Dive· Rhodes· Greece — Dodecanese, Sporades & North Aegean

Kalithea Dive Site (Waterhoppers platform)

36° 22.8′ N · 28° 14.4′ E · approximate

Rhodes' gentlest shore-and-boat dive area, just off the Kallithea springs, with a custom dive platform moored outside the bay. It is also the qualifying dive for Waterhoppers' night dives.

Practical

Position approx: 'just outside the main bay' at Kallithea per Waterhoppers, placed slightly offshore of the Grecosailor anchorage. Boat 'Katerina' leaves Mandraki at 9 am (register on board 8:30 am) and returns about 4:30 pm, daily except Sunday from June to mid-September, reduced days May and mid-September to October. Marine life: bream, damselfish, rock fish, flounder, pipefish, octopus. Qualified-diver packages are priced in euros on waterhoppers.com; check current prices. Night dives require a prior Kalithea or Pefkos dive and Advanced certification.

Best for

Easy guided dives from Mandraki