Author: Marco Daturi
The Best Diving Centers
May 26, 2006. For fifteen days, everyone had the opportunity to vote for the diving centers that agreed to participate in the first edition of the ' The Best Diving Center ' competition. This contest was a real success because, despite being its first edition, almost 80 diving centers participated : our congratulations to all of them for participating, they submitted their entries to the public's judgement: well done!
The result of a collaboration with our French friends at Plongeur.com, this first edition of the competition was launched together with the same rules on both portals in three languages – Italian, French, and English – to give as many diving sites as possible the opportunity to participate, including in the 'foreign diving' section.
A reminder of the rules: diving centers registered by indicating the region or state where they operate. Regions with fewer than three participants were grouped with neighboring regions. Voting was then held on the forum for fifteen days, with each user having only one vote per group.
Il overall winner of this edition is……
…… Abyss Diving Center in Rapallo (GE) which has truly garnered a lot of acclaim.
Founded in 2005, Abyss Diving Service is located just steps from the port of Rapallo, where Giorgio, Matteo, and Raul welcome guests to one of the most innovative diving centers in Liguria, a 250-square-meter facility of efficiency. A project designed for diving that combines comfort and quality.
A special prize is also awarded for Oltreilmare diving , which ranked first among freshwater diving.
Here are all the rankings with the winners, divided by group.
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Group: Liguria – Lombardy – Piedmont
No. of votes: 186 - Abyss Diving Center – Liguria (WINNER)
No. of votes: 52 – Blue Planet - Liguria
No. of votes: 40 – European Diving Center - Liguria
No. of votes: 31 – Overseas – Lombardy
No. of votes: 29 – Portofino Dive - Liguria
No. of votes: 27 – Tigullio Diving Center - Liguria
No. of votes: 18 – San Fruttuoso Diving Center - Liguria
No. of votes: 16 – Journey into the Blue - Liguria
No. of votes: 14 – Sardinia Diving Center - Liguria
No. of votes: 3 – Diving Center & Scuba School "Oasi Blu SRL" - Liguria
No. of votes: 3 – Sub Del Lago - Piedmont
No. of votes: 2 – The Grasshoppers - Liguria
No. of votes: 0 – Fishbone - Liguria
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Group: Puglia
No. of votes: 7 – Blue Space Tremiti DC – Puglia (WINNER)
No. of votes: 6 – Scuba Diving - Apulia
No. of votes: 1 – Orca Diving Center - Apulia
No. of votes: 1 – Mediterranean Subways Center - Apulia
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Group: Sardinia
No. of votes: 10 – Sea Soul – Sardinia (WINNER)
No. of votes: 8 – Bear Diving – Sardinia
No. of votes: 4 – AREA11diver – Sardinia
No. of votes: 4 – Scuba Point – Sardinia
No. of votes: 3 – Alpha Diving Center – Sardinia
No. of votes: 2 – Atmosphere diving center – Sardinia
No. of votes: 2 – Nautilus Diving Centre – Sardinia
No. of votes: 2 – Longone Marine Diving Center – Sardinia
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Group: Sicily
No. of votes: 15 – Scuba Diving School – Sicily (WINNER)
No. of votes: 8 – Pantelleria Diving Center - Sicily
No. of votes: 8 – Linosa Diving Center snc - Sicily
No. of votes: 6 – Alta Marea diving center Ustica - Sicily
No. of votes: 6 – Saracen Diving Center - Sicily
No. of votes: 5 – Moby Diving - Sicily
No. of votes: 4 – Blue Dolphins - Sicily
No. of votes: 3 – Mare Nostrum Linosa - Sicily
No. of votes: 3 – Deep Blue Ustica - Sicily
No. of votes: 2 – Islands of the Cyclops Diver - Sicily
No. of votes: 1 – Mare Nostrum Ustica - Sicily
No. of votes: 1 – The Paguro Scuba Center - Sicily
No. of votes: 1 – El Cachalote - Sicily
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Group: Tuscany
No. of votes: 21 – Capraia Diving Service - Tuscany (WINNER)
No. of votes: 12 – Diving in Elba - Tuscany
No. of votes: 8 – International Diving - Tuscany
No. of votes: 3 – Diving Center in Cecina - Tuscany
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Group: Abruzzo – Calabria – Campania – Lazio
No. of votes: 33 – Capo Palinuro Diving Center Campania (WINNER)
No. of votes: 26 – Ponza diving center - Lazio
No. of votes: 8 – AS Atlantide Diving School – Abruzzo
No. of votes: 3 – Scuba Point Reggio Calabria - Calabria
No. of votes: 2 – Capri Diving Services Campania
No. of votes: 1 – Poseidon Diving Center - Calabria
No. of votes: 0 – Euro Sub Campania
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Group: Foreign
No. of votes: 23 – Sea Soul – Sharm (WINNER)
No. of votes: 11 – Journey into the Blue – Sharm
No. of votes: 10 – Ocean Zone Divers – Thailand
No. of votes: 9 – Minahasa Lagoon - Indonesia
No. of votes: 8 – Celebes Diver - Indonesia
No. of votes: 4 – Sipadan Water Village – Malaysia
No. of votes: 2 – Moby Dives - Malt
No. of votes: 1 – Maui Diving - Swiss
No. of votes: 1 – Milos Diving Center – Greece
No. of votes: 1 – LET'S GO Margarita - Venezuela
No. of votes: 1 – African Divers – Egypt
No. of votes: 1 – 3 Turtles Diving Center – Egypt
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Group: France
No. of votes: 3 – Babou Plongée – Côté Océan – France (WINNER)
No. of votes: 2 – Les copains d'à bord - France
No. of votes: 1 – Espace Mer - France
No. of votes: 0 – Les Heures Saines - France
No. of votes: 0 – Top Dive - France
n. votes: 0 – Club Castille Calvi Corse – France
No. of votes: 0 – Iti Diving International - France
No. of votes: 0 – Palm Beach Plongee - France
No. of votes: 0 – Hippocampe Évasion Sarl - France
No. of votes: 0 – Eleuthera Plongee - France
No. of votes: 0 – Aqualonde - France
No. of votes: 0 – Aliotis Plongee - France
No. of votes: 0 – Hippocampes Divers - France
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ITALIAN RANKING
position – no. votes – Diving – Region
1 – 186 – Abyss Diving Center – Liguria (OVERALL WINNER)
2 – 52 – Blue Planet – Liguria
3 – 40 – European Diving Center – Liguria
4 – 33 – Capo Palinuro Diving Center – Campania
5 – 31 – Oltreilmare – Lombardy
6 – 29 – Portofino Dive – Liguria
7 – 27 – Tigullio Diving Center – Liguria
8 – 26 – Ponza Diving Center – Lazio
9 – 21 – Capraia Diving Service – Tuscany
10 – 18 – San Fruttuoso Diving Center – Liguria
11 – 16 – Journey into the Blue – Liguria
12 – 15 – Scuba Diving School – Sicily
13pm – 14pm – Sardinia Diving Center – Liguria
14 – 12 – Diving in Elba – Tuscany
15 – 10 – Sea Soul – Sardinia
16 – 8 – AS Atlantide Diving School – Abruzzo
17 – 8 – Orso Diving – Sardinia
18 – 8 – Pantelleria Diving Center – Sicily
19 – 8 – Linosa Diving Center snc – Sicily
20 – 8 – International Diving – Tuscany
21 – 7 – Blue Space Tremiti DC – Puglia
22pm – 6am – Scuba Diving – Puglia
23 – 6 – Alta Marea diving center Ustica – Sicily
24 – 6 – Diving Center Saracen – Sicily
25 – 5 – Moby Diving – Sicily
26 – 4 – AREA11diver – Sardinia
27 – 4 – Scuba Point – Sardinia
28 – 4 – Blue Dolphins – Sicily
29 – 3 – Scuba Point Reggio Calabria – Calabria
30 – 3 – Diving Center & Scuba School "Oasi Blu SRL" – Liguria
31 – 3 – Sub Del Lago – Piedmont
32 – 3 – Alpha Diving Center – Sardinia
33 – 3 – Mare Nostrum Linosa – Sicily
34 – 3 – Deep Blue Ustica – Sicily
35 – 3 – Diving Center in Cecina – Tuscany
36 – 2 – Capri Diving Services – Campania
37 – 2 – The Grasshoppers – Liguria
38 – 2 – Atmosphere diving center – Sardinia
39 – 2 – Nautilus Diving Centre – Sardinia
40 – 2 – Longone Marine Diving Center – Sardinia
41 – 2 – Cyclops Islands Diver – Sicily
42 – 1 – Poseidon Diving Center – Calabria
43 – 1 – Orca Diving Center – Puglia
44 – 1 – Mediterranean Diving Center – Puglia
45 – 1 – Mare Nostrum Ustica – Sicily
46 – 1 – Il Paguro Scuba Center – Sicily
47 – 1 – El Cachalote – Sicily
48 – 0 – Euro Sub – Campania
49 – 0 – Fishbone – Liguria
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