Your Guide to Diving Mediterranean
including France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Croatia

Mediterranean Seasonal Dive Planner

The season for calmer water is May through to September when air temperatures can get very hot (100°F/37°C) yet the water below the thermocline can stay at 57°F (14°C) so Mediterranean divers will be seen wearing thicker wetsuits (or even drysuits) than you would expect.

Diving Mediterranean Reader Reports and Feature Articles

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Latest Reader Reports from Mediterranean from the serious divers who read Undercurrent All Reader Reports from Mediterranean	All 10,000+ Reports
Atlantis Dive Centre Report in Mediterranean/Italy/Sicily "Good diving in Zingaro Nature Reserve, from Castellammare del Golfo" filed Jun 1, 2025 by Michael Schoenbaum (Experience: 101-250 dives, 6 reports, Reviewer )
I did a 2-tank boat dive near the end of a 2-week non-diving trip to Sicily. I reached out to the shop a few days in advance via WhatsA... ... Read more
Milos Diving Center/N/A Report in Mediterranean/Milos Island, Greece "A New, Worthwhile Experience in the Aegean/Mediterranean Sea" filed May 29, 2025 by Robert H Pecoraro Jr (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 18 reports, Contributor )
After nearly 40 years of diving, and many dives, it was the first plunge into the Mediterranean(Aegean Sea)for my wife and me. We had ... ... Read more
Watercolours Report in Mediterranean/Valletta Malta "Excellent Service on a Short Cruise Ship Stop" filed Jan 26, 2025 by Robert Halem (Experience: 501-1000 dives)
We're on a cruise ship tour of the Med. We had an overnight stop in Valletta so I figured tour with my wife the first day, dive the ne... ... Read more
Subaia Report in Mediterranean/Baia, Naples, Italy "Captivating historical diving opportunity!!" filed Oct 11, 2024 by Joe Simmons (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 2 reports)
This is very much NOT your typical recreational dive destination. I am a former professional archaeologist and historian; I am also a l... ... Read more
Divewise/Holiday Inn Express St Julian’s Report in Mediterranean/Malta "Interesting diving, strenuous entry/exit process" filed Jul 4, 2023 by Gareth Richards (Experience: 251-500 dives, 10 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
The diving itself was interesting, however Malta diving is conducted in a way I am not used to. I preface this by saying 99% of my 400+... ... Read more

Editor's Book Picks for Scuba Diving Mediterranean
including France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Croatia

The books below are my favorites about diving in this part of the world All books are available at a significant discount from Amazon.com; just follow the links. -- BD

Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
by Gerald R. Allen, Roger Steene.

I was trying to pack light for a change. Surely the Solomon Sea would have good identification books aboard. Not so; the only book on the boat belonged to a fellow passenger. It was one that I had not seen before, the Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide, by two of the best fish guys around, Gerry Allen and Roger Steene. The problem was this fellow passenger kept it in a plastic baggie most of the trip and I had to beg to see it. Great book, good traveling size, and it covers everything from fish, shells, marine plants, mammals, corals, and invertebrates to sea birds and more. Now I've got my own, and it won't do you any good to beg me to borrow it. This is one of two books that I will not travel to the Pacific without. Good for travel to the Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Maldives, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Hawaii, it has 1,800 color illustrations in a 6x8 1/2 paperback format with 378 pages. $39.95.

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