For the rest of the group
One person wanting to dive should not decide the whole day. Non-divers come on the boat, snorkel over the same reef, or stay on the beach — and nobody sits in a car park waiting.
The full-day trip is explicitly open to non-divers. About eight hours on the water with lunch aboard, not a morning hop. You get the stops, the coastline and the lunch; you just do not put a tank on. With a maximum of six guests there is room to actually sit down. Whether someone can be dropped mid-trip depends on the day — ask before you book a full day for a person who does not want eight hours afloat.
The sites we dive are not deep drop-offs a hundred metres out. At Schinaria and Peristerovolakas the reef starts in the shallows, so most of what the divers came for is visible from the surface — the same rock, the same fish, the same water. Guided snorkelling runs about two hours with equipment included. You go in where the divers go in. If you have never snorkelled either, say so when you message. It is a twenty-minute problem, not a course.
The bays we dive are the bays people come to Plakias for. Being dropped at one for a couple of hours while the others dive is not a consolation prize.
It is a small village and everything is walkable. A dive is a few hours, not a day, unless you choose the full-day trip.
Not every combination works. A full-day boat trip is a long time on the water if you are not in it, and it will not suit a small child or anyone prone to seasickness. A two-hour shore dive with a beach nearby usually works far better for a mixed group. Tell us who is coming and we will tell you which one to book rather than selling you the bigger day.
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