Diving Puglia D.C.

This is the only one diving center where I come back again and again even if it’s relatively far away from my home. Why? Because they teach according to the highest quality standards besides I always feel relaxed, being safe during the dives. The staff is very experienced, they require a lot from their students however they are the most lovely and caring persons ever. I always feel peace when I hang with them, and I’m so grateful for having learned so much from them. Grazie mille ragazzi <3 Reaction to Katrien Peeters’ rewiev: First of all, I don’t work for Diving Puglia D.C., I’m an 'independent' diver. I was there during her 'worst dive', so I just wanna clarify a few things. - Fun fact #1: divers are human beings and they also must eat periodically. Surprise! - Proper briefing: The instructor told us we have to turn back at 110 bars, and what is the plan for the dive. It was a fun dive for certificated divers. If you wanna get education, you should choose a course. You are all of certificated divers, but you seemed to be totally inexpert. Why? 1, Buddy check: If you are a certificated diver, you have to do the buddy check with your buddy. You did this, I really loved your performance on the boat (that was the only one thing what you did), it was cute but not too effective. 2, Underwater you totally forgot caring about your buddy. When the instructor realizied something is wrong, the lady’s buddy has no idea where is she. As a cert. diver this behaviour is definitely unacceptable. 3, Be sure, the instructor knew who was in the water (he was the only one who knew) and which buddies belonged together. 4, Equipment #1: rental equipments are used, because many people use them day by day. Surprise again. I dove many places all over the world, and I’ve never saw rental equipments in better conditions anywhere. Life hack: If you have problems with this you should use your own. Yep there were a little problem with one of the alternative air sources before the dive, and the instructor fixed it. But this is your problem? Somebody FIXED something? Anyway these equipments are totally safe, I dove with them many times without any problems. 5, Equipment #2: If you didn’t think the material is 100% okay, WHY DID YOU GO TO DIVE? As a cert. diver you must know, if you didn’t feel comfortable, you must say NO or at least talking about your bad feelings with the proper diver. It’s your responsibility. 6, If you’ve ever had problems underwater, or you are not experienced, etc… you have to say it before the dive. In this case the staff pays extra attention to the diver. It’s also your responsibility. There is no problem if you are not experienced, but SAY IT before. 7, After the dive the lady’s got 100% oxygen immediately (even if it wasn’t necessary). The staff brought her to the hospital because she insisted that, and they were staying there with her during the whole evening. I’m afraid of this was only a big fake drama, because you didn’t want to pay… Nevertheless the staff did much more what you deserved, they did all their best for you. 8, Before the dive, your father(?) assembled all of your equipments, you didn’t touch it. After the dive - among others - I had to handle them (bring them back from the port, take apart, washing, etc…). As a cert. diver why can’t you do this? (Again, I’m not working here, and I’m not your slave guys…) To summarize, you are the worst divers I’ve ever met. You didn’t care about the safety features, you cannot handle your equpiment well, you have no idea what buddy system means. You had severe problems underwater because of your attitude, and yes, there were potentially dangerous situations because of your unacceptable behaviour. I don’t know where did you get your certifications, but you have basic defects in diving. Please note that, diving certifications are not about cool plastic cards; being a diver means you have a big responsibility for yourself (and for the others, too). You cannot blame the others if you are not prepared enough and you don’t talk about this before the dive.

Friendly and helpful people working in the shop. Good Equipment. The first dive I had 2 girls who hadn't dived since their open water cert. 3 years previously and so we had to do a quick assent half way through the dive. However, Peo, the dive leader and from what I gathered shop owner, handled the situation perfectly! He's also a really nice guy with a very funny sense of humour!!! But I do feel that had the girls been encouraged by the shop to do a refresher course/dive this could have been avoided. And we wouldnt have had to return with 110 bar still in my tank... On arrival at the dive spot I found a used condom wrapper in my dive bag touching my respirator... thought it might have their idea of a joke but people just laughed awkwardly and tried to shrug it off. On the other hand the price of my dive was compensated for these inconveniences which I appreciated. I was only asked to pay for equipment hire for that dive. I gave befit of the doubt and booked for 2 boat dives the next day but yet again lady nature confined us to shore dive. 2nd day the dive quality was a lot better with more experienced drivers, better conditions and an awesome cave swim through!! (I was easily the least experienced) However, the used condom wrapper was still in my bag even after I pointed it out the previous day when returning to the shop?!?! Also, over the 2 dives I did, not 1 person was asked to present their dive licence. I am aware that everyone is responsible for themselves and no one in their right mind wouldn't or shouldnt be dishonest at any point during a diving experience as even mistakes can have dire consequences... however, this is the first dive in 28 where no one asked for anyones ID number or proof of the qualification level they were claiming to have... Francesca who works in the shop is great and a credit to the company. She offered personal recommendations for post diving suggestions (which were great, Vini e Panini!! EPIC!!) and she gave brilliant and accurate directions to an ATM when it came time to pay and the first announcement of cash only was mentioned. If it had not been for her fantastic customer care skills this review could have been worse. All in all I had an enjoyable couple of dives and i was just so happy to be back in the water so I'd describe this as a passable experience, hense 3 stars.

Worst dive ever, don't go there!! When we arrived at the diving center we had to wait for 30 minutes because the instructor was still having lunch and drinking beer. The material wasn't properly checked, thus the instructor was still repairing the regulator once we were aboard. Before entering the water, the instructor didn't give a proper briefing and didn't initiate buddy checks. The instructor was not aware of who was in the water and which buddies belonged together. Due to the fact that the material wasn't 100% okay, one of our divers experienced severe problems under the water which led to very dangerous situations. To summarize, we will defintely never visit Puglia Diving again and we don't recommend anyone to do so!

What a place in the world ❤ I made PADI OWD course and had the time of my life. The best team, welcoming, professional and calming. For me it was like finding my lost family ☺ I was bit nervous at first, as I have aqua phobia, but felt comfortable and followed everything we had to practice. Now the fire of infinite love burns inside of me. Mare e mio amore. Forever. SCUBA can only give you so much, you have to listen carefully and accept good and bad. Know your limits. If you are thinking about trying, don't hesitate, you come to the right place. I will continue with further courses and have no doubt where :) PS: Diving Puglia, you will always have special place in my heart ??????❤

Professional Diving centre with very kind and expirenced instructors. Everything on time. New and good quality eqipment in all sizes. Safe and exciting Diving! 5/5.

Very nice diving centre ! Strongly recommended !

I had a lovely days diving in monopoli with a really helpful guide from puglia diving. Equipment good, safety good, very knowledgable and saw some marine life I hadn’t seen before! Beautiful place, good viz. It was a pity calm weather broke and I could do all the dives I had planned. Enjoyable diving. Orlaith

My friend and I did the PADI Discover Scuba Diver yesterday. It was absolutely amazing and our instructor Julia was really nice, funny and patient. She made us feel comfortable which is important, because it was only our second time diving. If you would like to go scuba diving I definitely recommend booking at Diving Puglia D.C!