Welcome to the beautiful Kalymnos island Greece - The Sponge Divers island

"God used a sieve to create Kos and Kalymnos island.
Looking towards East, he used the good and rich sieved earth, to create KOS island. 
He threw to his backside, the rocks and the bit of earth remained in the sieve to create KALYMNOS island."

This myth accurately describes the morphology of Kalymnos island. A lot of rocky mountains with a bit of cultivated earth. This is the reason that Kalymnians work a lot with the sea and became great - worldwide famous divers.

Good news! These full of stalactite caves rocky mountains that were considered to be the back luck for Kalymnos island residents, turned to be a hidden treasure underwater! An excellent rocky sea bed full of caverns, reefs, walls and wrecks. A perfect background for a rich ecosystem. Which you can enjoy scuba diving, freediving or snorkeling in the clear - high visibility - current free - warm sea round our beautiful island!

On this part of our website we will provide the information concerning our Diving Environment and Diving Heritage that make Kalymnos island a Unique and Top Diving Destination in Greece.
Visit the following links for more information about your holidays on Kalymnos island: General information about  Kalymnos island Greece, Information about your Travel to Kalymnos island, Information about Climbing Kalymnos island

Why Kalymnos Island is a top Diving Destination in Greece

Kalymnos island is famous as "The Sponge Diver's Island". Sponge fishery, processing and trading were the main professions on Kalymnos island for hundreds of years now. Sponge Diving is Kalymnos Island Diving Heritage!

For Kalymnians, diving is not an extreme sport. It is part of their life and their culture! !

• Start a discussion with anyone and you will come up with amazing stories and expert advise!
• Try the food for divers in the restaurants and taverns drinking ouzo, retsina and wine while listening to diver's music and dancing diver's dances!
• See paintings, sculpture, art work and films about diving!
• Visit the Diving and Folklore Museums
• Participate in Diving Events like the Diving Festival and the Skandalopetra freediving Games that give you the chance to meet and dive with the traditional sponge diving methods.

Add to this environment and background:

• A clear - high visibility - current free - warm sea
• An excellent rocky sea bed full of caverns, reefs, walls and wrecks
• A rich ecosystem
• High standard diving services with individual care from KALYMNOS Diving Center

and you get one of the best diving destination in Greece which you can enjoy scuba diving, freediving or snorkeling !

Live your Diving Holidays like a Diver on a Divers' Island