Best Scuba Diving Trips in Crete — Our Top 7

1.Scuba Diving Experience for Beginners _Beach

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 549 reviews · 3 - 6 hours · from $81Our pick

Try beginner scuba in Agia Pelagia with an instructor, equipment, a 45-minute underwater session, transfers, and clear practical tips.

“All the team were personable, helpful and made the trip enjoyable throughout. As it is for beginners you walk into the sea from a beach and go about 10-20m into the sea with the surface only 6ft away. Very enjoyable with visiting the seaside, pictures and videos taken. Thank you team!”

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2.Beginner Scuba Diving Lesson with PADI Instructor

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 355 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $88

Try your first scuba session in Crete’s calm Agia Pelagia Bay with a PADI instructor, small groups, full gear, and hotel pickup.

“It was great and safe, the instructors were great and helped to defeat ure fears. Definitely going to come back!”

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3.Scuba Diving Experience for First-Timers

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 203 reviews · 6 hours · from $82

Try scuba in Crete with patient instructors, clear water, full gear, hotel transfer options, and a 45-minute underwater session in Ligaria.

“A great teacher, guidance perfect. Personal guidance for our son (almost 9 years old). Reliable and friendly. Hope to make another dive in future with our family 🍀”

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4.Scuba Diving for Beginners

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 196 reviews · 3 hours · from $140

Try beginner scuba in Crete with Omega Divers, hotel pickup from Chania, patient instructors, an 8-meter underwater session, and free photos.

“Great experience and great guides who were very patient and very good with both children and adults. We had a really good time!”

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5.Scuba Diving for Beginners

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 103 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $145Top rated

Try beginner scuba in Crete with PADI instructors, hotel transfers, a 45-minute shore dive, gear, and free underwater photos.

“The instructors/guides were exceptional: so patient and helpful with 2 of us who were quite terrified at the start. We were so well looked after and ended up going down to 8m for about 30 minutes. The location of the dive was beautiful. An experience I will never forget. Highly recommended.”

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6.Try Scuba in Crete – Free Certification & Photos (Beginners)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 51 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $144

Try scuba in Crete with Chania Diving Center, a small-group first dive to 10 meters with gear, snacks, insurance, and photos included.

“I want to start by saying that we had a fabulous time and that we were really well taken care of by our instructors the entire time - they were both wonderful! We did this in the beginning of October and the water was clear and warm and the dive locations were gorgeous! But if you think this is going to be Mickey Mouse scuba like at the Great Barrier Rief where they lower you on a platform and give you a rope to avoid compression issues - nope, this is the real deal. You will be suited up, asked to dive backwards in your gear off the boat, and…”

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7.Plakias: Try Scuba Diving first time – Private, from 8 yrs.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $174

Try scuba in Crete with a private PADI session from age 8, expert instructors, small groups, Mediterranean sea life, and hotel-free transport.

“The guides were vert helpfull and we saw a lot of different fish. We also came across many different animals and they took amazing photos!”

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