Few words about us
Angelos
Angelos is Greek (Cretan), born in Bali.
As his father was a fisherman, Angelos has always lived by the sea… He was fishing with his father, using boats and discovering the sea around Bali, since he was 10 years old. He worked for a while on different ships while he was on Commercial Marine.
In 1988 he did his military service, (24 months) in the Greek Navy, at a special force (O.Y.K.) He is a Commercial Diver and Scuba Diving instructor of several dive organisations although during the last years he has been diving and working only with the standards of PADI as an IDC Staff (member since 1993).
Scuba Diving is Angelos’ passion and fish are his good friends. So, he quit fishing early in his life and his passion became his job… He is upset that there isn’t a way for others to stop fishing too and hopes that some day some people will realise how important it is for some “non fishing-zones”(parks) to be created…
Corinne
Corinne is French, from Versailles.
After she finished her studies she started working with children.. She went through different jobs for a while but being a wild soul, she decided in 1986 together with a good friend of hers, to travel around the whole world. That was her big dream!
First trip was to Crete… the last one too, since… here she found her paradise! The place, the people, the climate, even the air charmed her! Soon she decided to leave France and move to Bali Crete. She started working in tourism doing different kinds of jobs. Since then and until now she has been supporting Angelos to keep and operate their Dive Center. They have two sons, Stelios and Alexandros, who, of course, are divers too.
Corinne is a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver; she loves diving, the sea and its creatures. Being really sociable, she also likes to relate with people. She adores her job and enjoys getting people to discover the Cretan under water world!
alexadros
Alexandros is the son of Corrine and Angelos. He was born in 1995 in Crete and he is half Greek (Cretan) and half French. He had his first dive when he was 4 years old and he fell in love with the underwater world!
It was only natural that he got his diplomas from PADI to become a diving instructor. He has dived more than 4.000 times and still every time he dives he discovers something new! His favourite diving site is Peristeri. He is a certified regulator mainteiner for Beauchat and Aqualung. He recently got married to Konstantina and so far they have one daughter called Jocelyne and they are expecting the second child who is a boy and will be named after his grandfather (Angelos)
Some more photos of us !
Bali
the place to explore
explorations
Dive Exploration
“Dive Exploration” is for certified divers of any level and any recognized SCUBA Diving organisation, who would like to discover and enjoy the Cretan Under-water World. In small groups of diver of about the same level with an experienced professional dive guide you’ll visit the different interesting dive sites we have selected on the around area….. MORE…
Refresher dive
“Refresher Dive” is for the certified diver who has not been diving for a year or more, or the new diver who wants to review skills. This course is a series of in-water exercises to reacquaint the diver with the basic skills to dive safely. This skill exercise is conducted by a Dive Master or Instructor, at a shallow and easy site, before this diver begins her/his diving vacation. It costs 15 Euro extra if the diver hasn’t her/his own equipment. MORE
Try dive
“Try Diving” (Discover Scuba) is a half day program designed to allow the non-diver to experience SCUBA Diving. It includes: briefing, a confined water dive with a professional certified PADI instructor, full equipment, a gift certificate. The meeting is at 14:30 at the Dive Center. MORE
Discover scuba dive
Do you always wanted to try Scuba Diving…..? Discover the under-water magic world?
Hippocampos Bali Dive Center will realise your Dream!
Our professional, experienced and friendly team offers you Try Dive or Discover Scuba Diving, (half-day programs). Starting from shallow, safe and clear water, you will discover how easy and fantastic scuba diving is. MORE