Dive centers on Lumeris
Find your dive center, see where they dive and how to reach them. Every listing says where its information comes from.
48 dive centers
This is the map of the dive centers Lumeris knows: some are managed by the center itself, others come from open data and are waiting to be claimed.
The difference is always written on the listing. A verified center manages its own information, confirms the dive sites it takes divers to, and stands behind what it publishes. A listing from open data reports what we know, and says so.
No listing contains invented information: if a fact is missing, the section does not appear. That is why some listings are short, and grow over time.
Find the right dive center
How to choose a dive center
What a dive center does
A dive center is the starting point of almost every dive: it runs the trips, takes divers to the site, provides guides and often the gear, and issues certifications through a training agency.
A dive center is not just a shop with tanks: it is who knows that stretch of sea, when you can go down and what you meet there at that time of year. That is why the center you choose changes the dive you get.
Guided, recreational, technical dives and snorkeling
Guided dives are led by one of the center's guides: it is the usual formula when you visit a new place, because the guide knows the site and shows you what you would otherwise miss.
A recreational dive stays within the limits of your certification, usually to 18, 30 or 40 metres depending on level, with no mandatory decompression stops.
A technical dive goes beyond that: mixes other than air, dedicated configurations, planned decompression. It needs specific certifications, and not every center offers it.
Snorkeling is something else again: you stay at the surface with mask and fins. Many centers offer it, and it is often how a family gets in the water together.
PADI, SSI, CMAS: does it matter?
These are training agencies: they define the courses and issue the certifications. PADI and SSI are the most widespread internationally, CMAS has roots in the sport federations and is very present in Italy.
Certifications are recognised across agencies at equivalent levels: an Open Water from one agency lets you dive with a center from another. The real difference is not the logo on the card, but the instructor who trains you and the center where you do it.
When you pick a course, look less at the brand and more at who teaches it: how many people per instructor in the water, how many dives are included, where they take place.
The questions to ask before booking
Where exactly you descend, and what you see at this time of year. How many divers per guide. Whether gear is rented and what is included. Whether a medical certificate is needed. Which port you leave from, and at what time.
They are ordinary questions, but the answers say a lot: a center that answers precisely is a center that works precisely in the water too.
How to read Lumeris listings
A verified listing is managed by the dive center: the description, the sites and the information come from them, and they stand behind it.
A listing from open data comes from OpenStreetMap: it holds what we know, and nothing more. It has no description written by the center, and the sites you see are suggested by geographic distance, not confirmed.
Sites confirmed by the center and nearby sites are two different things, and on the listing they are always kept apart. We do not fill gaps with generated text: we prefer a listing that is short and true.
Some data from © OpenStreetMap contributors