About the Centre

Ronnie and Pat Fitzgibbon are Ireland's most qualified and experienced dive operators. They began business in 1963 and have led or supervised in excess of 997,794 dives without incident or accident - a record unequalled in the industry.

From years of experience, they know that divers require excellent diving, wonderful home cooked meals, luxury en-suite accommodation, but above all, good fun and old fashioned Irish hospitality - at an affordable price.

Waterworld's Harbour House & Leisure Centre is a hidden treasure of the Dingle Peninsula has been carefully planned and has developed into Ireland's largest and most luxurious dive and leisure centre - all under one roof. Thirty metres from the water's edge, at the best dive location in Ireland - beauty's home! "The Maharees" on the Dingle Peninsula in Co. Kerry.

Waterworld was Ireland.s first  5 Star Gold Palm Instructor Development Centre and Irelands first and only National Geographic Dive Centre and has won several industry awards, including the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008  Education Award and the 2001 & 2004  Environmental Award. PADI Certificate of Recognition for Excellence Award 2006. 2007 & 2008

Our Course Director Sandra Fitzgibbon was awarded the PADI Gold Course Director Award for 2007 & 2008

Courses/Trips

"Some of the best diving in the world." - Jacques Cousteau
The Centre is open all year round and caters for divers from beginner to the most experienced.

Because the Gulf Stream washes our coast, the water temperature is much warmer than the UK and Northern Europe. It varies from 12ºC in the early season to 21ºC in late August/September. The visibility on very good days is 30m+, averages 20m and bad days is about 7m.

Our Boats travel daily to the best dive sites.

The Maharees Islands, The Brandon Cliff face and the Blasket Islands offer the best diving in Ireland, from superb scenic dives to wreck dives. The Maharees have their own resident pod of playful Dolphins and they can be frequently seen cavorting in front of Harbour house. At times, they swim with divers around the islands.

Illaunnabarnagh, a nearby island, has its own seal colony and the seals are friendly and don't mind the human interloper.

Marine Life
Here is what Jacques Cousteau said about our dive sites: "Some of the best diving in the world is at the northern side of the Dingle Peninsula where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Brandon mountains" ... in a landscape of exceptional beauty.

"Abundant marine life - shoals of mackerel and pollack; feeding wrasse and playful seals; lobster, crawfish and crabs; sunfish and basking sharks; schools of dolphins and pilot whales; while the reefs themselves are lit up by different varieties of sponges and anemones."

Other Activities

• Surfing
• Boogie Boarding
• Windsuring
• Horse Riding

Accomodation

Harbour House has grown from small beginnings to the stage where it now comprises of fifteen en-suite twin bedrooms all with epic sea views. It also has an indoor heated swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna, lecture rooms, large changing rooms, shower block, drying room, dive shop, meeting rooms, TV lounge, spacious social lounges, Fitz's Old World Bar serving food all day and "The Islands" Fine dining Restaurant with panoramic views of the breathtaking scenery of the Maharees Islands.

Shop

Waterworld's Dive store prides itself for being the first for price, advice, service and choice in Ireland and we are a service centre for all brands that we sell.

We don't just sell dive equipment, we sell 43 years' experience!
We hold very large stocks of all diving and snorkelling equipment, and in particular, dry suits - both membrane and neoprene.

Why not call into one of our shops in Castlegregory or Tralee, phone us on +353 66 713 9292 or +353 66 712 5803, or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Directions

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Contact Details

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Address: Harbour House,
Scraggane Pier,
Castlegregory,
Co Kerry.
Republic of Ireland

Telephone: + 353 66 713 9292, + 353 66 713 9557