Diving & snorkeling

Underwater activities for both beginner and experienced divers, full of fun and safety

Diving PADI resort R  9847 – You can choose amongst the various activities Taormina Diving Center offers the right activity for you: our Diving Center PADI Resort can cater to both experienced and beginner divers. From Naxos Bay to the baia delle Sirene (Mermaids bay) on board of the Tornado, our 12.8mt spacious and comfortable boat, we offer one of a kind diving experiences lead by qualified instructors.

Scuba Diving in Giardini Naxos and Taormina

Discover Scuba Diving

A fun an simple experience for everyone who wishes to explore the world under the sea in complete safety and guided by qualified instructors. No previous experience is necessary, all that is required is a good level of health and fitness. Even children over 10 years can try.

THE PATHWAY OF BUBBLES

9.30 am meet up at the port of Giardini Naxos. Welcoming on board the Tornado and departure. After about 30 minutes at sea we will reach the protected area of Isola Bella: after a quick debriefing, equipment will be handed out, suits will be worn and then the immersions will start. The excursion will last about 3 hours. Daily departures from the port of Giardini Naxos, both in the morning and the afternoon, from April to the end of October

SCUBA DIVING

For those that have a valid scuba diving licence we offer interesting and fascinating guided immersions: deep water immersions, nocturnal immersions, diving from wrecks.

DIVING SPOTS: Giardini Naxos – Taormina

Snorkeling in Giardini Naxos and Taormina

SNORKELING: The pathway to exploration

Experience an exciting excursion with a mask, fins and a mouthpiece. Our snorkelling tour will surprise you: a close encounter with the silent beauty of the underwater world! An excellent way to discover the secrets of the sea and to learn to protect the precious marine ecosystem.

Programme (max. 20 people – duration 3 hours):

  • 9.30 am meet up at the port of Giardini Naxos
  • Welcoming on board the Tornado and departure
  • Navigation of Naxos Bay, of “Capo Taormina” and of “I faraglioni del Capo”

After about 30 minutes at sea we will reach the protected area of Isola Bella: here we will stay for about an hour, so as to be able to visit the various grottos, go snorkelling with equipment supplied by the crew, or sunbathe on our large solarium. During this stop our guests will be offered drinks, fruit and various snacks.

After the navigation will continue to the bay of Capo Taormina, where we will stop again and here it will be possibile to visit the “grotta del giorno”. We will then head back to the port of Giardini Naxos, where we shall arriva at approx. 12.30

Daily departures from the port of Giardini Naxos, both in the morning and the afternoon, from April to the end of October.

Underwater biowatching

Esplora mentre fai snorkeling!

Una nuova forma di turismo ecologico, una grande idea innovativa, un’attività molto interessante per bambini, ragazzi, snorkelers e divers è la scoperta e l’esplorazione della vita marina, da autodidatti, che permette di identificare una svariata quantità di organismi marini in tempo reale.

Grazie al kit di card impermeabili e il manuale da noi fornito, infatti è possibile osservando, riconoscere i pesci del mediterraneo… una guida nel campo subacqueo molto interessante che comprende un innovativo metodo di informazione, apprendimento e intrattenimento.