DutchDiverDude
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Hi all,
Looking for recommendations for specific dive centers that can offer sort of an all-in package for a dive club, located in or easily accessible from mainland Europe.
We typically want to drive there by car so we can bring our own gear. Ideally we'd like accomodation + food + diving for a fixed (agreed up front) price, but it is not a hard requirement. Affordable accomodation close to the dive center is also fine. We typically try to get a boat for our group, and adjust the maximum number of people joining to the boat size. Depending on the types of dive sites, shore diving is also fine. We dive in the cold Dutch waters year-round, so we're pretty much prepared for any climate.
For context: We're a dive club located in the Netherlands. We're doing both recreational and technical diving, with about a 3rd using singles, a 3rd using doubles, and a 3rd using rebreathers. We're certified with CMAS for the 'recreational' part, and IANTD for any followup technical certifications.
Every year we do a dive trip abroad, that should be accessible to all, but possibly offer more to those certified to do so. We're NOT looking for trips where we go by airplane.
Examples of previous trips:
Hemmoor Germany - Deep freshwater lake with divecenter and accomodations specifically adjusted for dive clubs. Excellent for 30 and 50m dives for the 'deep' and advanced nitrox / trimix certifications.
A fellow Tech club that we're close friends with also regularly organizes trips to the Attensee in Austria, Arezano in Italy, Genua and some other locations with deep wrecks exclusively for Tech divers. These are NOT the ones I'm interested in for this thread. They need to be accessible for CMAS 2* / AOW level divers.
Vis Croatia - all inclusive trip where we got a boat for 5 days for wreckdiving, with group accomodation within a few minutes from the dive center. Organized by external (Dutch) party that lives in Croatia. Wreckdiving up to 40m, with the possibility to fill all percentages of O2. Highlight was the 'Baron Gautch' wreck.
Lorient France - Divecenter with own accomodation for reasonable price. Again our own boat for the duration of the stay for a fixed price. Wreckdiving up to 40m and nitrox up to 36%. Highlight was the 'U171' submarine.
Looking for recommendations for specific dive centers that can offer sort of an all-in package for a dive club, located in or easily accessible from mainland Europe.
We typically want to drive there by car so we can bring our own gear. Ideally we'd like accomodation + food + diving for a fixed (agreed up front) price, but it is not a hard requirement. Affordable accomodation close to the dive center is also fine. We typically try to get a boat for our group, and adjust the maximum number of people joining to the boat size. Depending on the types of dive sites, shore diving is also fine. We dive in the cold Dutch waters year-round, so we're pretty much prepared for any climate.
For context: We're a dive club located in the Netherlands. We're doing both recreational and technical diving, with about a 3rd using singles, a 3rd using doubles, and a 3rd using rebreathers. We're certified with CMAS for the 'recreational' part, and IANTD for any followup technical certifications.
Every year we do a dive trip abroad, that should be accessible to all, but possibly offer more to those certified to do so. We're NOT looking for trips where we go by airplane.
Examples of previous trips:
Hemmoor Germany - Deep freshwater lake with divecenter and accomodations specifically adjusted for dive clubs. Excellent for 30 and 50m dives for the 'deep' and advanced nitrox / trimix certifications.
A fellow Tech club that we're close friends with also regularly organizes trips to the Attensee in Austria, Arezano in Italy, Genua and some other locations with deep wrecks exclusively for Tech divers. These are NOT the ones I'm interested in for this thread. They need to be accessible for CMAS 2* / AOW level divers.
Vis Croatia - all inclusive trip where we got a boat for 5 days for wreckdiving, with group accomodation within a few minutes from the dive center. Organized by external (Dutch) party that lives in Croatia. Wreckdiving up to 40m, with the possibility to fill all percentages of O2. Highlight was the 'Baron Gautch' wreck.
Lorient France - Divecenter with own accomodation for reasonable price. Again our own boat for the duration of the stay for a fixed price. Wreckdiving up to 40m and nitrox up to 36%. Highlight was the 'U171' submarine.
