Kalymnos Diving Club

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Learn how to dive with our profesional instructors and discover the unique sensation
of weightlessness and breathing underwater.
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We dive around Kalymnos and the small islands around, such as Nera, Telendos, Plati, and Pserimos which are full of flore, fish, caverns, caves, walls, reefs, wrecks, volcanos, and rare species.All these in crystal clear warm water with a visibility of over 30 meters.

 

Become eyewitness of the Europe's unique "Sponge Diver's Travel". A travel in time with our ship in which you will have the opportunity to watch all methods of diving starting with the older method, "Skandalopetra", through scuba diving. All methods used by sponge divers from early years until now will be presented in this travel. You will be able to dive using any of the presented methods.

Below we present the diving methods shown during "Sponge Diver's Travel":

 

* "Skantalopetra" : In historical chronicles are described varieties of projects of constructing self-contained breathing apparatuses but they were impracticable – their design opposed to the laws of physics and physiology. One of the earliest attempts was a primitive device – an animal bladder or a leather bag (in which air was stored) and a stone to help the diver sink. The supply of air was enough only for several
inhalations.

* Skafandro: The diving suit (scafandro) is a large, waterproof and airtight uniform that covers the whole body apart from the head. The head is covered with a metal helmet that is fixed on the shoulders of the diver circularly and locks on a metal plate. In the front there is a small, glass window and the air pipe, markoutso, links the helmet to an air pump, aerantlia, of the «ahtarma», of the sponge-fishing boat to the round prow. Other equipment that go with the uniform are the heavy metal shoes, which weigh 4-6kg and the sinkers,  which weigh 14-16kg.

* Fernez: Captain Yves Le Prieur and Fernez patented a self-contained diving apparatus. Its main elements are a steel cylinder with compressed air on diver’s back, air hose leading to the mouthpiece, goggles and a noseclip. The trouble with it was that it did not have a demand valve. Improved models allowed the diver to swim for 30 min at a depth of 7 meters or for 10 min at 12 meters.

* Scuba Diving: Scuba diving ("scuba" originally being an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, although now widely considered a word in its own right)  is a form of underwater diving
in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater for recreation, commercial or industrial reasons. Unlike early diving, which relied exclusively on air pumped from the surface, scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas (usually compressed air), allowing them greater freedom than with an air line. Both surface supplied and scuba diving allow divers to stay underwater significantly longer than with breath-holding techniques as used in snorkelling and free-diving. According to the purpose of the dive, a diver usually moves underwater by swimfins attached to the feet, but
external propulsion can come from an underwater vehicle, or a sled pulled from the surface.

 

Activities

+    "The History Of Diving" 3 times a week
+    Everyday touristic diving
+    Diving in Telendos Island
+    Diving in Pserimos Island

+    Diving in Kalavros Island

+   ANDI certificates

+ Underwater filming and photography

 

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