Herbies Diving Paradise, Ltd.

Herbie's Diving Paradise looks after your valuable holiday time, making it easy to learn to dive or keep building your skills. With PADI eLearning, all your theory is completed at home — so once you arrive in the Cyprus sun, it's simply dive time. This PADI 5 Star IDC centre runs all the PADI courses, Discover Scuba Diving and daily dive trips for certified divers, with three PADI Instructors on the team.

Courses and dive sites

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is offered from USD 548 over roughly two days. Based across Protaras and Ayia Napa, the centre explores a rich spread of local sites, including Vizakia Bay, Roman Harbour, The Hole / Green Bay Caves, Cyclops Cave, the Liberty and Nemesis wrecks, the MUSAN artificial reef and the Kyrenia wreck.

Facilities include an onsite classroom, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, a retail shop and a house reef, with air fills and conservation activities on hand. Staff speak English and German, making it a welcoming choice for new and continuing divers alike.