ATLANTIS SCUBA DIVING CENTRE

Kemer – Antalya – Turkey

Our Diving Base
Atlantis Diving Center is a newly opened diving facility established in 2002 in Kemer & Side and allready has an excellent reputation to be one of the best and the most professional Scuba facilities in this region. This is the through result of our vision and philosophy insisting on the safety and the high quality of service with our modern diving equipment under the supervision of qualified and friendly instructors speaking English, German, French, Russian, Dutch and Turkish.

Divers also enjoy the diverse range of diving activities that Atlantis Diving offers;such as many local, easily accessible shore and boat dives, cave dives, wreck dives, wall dives, reef dives and many other speciality dives. As typical for Mediterranean Sea, beside spongs, lobsters, large octopuses and cuttlefish you can also see barracudas, tunafish, skates morayes and also many pieces of Amphorae.

An introduction dive to get acquainted with the underwater world is always a possibility and you can even continue with the diving education and become a certified diver of an international organization such as NAUI, PADI or CMAS. Having a nice boat and snorkel trip with Atlantis-M is also available for parents and children on request and enjoy the calm, crystal clear water, bright sky and the shining sun. To offer the best of both sides of the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantis has also partnered with a leader Company in Yachting in Kemer.

As Atlantis Diving Center,we are fully licensed and certified, complaying with all Turkish and International safety regulations. When you take a dive trip on the Atlantis, you are in for a treat! One of the most spacious and comfortable boats in this area; Atlantis-M makes your trip to and from the dive site quite enjoyable.

21 m. in length and 6 m.in breadth wooden Diving Boat Atlantis-M covers 3 different zones on deck :
Divers zone,with its large sturdy dive platform and wide Divers area surrounded with bottles and seats where you can easily prepare yourself for an exciting dive! Non-Divers zone is second half of the first floor surrounded with the leather couches situated in a large area where you can sit and relax in the shadow.

A bar and a kitchen on the corner to surve cool drinks and the delicious food and 2 WC & Freshwater-Shower are also available. The huge second floor with plenty of room to lie and relax and get some sun during the surface interval: even up on the bow! The view from the bridge is even a lot better and anybody is welcome to be taken a nice picture with the Captain at the helm.

COURSES
General
Atlantis Diving Center as a diver friendly and professional operation in Kemer offers various courses leading to the internationally recognised PADI, NAUI and CMAS qualifications.
Instruction from highly qualified instructors is available in different languages such as English, German, French, Dutch, Russian and Turkish.
Courses are available from a beginners-through to the instructor level.
Our goal is to support a Fun ,Friendly,Comfortable atmosphere in which our students can learn.

Who can Dive?
With today’s educational systems,anybody can dive. Even if you are not certified, Atlantis Diving Center lets you dive and discover the underwater world in “ONE DAY”! To learn “Scuba Diving”on your vocation with us is a very enjoyable and unforgettable experience. Before entering the water a through instruction is given with regard to scuba diving theory, behaviour under water, safety and preservation of the reef.
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit and comfortable in the water can dive!

Bublemaker Program
This program is for kids from the age of 8.and this is an introduction to the thrill of breathing underwater. If you are 8 or 9 years of age, now is your time to go and swim underwater! Diving with special equipment and special care!…

Discover Scuba Diving
Move at your own pace! This is a pre-entry level certification program at “Atlantis Diving”, that is perfect for holiday divers or people who only plan to dive a couple of times a year. Your first dive in the sea with lots of fish, feel the lightness of being underwater and chance to become a part of it, with the supervisions of your instructor in ideal conditions. Max.depth is 12 m/40 feet.

This introductory course will enable you to dive safely under professional quidance on our beautiful reefs with no provious diving experience. Course includes instruction, two dives and equipment.

Prerequisite: Ability to swim and feeling comfortable in the water.
Duration : One hour
Open Water Diver (PADI/NAUI)

The entrance course
A course requiring the completion of 5 knowledge development sessions, 5 confined water sessions, and 4 open water training dives.
Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundementals of scuba diving,including the equipment and techniques.The practical lesson start off in the confined waters where you’ll master all the basic diving skills in a safe and controlled environment. Upon successful completion of this course, you receive a certification card that is recognized worldwide and are eligible to dive to a maximum depth of 18 metres. If you are between 10 and 14 or have a child between these ages, there is Junior Open Water program available.

Prerequisite : Ability to swim and feeling comfortable in the water.
Duration : 3 days
Advanced Open Water Diver (PADI/NAUI)
This program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore some of diving’s top adventures. The highest priority is given to practical experience diving in various special areas such as Underwater Navigation,Deep Diving,Night Diving,Wreck Diving,Underwater Photography.
After your five dives, you’ll be more experienced,feel more comfortable in water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand the underwater environment.

Prerequisite : Open Water Diver
Duration : 2-3 days
Medic First Aid
You do not even need to be a diver for this course! This one day First Aid and CPR course can easily be intedrated into a Rescue Course.
This course prepares you to properly handle potentially life-threatening situations. A course requiring 7 knowledge development sessions, including watching the Medic First Aid video and practicing on a mannequin. Upon successful completion of this course, you receive a certification card and are able to give proper first aid when needed.

Prerequisite : none
Duration : 1 day
Rescue Diver
A course requiring the completion of 5 knowledge development sessions and 12 exercises conducted over 5 open water dives. This course entails Serious Fun, you’ll learn everything you need to know about handling diving emergencies. Rescue Diver Course focuses on minor problem recognition and prevention,as well as handling worst-case scenarios. Upon successful completion of this course,you receive a certification card and are able to effectively perform diver rescues and assists ,manage diving-accident situations, render proper first aid and qualify for Divemaster training.

Prerequisite : Advanced Open Water Diver, Medic First Aid, and logged at least 20 dives.
Duration : 3 days
Divemaster
This is your first step into the leadership world of diving and your last prerequest before instructor training.
A course requiring the completion of a Watermanship and Skill Assessment in confined water, 8 knowledge development sessions, and practical application in open water enabling the candidate to put into practice his knowledge on how to plan, manage and control diving activities. Upon successful completion of this course, you receive a certification card and are able to oversee general diving activities, serve as an underwater guide and act as an instructional assistant.

Prerequisite : Rescue Diver, minimum age 18 years, and logged at least 60 open water dives.
Duration : Minimum of 10 days.
Specialty Courses
Specialty training is FUN and Easy! No long classroom sessions and No Exams! Each course consists of 2 or 4 dives over 1 to 3 days.

Boat Diver, Deep Diver, Drift Diver, Night Diver, Wreck Diver, Search and Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Underwater Photographer, Underwater Videographer

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AQUA AGE SCUBA DIVING CENTRE

Kemer – Antalya – Turkey

We are pleased to introduce you scuba .iving in Turkish Riviera. During your visit with us you will enjoy the Mediterranean’s warm crystal clear waters and be amazed by the fascinating marine life with the breathtaking natural and historical beauty above. Please just relax and enjoy the fabulous sport of scuba diving with our total expertise in scuba diving services and our stringent standarts on international rules. With Aqua Age while having ”fun” live the absolute need “safety”, “comfort” and “perfection” in travel services.

Aqua Age Diving Center is a PADI Dive Center having two branches in Kemer and Side. We’re organizing daily diving trips for the beginners and qualified divers and giving all levels of PADI and CMAS courses.

In the high season we have as many as 5 large dive boats and over 50 multilingual staff handling more than 10,000 customers annually.
Established 1998
Location Kemer – side / Antalya / Turkey
Service Area Tekirova – Alanya
Season April – October
Boats Custom built dive boats with changing rooms, sundecks, wc, on board oxygen & first aid kits, rescue boat.
Insurance Insured by Anadolu Sigorta & DAN Europe
Dive services Daily diving tours, courses, private diving tours
Languages spoken English, Russian, German, French, Turkish

DISCOVER SCUBA 1 day, 2 dives (max. 6 m, 25 min) fun, safety and excitement. You have always wanted to discover diving before. In a very friendly environment you will have a short theoretical lesson on boat. With internationally recognized PADI Discover Scuba Program you will join the under-water world together with your instructor. You will hand-feed fish, stroke octopus and explore for yourself the majestic underwater world. Every healthy person 08-65 ages can attend this program without any international certificate.

BUBLEMAKER FOR KIDS 1 day, 2 dives Kids – Bring your parents diving! For young adventurers like you, the Bublemaker program is an introduction to the thrill of breathing underwater. If you’re 8 or 9 years of age, now is your chance to take the plunge with a PADI instructor and go diving.

CERTIFIED DIVERS 1 day, 2 dives There are plenty of dive sites situated around the nearby islands and along the coast line. You can discover the reefs, wrecks, walls, and caves that remain unspoiled and unknown by the masses. Please choose your dives from wreck, wall, cave, antique dives according to your certificate.

NON-DIVERS / SNORKELLING TOUR 1 day The ancient Lykian Peninsula offers you the distinguished feeling of touching the history and the beauty of pine trees in scenic bays during your tour. During the day you can use SNORKELLING EQUIPMENT and enjoy BUFFET LUNCH and all the facilities of Aqua Age Boats.

PADI Courses
PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) is the world’s biggest and well-known diver training association. In worlwide, PADI certifies more than 900,000 divers annually.

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVER COURSE - 1 Day
This one day course introduces you to learn philosophy of scuba diving during a short theory lesson and practice. In Discover Scuba Diving Program you will learn some of the theory and practice skills of the Open Water course. If you decide to continue your education you can transfer directly onto the Open Water course giving you the opportunity to complete it in two days instead of three.

Children between 8-10 ten years old may participate in Discover Scuba as bubblemakers.

Prerequisites:
Minimum Age: 10( 8 for Bublemaker)
SCUBA DIVER COURSE - 2 days
This course is the first step on the certification level of the PADI Open Water course. It is a two days course and allows you to enjoy underwater world while learning necessary skills to get the most out of your diver training and to gain a certification card.
When you take scuba Diver course you will be able to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 12 metres under Instructor supervision.

Prerequisites:
Minimum Age: 10

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE - 3 Days
If you want to learn to scuba dive, take a PADI Open Water Diver Course, the most widely recognized and respected diving certification in the world. Within a few days, you can be enjoying the underwater world.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundementals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques with up to date teaching materials. The practical lessons start off in the confined crystal waters where you will master all the basic diving skills in a safe and controlled environment and 4 open water deeper dives to a maximum depth of 18 meters. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide.

Prerequisites:
Minimum Age: 10
PADI ADVENTURE DIVER COURSE - 1 or 2 Days
Want to take you diving to the next level? Well look no further! Become a PADI Adventure Diver today and start experiencing the exciting adventures the world of diving has to offer.

The Adventure Diver Program is the perfect opportunity to gain additional experience and skills under the guidance of Aqua Age PADI professionals.

The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

This certification includes three of the following Adventure Dives:

Adventure Dives available to divers 10 years old and older:
AWARE-Fish Identification
Underwater Naturalist
Boat Diver
Underwater Navigator
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Underwater Photography

Additional Adventure Dives available to divers 12 years old and older:
Altitude Diver
Multilevel Diver
Deep Diver
Night Diver
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Search and Recovery Diver
Drift Diver
Underwater Videography
Dry Suit Diver
Wreck Diver

Prerequisites
PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum Age: 15 years old (10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)

SPECIALITY COURSES - 1 or 2 days
How far will you take this diving thing? It’s up to you. Once you qualify as an Open Water Diver you can enroll on a number of Specialty. Aqua Age offers Night, Deep, Multi Level, Navigation, Wreck, Shore, Cave, Boat, Photography and many more.

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE COURSE - 1 day
The EFR course teaches both divers and nondivers how to deal with emergencies that are potentially life threatening. And also teaches you how to care for injuries or illnesses that are not life threatening or when local EMS is unavailable or delayed.

This comprehensive program is composed of two core modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone courses: Emergency First Response – Primary Care and Emergency First Response – Secondary Care.

Prerequisites:
No dive certification required
No minimum age limit
RESCUE DIVER COURSE - 3 days
This course concentrates on problem recognition and prevention in realistic scenario conditions. You will learn everything you need to know – but hope that you’ll never need to use.

Prerequisites
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum Age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)
Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months
DIVE MASTER COURSE - 12 days
The PADI Divemaster course is designed to train qualified individuals as supervisory personnel.

PADI Divemaster course is a 12 day boat diving based extensive training program completing 36 dives.

During the Divemaster Course you’ll work closely with Aqua Age PADI Instructors to expand your diving skills and knowledge to the professional level. The role of the Divemaster may be to either supervise and assist general diving activities, serve as an underwater guide, an assistant to instructor, and many more.

Prerequisites
PADI Rescue Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum Age: 18 years old
Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months
CMAS Courses
CMAS* DIVER COURSE - 3 days
Theoretical lessons with the latest up to date materials. 2 practical lessons start off in the confined crystal clear waters where you will master all the basic diving skills in a safe and controlled environment and 3 open water deeper dives to a maximum depth of 18 meters.

CMAS** DIVER COURSE - 2 days
During the course you will do 4 open water dives and you are introduced to both the practical and theoretical knowledge needed to conduct the DEEP (18+ meters), NIGHT, NAVIGATION, RESCUE dives.

Prerequisites
PADI Open Water Diver or CMAS* certificate
20 Logged dives

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SETUR ANTALYA MARINA

Antalya – Turkey

Coordinates : 36 50′ “N – 30 37′ “E
Entrance Lights : FI.R.3s 6M / FI.G.3s 6M
VHF Channel : 09 / 16
Call sign : “Setur Marina”

Winds Southwest / North / Northwest
Max. Length 60 meters
Max. Depth Outher mole 6 meters
Inside marina 4 meters

Lift Can serve for boats of 9.10 meters max. beam 45 meters max. length.
Electricity Available for boats on the water and on drydock
Water Available for boats on the water and on drydock
Telephone Both direct and by operator
Data e-mail and internet, fax transmission
Car Park 2 car parks with 80 cars capacity
Security 24 hours with security staff
Nearest Airport Antalya / 30 kms – 30 min.
Nearest Harbour Ferry to Cyprus and Venice
Transport Every day regular bus to the centrum
Taxi 24 hours service
Bus Station 14 kms. to marina 20 minutes by taxi
Rent a Car [ Avis ]
Helicopter Antalya airport
Alternative Sports Trekking, riding, mountain biking, golf, jeep safari, rafting, jet boat safari, water skiing, jet skiing, aquaparks, bowling
Medicine Antalya State Hospital
Laundry 3 washing & 2 drying machines
Fun Live music in Ship Inn Restaurant 2 days a week
Yacht Chandlery near by the marina
Market At the marina
Local Market Every day in city centrum, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 5 kms to marina
Bank City centrum

Approach
The average depth in Setur Antalya Marina is 4 meters. There are laid moorings at berths.

Facilities
At Setur Antalya Marina, carrying blue flag, the mooring service is given continously for 24 hours by marina dinghy.

At Setur Antalya Marina all kinds of winterising and regular maintenance services such as bilge control, battery charge, engine running, aeration, etc. are available.

At the marina workshop, painting and maintenance, osmosis treatment, varnishing and epoxy-polyester works, sail, boat cover, bimini and sprayhood manufacture and repair, all kinds of main machinery, generator and outboard repair, lathe and stainless metal and galvanising works, marine carpentery and electric and electronic equipment rapair, mounting and maintenance are available.

Marina staff also serves you with inflatable boat, refrigeration and aircondition system maintenance and rapair as well as surveying of life raft and fire extinguishers.

Regional Activities
The quests of Setur Antalya Marina can make use of Antalya’s rich cultural and artistic life. Every year from May to July, classic and pop music concerts, opera and ballet performances take place in the atique Aspendos Theatre.

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