The main building for TGI Diving is in the center of Sorrento and the Diving Center is in Massa Lubrense. To contact our center manager call this number:+39 (0) 81 807 2410.

TGI Diving Sorrento has a rinsing pool, an equipment storage room, a technical workshop for equipment repairs, a reception for check-in and check-out, TGI Shop, and a large area for equipment rental, as well as classroom with full audio-visual learning system.

TGI Diving doesn't offer diving safaris.

TGI Diving in Sorrento offers a wide range of PADI Courses from the Discover Scuba to the Divemaster plus various specialities. For further information click here.

Yes it is. The Discover Scuba is always free.

Yes, for sure you can! In this way you can enjoy your holiday and achieve your licences quickly but with the same degree of expertise. You can buy the PADI Manual in any Padi Shop or by ordering it from our on-line shop.

To buy the courses and the dive packages with the special on-line prices you have to reserve and pay for them on-line at least 48 hours before your arrival.

When you arrive at your hotel you will find a welcome letter from TGI Diving Sorrento, which will contain all the information about how to reach the center and the date for the check in at TGI Diving.

You will be required to deliver your diving license to our staff and, if you have a recent medical condition, a medical certificate may also be required. We need to check your Log Book and you will need to complete a liability release and express assumption of risk form and then we can plan and arrange your dives with you.

We need to know your full name, the name of your hotel and your room number, your arrival and departure dates, the first day you would like to be on the boat, your equipment needs, the number of dives that you wish to do, and a copy of the confirmed booking if you purchased the dives on-line.

A medical certificate is only required in cases with recent medical conditions.

To dive with a TGI Diving Center you have to bring your diving licence and your updated logbook. You will need to bring your equipment if you have it, otherwise you can rent what you need in our center, which is very well stocked.

Yes, for sure you can! You just have to take part in a check dive to feel comfortable again in the water. The check dive is a half hour in confined water during which we test your diver competencies as a licenced diver. It is compulsory if you have less than 50 logged dives and haven't been diving in the past 6 months, or if you have less than 100 logged dives and haven't been diving in the last year. If you haven't been diving for more than a year and a half you may be required to undergo a Scuba Review which is a theorethical lesson and knowledge reviews which will allow you to return more easily to the open water.

Yes, it is. The check dive is free at TGI Diving Sorrento if you continue on to dive with us.

No, you can't. For everybody who wants to try the dive experience or start their discovery of the undersea world TGI Diving offers the Discover Scuba Diving course that will let you make 1 dive after a short theory course and a swimming pool lesson. After your completion of the course we will issue you a Discover Scuba Diving licence with a validity of 1 year.

To start the PADI courses the mimimum age is 10 years.

Yes, you can! We accept licences from most recognised international diving schools like CMAS, BSAC, NAUI, SSI, VTLD…1

Yes, there are. The prices of the packages and couses have a cheaper price when you book on-line from the web site. It is the same for the diving equipment that our on-line shop offers, allowing you to buy a wide range of products at great prices. To have a look to our offers click here.

You can buy the special offers from TGI Diving on-line by following the step-by-step procedures on our website. It is very easy!

By using a promocode our customers can have discounts and special prices. The promocode is linked with promotions that TGI Diving estabilishes with its sponsors, like Mares or Scuba newspapers or can be linked with particular TGI Diving promotions via our web site or mailing list.1

You can pay the services booked on-line with credit card (we accept VISA and MASTERCARD) or by bank transfer to one of our affiliated banks (in Italy or Holland). The payment methods are the same for the equipment bought on line but for equipment you can also choose to pay cash-on- delivery.

Yes, you can but in this case the total payment is either charged to your credit card or needs to be made by single bank transfer.

At TGI Diving Sorrento it depends on the course that you will undertake and also on the payment method. By this account, the OWD and AOW courses include equipment, regardless of the payment method.

Yes, for sure you can buy other dives with us! In this case we suggest that you book a dive package on-line, which offers a cheaper price than if you purchase at the dive center.

No, it is not included. You can rent equipment from our TGI Diving Center in Sorrento, which has a wide range of choices, you can purchase from our TGI Diving shop in Sorrento or you can purchase on-line, using the offers presented on our website. To have a look on our offers click here.

Yes you can arrange your dives with our staff, according to your preferences, when you make the check in at TGI Diving center in Sorrento.

No, because these kind of dives are influenced by weather conditions, visibility and sea conditions. These variables mean that the night dives have to be arranged on location. Generally at least one night dive is provided each week.

TGI Diving in Sorrento use 15litre or 10litre steel tanks.

The TGI Diving tanks have both kinds of valves.

TGI Diving in Sorrento uses Bauer Mariner.

A refund is possible in special cases like certified sickness. In this case TGI Diving will issue you with an electronic voucher which is usable on-line on our website.

If you cannot make your dive you are required to revoke your reservation prior to 12 p.m. the day before the reservation. If you cancel your reservation after this time, but still the day before, you will be required to pay 50% of the dive price. If you miss the reservation completely, you will not be entitled to refunds or discounts .

The courses do not have established days or dates, but in August the OW Course starts on Monday afternoons to allow completion on the next Sunday.

The dive packages for Sorrento are inclusive of: tanks, weights, boat trip.

TGI Diving does offer snorkeling excursions. You will snorkel with one of our guides, who will show you the wonders of the underwater world.

For Sorrento we suggest to bring a 5mm or 7mm suit in the summer time. For April, May and June a dry suit is suggested.

The water temperature is normally cold especially in April and May.

The visibility is reduced throughout April and May, becoming good in June and the best visibility is during July, August and September.

There are no currents except in some sites like P.Campanella, P. Carena and other sites on the extremities of the island (Massa Lubrense).

Yes, you can. Using gloves to dive in the Mediterranean is not prohibited.

Yes, you can. Knives are not prohibited for diving in the Mediterranean.

No you don't but you can rent one in our shop or buy one on-line via our web site that has very special prices for equipment. If you don't have a dive computer you can use a depth gauge and the diving plans to dive.

For sure you can! At TGI Diving in Sorrento you can find a wide range of Mares diving products. For more information click here.

The planned dives in Sorrento are all inside the no decompression limit and are a maximum depth of 30 meters. They are all on an undersea wall with caves. For further information click here.

In the Napoli Gulf it is possible to find hospitals with Hyperbaric Chambers. The closest one is in Castellamare di Stabia.

TGI Sorrento uses local boats called ''gozzo''.

TGI Diving boats depart from the jetty located in Marina della Lobra in front of the TGI Diving center.

On the TGI Diving boats 15 seats are available..

Yes our boats are professionally equipped for every emergency. The presence of oxygen tanks is guaranteed.

In Sorrento TGI Diving arranges single dives, one in the morning and another in the afternoon, and we also offer full day packages.

The maximum dive time is 1 hour.

No it doesn't. When possible we divide the divers according to their dive experience. When organising the diving buddies we check the logbooks and we try to match divers with the same type of licence, similar experience and numbers of dives.

Once we check your competence and your familiarity in the water through a dive with our staff, you can dive without our supervision.

The boat trips are not available on-line, only on location.

The boat trips are booked directly in our TGI Diving Center in Sorrento.

TGI Diving offers snorkeling trips, boat trips and a wide range of water sports.

TGI Diving have agreements with a lot the Hotels in Sorrento. Click here for more information about the hotels in Sorrento.