Padi Courses

Padi Courses

Royal Octopus Dive Center offers the following Padi Courses.

Open Water

(4 days, from 400€*) * PRICES DON'T INCLUDE PADI MATERIALS
Diver's first certification. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, the most widely recognized and respected rating in the world,you will be able to dive with another certified diver up to 18 meters,whenever you like. 4 days with theory, to develope knowledge development in classroom,confined water for skills practice and 4 open water dives. You must be older than the age of 14 years to begin the PADI Open Water Diver program. For those of you who are not above the age of 14 years and would like to participate in the PADI Open Water Diver Program, then the PADI Jr Open Water Diver program is available to you.A PADI Junior Open Water Diver between the ages of 10 and 11 years may only dive with a PADI Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

Advanced Open Water

(2 - 3 days, from 350€*) * PRICES DON'T INCLUDE PADI MATERIALS
After being a certifierd Open Water diver,you can move to Advance O.W.diver to advance your diving knoeledge and skills.You will have to complete 5 adventure dives.The 2 of them are deep dive,up to 30 meters and underwater navigation by using a compass.If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification.The other depends on your interests, and you have to choose between cavern diver, night diver,enriched air diver ,boat diver and many more. Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)

First Aid (Emergency First Response)

(1 day, from 150€*) * PRICES DON'T INCLUDE PADI MATERIALS
This one day course learns you about primary and secondary care, not only for diving injuries. It's suitable for enery diver, not only for those who want to be professionals. It's required for the Rescue Diver Course.

Rescue Diver

(2 days, 600€*) * PRICES DON'T INCLUDE PADI MATERIALS
Learns you to prevent and manage problems in the water and become more confident about your diving skills.Prepares you for any underwater emergencys,major or minor.You are practicing with theory in class and through diving accidents scenarios.Minimum age: 15 years old (12 for PADI Junior Rescue Diver)Successful completion of a sanctioned CPR program within the past 24 months. The Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) courses meet these requirements.

Master Scuba Diver Course

(300€*) * PRICES DON'T INCLUDE PADI MATERIALS
This is the highest, non profesional, recreation certification. It demands 50 logged dives and completed 5 specialities courses and be certified as an Advanced and Rescue Diver.

Dive Master

Become a profesional .A leader that mentors and motivate other divers.Gain more dive knowledge,super vision abilities to prevent problems and become a role model to divers around the world.What can PADI Divemasters do?

- Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
- Assist PADI Instructors with students
- Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
- Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
- Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
- Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
- Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
- Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course

Specialities Courses

PADI certification opens up the oceans and lakes to you, but the PADI Specialty Dives take the underwater adventure to depths that will stir your soul. Achieving PADI Specialty ratings can take anywhere from as little as one day to a full weekend -but this is all hands-on, so you'll be diving right from the start. Specialities:

- Deep Diver
- Wreck Diver
- Search & Recovery Diver
- Night Diver
- Underwater Navigator Diver
- Enriched Air Diver
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver
- Project Aware Diver
- Aware Coral Reef Conservation Specialty
- Emergency Oxygen Provider
- Surface Marker Buoy
- Equipment specialist

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Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General

The following document gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.

Data collection on our website

How do we collect your data?

Some data are collected when you provide them to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form or in the booking form when booking a trip online.

Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data are collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyse how visitors use the site. We will only use the data you provide to make your booking or process your request.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

Under Art. 15 GDPR you always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

Analytics and third-party tools

When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behaviour. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

Royal Octopus takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Royal Octopus
Kolymbari, Chania, Crete, 73006

Website: www.royaloctopus.gr
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. Under Article 21 GDPR, you may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfilment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser's address line when it changes from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon is displayed in your browser's address bar.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use, are stored pursuant to Art. 6 (1), (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyse your surfing behaviour) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files". These are:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

These data will not be combined with data from other sources.

Contact form

Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.

We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal email making this request is sufficient. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before we received your request.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion or revoke your consent for its storage, or until the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after your request has been fulfilled).

Transmission of data in connection with contracts for services and digital content

We send personal data to third parties only if this is necessary. Such third parties may include the bank that processes payments.

We do not transmit data for any other purpose, unless you have given your explicit consent. We will not forward your personal data to any third party, for example for marketing purposes, without your explicit consent.

Data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which permits processing that is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract.

4. Analytics and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour to optimize both its website and its advertising.

IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. Your IP address will be shortened by Google within the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.

Browser plugin

You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objecting to the collection of data

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on our websites. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not advised that such an analysis is taking place.

Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please visit the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

5. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive our newsletter, we require a valid email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive this newsletter. We use the 'double opt-in' process for this. When you tick the box on the relevant page on our website to confirm that you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will send a confirmation email containing an activation link to the email address provided in the contact form. The newsletter subscription is not activated until you click on the confirmation link in the email. No additional data is collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We only use this data to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke consent to the storage of your data and email address as well as their use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. through the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before we received your request.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until you cancel your subscription, at which point it will be deleted. Data we have stored for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the members area) remain unaffected.

6. Plug-Ins and tools

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Further information about handling user data can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

7. Images and other content

Images and text that we show on our website have either been created by Royal Octopus itself or have been bought together with the pertinent rights, or supplied by partners. We also incorporate third-party content such as videos and webcams. If, despite our best efforts, you spot any errors (for example if you recognise yourself on a picture for which you have not given your consent), we would be grateful if you could report any such errors to us, giving us as detailed an account as possible of your concerns. Please use our contact form.

8. Amendments to this policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time within the prevailing legal framework. The rapid development of the internet, social media and mobile data usage and the consequent swift pace of legislative changes make it essential to amend this policy occasionally. You will always find the latest version of our privacy policy here.

Chania, Crete, July 2018
Royal Octopus
Kolymbari, Chania, Crete, 73006

Website: www.royaloctopus.gr
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Padi Courses

Open Water

Advanced Open Water

First Aid (Emergency First Response)

Rescue Diver

Master Scuba Diver Course

Dive Master

Specialities Courses

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