The crew were super friendly, funny and professional about the whole diving trip, which consisted of two dives with several groups of divers on different levels (snorkel to beyond padi... read more advanced diving). It was my first dive in a foreign country and we went as...More

  I've been recently diving with Venus Dive Center which is located just off the beach in Kastel Stari. Dive center is very well equipped with fairly new dive gear for... read more rent, brand new compressor and fantastic comfortable and fast new boat. Some bad review here...More

  Ivica is a calm, jovial and professional diving instructor. His approach to scuba diving exudes confidence, which builds your courage. As an experienced diver (Padi Advanced) I hadn’t dived for... read more a couple of years so was a little apprehensive. However, Ivica quickly developed a rapport...More

  Visited Split recently and had arranged a dive with 3 friends with Ivo as the instructor This was planned on Friday 17th May. 3 of us are advanced qualified and... read more done over 100 dives each so clearly not total novices. My friend's brother hadn't dived...More

  Can't say enough good things about this diving centre. I recently completed my night diving course with them in the middle of November. They not only ensured I was completely... read more warm but that I had a fantastic and safe diving experience. We got to see...More

  Whilst reading previous reviews, I came across your argument "In our country,we have strict rules and we follow Padi standards and procedures." That is DEFINITELY not true!

I... read more turned up and they just started giving me stuff to gear up and get ready.
They asked me 'what level are you? How many dives have you done?' But at no point did anyone check my certification or care about there being any validity in what I said. The dive centre in Dubrovnik I did some diving with the following week were much stricter about checking my card!

FAR worse, they didnt ever ask me to fill in the official PADI medical form. I just turned up, did some diving and left. They have no real record of me diving or any of my details at all!!!

Thankfully it was all okay, but I have to answer yes to one of the medical questions so I have to get my doctor to sign a copy of the form before I go away to say that my condition doesnt affect my suitability to dive. It is a lifelong condition with daily medication and Venus had no idea!

Again, in Dubrovnik, the centre took a photocopy of the form my doctor signed before allowing me to dive. This has always been the case everywhere I've been diving. I was shocked and appalled that neither my certification OR my medical details were checked.

Absolutely disgraceful safety standards.