DIVING IN LAMPEDUSA WITH MARINA DIVING LAMPEDUSA

15 Jun DIVING IN LAMPEDUSA WITH MARINA DIVING LAMPEDUSA

When I was a kid I used to dream to be the little Mermaid.

Dad used to bring me to the beach, and I spent hours and hours in the water, with blue lips and squashy fingers.

Now that I grew up, nothing pretty much changed.

Mask and fins are the first thing I pack for a summer holiday, and I can spend hours underwater making acquaintance with all of its locals.

But I never tried diving before!

Until this summer, when I met Giuseppe on the blue island of Lampedusa thanks to Bluewago.

Giuseppe left Rome and a well paid job many years ago, when he first set foot on the island of Lampedusa and immediately fell in love.

From a passion, he developed a business, and now he manages one of the most renowned diving schools in Lampedusa: Marina Diving Lampedusa.

“Will you dive with us?”

“Can I??”

With the catamaran “El Condor de Lampedusa” we sailed to a spot called “God’s pool”.

I don’t think I need to comment this nickname, do I?

With this blinding blue as background, Giuseppe started to prep us to the diving basics.

Diving suit, compressors, mask, fins, air tanks, buoyancy compensator .. with all these things on I looked like the Michelin man and could barely move.

“Jump in!”

“What? I can hardly move, I’m gonna die!!”

“Come on!”

Oh well.

Surprised by the fact that I was floating even though I was dressed as I was going to land on the moon, I started immediately to feel comfortable and pretty amazed by the fact that I could swim and breathe underwater!!

That day, Giuseppe made a girl’s dream come true.

That day I was the little Mermaid

on board “El Condor di Lampedusa”

Giuseppe, deck hand for the moment

the water of the spot called “God’s pool”, also known as “Tabaccara”

Vale playing little Mermaid

Mr Bluewago & Captain

HOW TO DIVE IN LAMPEDUSA: MARINA DIVING LAMPEDUSA

Giuseppe is a scuba diving master and certified teacher.

Together with his staff, every year he escorts happy tourists discovering the bottom of one of the most amazing seas in the Mediterranean, from expert ones to first timers.

You can find Marina Diving Lampedusa in the pretty harbor of Lampedusa, and visit their website Marina Diving Lampedusa for all useful info and contacts!