Scuba Diving in Paros: Explore the Underwater Wonders of the Aegean 🤿🌊
The crystal-clear waters of Paros are not just beautiful from above—they hide a whole world of vibrant marine life, mysterious caves, and historic shipwrecks beneath the surface. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced diver, scuba diving in Paros offers an unforgettable adventure in the heart of the Aegean Sea.
Why Dive in Paros?
Paros is one of the best diving destinations in Greece, thanks to its excellent visibility (up to 30 meters!), warm waters, and diverse underwater landscapes. From dramatic reefs and underwater caverns to WWII wrecks and colorful marine ecosystems, there’s something for every diving enthusiast.
Best Dive Sites in Paros
1️⃣ The Blue Lagoon (Panteronisi Island) – A shallow, crystal-clear dive site perfect for beginners and snorkelers, offering a stunning turquoise seabed and colorful fish.
2️⃣ The Barracuda Point – One of the most famous dive sites near Paros, known for schools of barracudas, groupers, and vibrant corals.
3️⃣ The Bubble Reef – An extraordinary volcanic reef where you can witness bubbles rising from the seabed, creating a mesmerizing effect. Ideal for macro photography and marine life spotting.
4️⃣ The Beaufighter WWII Wreck – One of the most historically significant dives in the Cyclades, this British fighter aircraft from World War II lies at 34 meters deep, offering an eerie and fascinating dive for experienced divers.
5️⃣ The Caverns of Paros – An adventure-filled dive featuring underwater tunnels, hidden caves, and stunning rock formations, perfect for those who love exploring.
Scuba Diving for All Levels
✅ Beginner-Friendly Dives – Never dived before? No problem! Paros has several PADI-certified diving centers offering introductory courses, Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) programs, and Open Water certifications.
✅ Advanced & Technical Diving – For experienced divers, Paros offers deep dives, wreck explorations, and night dives, providing thrilling underwater experiences.
✅ Freediving & Snorkeling – If you prefer to stay closer to the surface, many dive centers offer freediving courses and guided snorkeling tours to explore the reefs and marine life.
Marine Life You’ll Encounter
Paros’ underwater world is teeming with life! Expect to see:
🐠 Colorful fish (groupers, sea bream, barracudas)
🐙 Octopuses & squid hiding among the rocks
🦀 Lobsters & crabs in the reefs
🐢 Sea turtles gracefully swimming by
🌊 Stunning coral formations
Best Time to Dive in Paros
The diving season in Paros runs from April to October, with water temperatures ranging from 18°C in spring to 26°C in summer. The calmest and warmest conditions are typically in July and August.
Book Your Scuba Diving Experience in Paros!
Whether you’re looking for your first underwater adventure or an exciting wreck dive, Paros is a dream destination for divers. With its pristine waters, rich marine life, and fascinating dive sites, this island promises an experience you’ll never forget.
🤿 Ready to explore the Aegean depths? Book your dive today and discover the magic beneath the waves! 🌊
Discover another world.
Explore Paros island´s reefs in waters with visibility of up to 40 meters. Experience the rich, colourful marine life and watch the sun’s rays light up the endless blue!
Dive Locations
The Cave
We moor the boat on the south coast of Panderonisi, an island situated between Antiparosand Paros.
Dropping down to up to 16 metres, you will swim along the wall. Along the way encountering morays, many small fish and perhaps even a barracuda!
There are three entrances into the cave to explore, dependent on diver’s experience. Once inside, after a safety stop, you will surface inside the island and then you can enjoy the inside of the spectacular dome.
Torches are provided, in case there is not enough light coming in from the main entrance to show you the spectacular stalactites, unique calcium formations, anenomes clinging to the rock face and many other features of this wonderous cavern
Express Samina
MS Express Samina sank on the evening of 26th September 2000 with the loss of 82 lives. Lying on it’s starboard side at a depth of 35 metres, this intact wreck stretches for 115 metres.
Swimming along the outside of the shipwreck, you will probably encounter an inquisitive school of amber jacks and flaballinas.Diving from the stern along to the bow and back to the anchor line you will pass along the top deck.
Here the bench seats are located and you can see inside the car deck, where lorries and cars can be seen. Lifeboats, tables and many other items litter the sea bed, a stark reminder of the tragic sinking of this vessel.
Bubble Reef
The dive starts on a plateau which is at 5 meters depth. Following the drop-off to 18 metres you can explore a narrow canyon where discover a field of posidonia.
Along the dive we will see small sandy-bottomed caves covered with corals and sponges. A few metres later a beautiful cavern with colourful walls waits to reveal its hidden treasures. Here the rock formations have created a huge hole where the sun’s rays pass through creating a magical atmosphere.
The cavern will lead us to a cave where will see a school of small colorful fishes hovering. Our ascent will be done through the ceiling hole into the sun rays. On the way back we’ll see bubbles coming out of the reef’s pores. A mystery to solve. Clams, scorpion fish, octopuses and lobsters are common.
The Shipwreck
This 25 metre long shipwreck has been sitting upright at 30 metres depth since the 1960′s.
As you descend into the blue, you see the shadow and then the impressive wreck emerges. The clear visibility gives you the opportunity to explore the wreck and discover it’s secrets. Next to the wreck, astonishing rock formations are the pefect way to finish the dive.
The Stingray Point
After the exciting descent along the boat’s line you will swim to the reef’s edge, enjoy the view and then descend to 20 metres to swim along the sea wall. Thousands of small fishes swim close to the wall and around you while we point out visiting tunas and stingrays. Advanced divers can descend to 30 metres where you can spot groupers and anthias. And of course, the dive site gets its name from the enormous stingray that is frequently spotted on this dive!
Canyon
Immediately after descent you will follow our experienced dive instructor through unbelievable underwater canyons ( the main attraction of the site) and enormous rock formations that hide lobsters, octopuses, morays and cray fish. This dive site is teaming with marine life and has to be seen to be believed.
Cathedral
Incredible rock formations give this dive site its name, and a wide swim through “The Cathedral” with white sand bottom and walls covered with hundreds of colourful sponges is the main attraction of this site. Here you will light the torches, enjoy the colours and watch the fish swimming all around you.
Barracuda Point
On this site you have very high chances to see large schools of barracudas…They are very curious and frquently come very close to divers and you will get to experience them swimming round you during the dive. Tunas are very often seen and even swordfish and turtles.
Pinnacle
A reef close to “Barracuda point” which rises from the depth to 12 metres. At 20 metres there are walls, big rocks and a small canyon for you to explore. Around the canyon walls we will guide you to view thousands of small fish, barracudas, groupers and stingrays.
Scuba diving lessons - PADI Certified
All Scuba Lessons prices include training material, all necessary diving material, diving insurance and transfers between your hotel and diving center.
Scuba Diver
This is the first official scuba diving certification course offered by PADI. Completion of this course allows you to dive with any certified PADI Diving Center, accompanied by an Instructor/Divemaster, to a maximum depth of 12 meters. It covers approximately 60% of the Open Water Course; (Chapters 1-3). This is a great way to have the facility of diving anywhere in the world without having to undergo the Discover Scuba Diving program each time. At a later date, you can complete the remaining two chapters and get your Open Water Certification.
Open Water Diver
This scuba diving certification will train you to be a competent certified scuba diver, allowing you to dive to a maximum of 18 meters independently with a buddy of equal or higher certification, or with any dive center in the world. With this certification you can also rent dive equipment and get dive cylinders filled. The course takes about 4 days to complete, consisting of both theory classroom sessions, practical confined water (shallow) and, open water (deeper) sessions. Each class or water session builds your skill level and confidence under water.
Advanced Open Water Diver
Take your scuba diving training to the next level, learn more, practice more, experience more, gain more and appreciate each dive experience more. The Advanced course consists of 5 dives, two mandatory dives; Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation. And you choose another three from a list of many….Underwater Photography, Drift, Night, Wreck, Underwater Naturalist, Peak Performance Buoyancy, AWARE Fish Identification, Search and Recovery.
