try for my diving, as we pay a bit more than that and we don't need one to one with an instructor anymore(after doing 334 dives ;)), and I generally get good discounts.
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Both European diving and DiverDelight are now £52 and £54 for 1 dive, lunch and then stay on the boat in the afternoon, while the people doing courses are diving. Not sure how much Elite, Mermaid or Dolphin charge but it will be more than £30 for 1 dive. As Nicola said on her post LykiaWorld for the try dive it's £38 also lunch and a boat trip.
Lin
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You can definitely do 2 x 30 min dives for 30gbp with Mermaid because I just booked this (3 divers). We just went down to where there boat is and booked. Most of the agents will say 35gbp but you can bargain down
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Worth saying that this was for the beginners diving experience day not open water etc
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The Beginners Dive day at Lykia is in the sea if this helps.
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For clarification the course I am referring to is at sea around a couple of dive areas that all the dive boats vist but is not the open water (not at coastline) diving
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If you want to take the open water course, it,s far better to do the confined water skills in the pool at Lycia, safe, no waves and you can concentrate properly, then you do the same in the sea. Lycia is brilliant for tuition, one to one, and a fantastic day out into the bargain, also non divers can go with them. I have become a totally confident diver due to fantastic tuition
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I recently completed my Open Water with European Diving Centre in Fethiye and they were absolutely brilliant. I would recommend them to anyone
lois
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After doing several dives in Greece, Kenya and Turkey I REALLY fancy looking into learning to be a career diver. The dives I've done have all been done under supervision rather than acquiring a certification. Which is quite annoying; but I've never been able to set aside enough time whilst on holiday to commit to getting my open water.
I love Turkey and the Calis/Fethiye area so if I ever get to do it it would be there but it seems quite complicated/out of reach.
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I have dived here for 19 years and keep coming back for more, Elite is the place to go at the moment, very safety concious and dives for the diver.
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Elite diving does certainly seem to be the way to go - cheers all.
I shall look into using them when i next head out there :-D
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Its amazing how people can resurrect topics over a year old and carry on as if it was only yesterday:D ;)
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Seemed better to keep the discussion in one place rather than havin several topics on it :-)
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I don't disagree:D
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Three cheers for the search button Eric huh.
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Nice to see people using it for a change 8) ;)