Give it a try. Diving can change your life.

• World’s most popular introduction to scuba diving
• Available in a pool, ocean, river, lake, quarry or almost anywhere there’s water
• Discover Scuba Diving skills may be credited toward the PADI Open Water Diver certification
• Average dive depth is 6 metres/20 feet (12 metres/40 feet is the maximum depth)
• Most Discover Scuba Diving experiences take just an hour or two
• No equipment necessary – everything’s provided except you supply the smiles
• Your first chance to experience the underwater world

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you start by getting your materials from one of our centres - you have some self study work to complete and you'll bring that to your first session. Your instructor will help expand your diving knowledge in the classroom before getting into the pool for your confined sessions. You'll need to complete a 10 minute float/tread and 200m swim (or 300m snorkel swim). You will then complete 4 open water dives in order to gain your certification as a open water diver.

Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels, your opportunities expand.

We offer regular trips throughout the year both in UK and overseas, we also have an active dive club where you'll make new friends and meet new dive buddies. Once you start you'll wonder why you left it so long.

Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of diving’s most rewarding and useful specialty activities, such as multi level diving, digital underwater photography, wreck diving and much more.

Over two days you'll complete two core dives (deep and navigation) and then choose three other dives. Although their is some self study this course is really designed to get you into the water and gaining experience as a diver.

These skills make diving much more than underwater sightseeing. Plus, the Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver – the ultimate non professional certification in recreational diving.

Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This course will expand your knowledge and experience level. Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is challenging, it is a rewarding way to build your confidence. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies. Many divers say this is the best course they’ve ever taken.

You'll start by completing some self study work, then we get you into the classroom to check your understanding. We generally get you into the pool in order to try out some of the rescue skills for the first time. Then we move to Open Water where you'll complete your ten exercises and 4 scenarios.

You must complete a First Aid course prior to the open water work. We offer the Emergency First Reponder courses as part of the Recue Diver Course.

Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. Live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world like never before. Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction. You earn it by diving it, writing your ticket to endless adventure through the experience and training that set you apart as a PADI Master Scuba Diver.

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you've reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you’ve acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments.

In order to achieve this badge of distinction you need to be a rescue diver with 5 specialities and 50 logged dives.

The start of your professional training within PADI. You can begin your training after you have completed the rescue diver course and have a minimum of 20 logged dives. PADI divermasters are qualified to supervise and assist with both training and non training activities. Dive centres around the world employ Divemasters to assit with dive classes and guide underwater tours.

You will begin by completing self study and knowledge development sessions. You will be assessed in areas such as waterskills and stamina. You'll work with an Instructor in order to increase your experience of working with students and leading qualified divers on tours of the underwater world.

This course can be conducted in as little as 14 days (full time) or over a time period that suits your time commitments.

The AI course is the first portion of the IDC - and can be completed in as little as three days. During the course, you gain additional experience while continuing to learn the PADI system of diver education.

PADI AI's give classroom and pool presentations and evaluate PADI Open Water Diver course surface skills (under direct supervision of PADI Instructor) AI's also teach some speciality courses, conduct PADI Discover Scuba experiences and can conduct PADI Seal Team Aquamissions.

The rest of the IDC, the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program, is the final development step in your quest to become a PADI Instructor. During the IDC, you'll learn to manage and adapt the PADI system of diver education to individual student needs.

After completing the IDC you will attend one of PADI's Instructor Examination held regularly across the UK and world and conducted by PADI examiners. Once you have passed the examination you will be ward the PADI instructor rating.

The PADI OWSI rating sets you apart from the crowd. Instructors can conduct the entire range of PADI programs from Discover Scuba Diving through to Divemaster.

Through the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course, you can learn the techniques and procedures for diving from different types of boats.

As part of your course, you'll learn about boat diving planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards; proper boat etiquette, including storage and conduct; common boat terminology; specific local boat diving laws and ordinances; an overview of emergency and safety equipment needed on both private and professional charter dive boats.

This is a two dive speciality course with the focus on entrance and exits, plus the use of surface lines.

This course teaches divers, snorkelers and non-divers about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environement.

You'll learn about why coral reefs are a vital marine ecosystem and what benefits they provide. Did you know that corals are animals that have a symbiotic relationship with plants (algae)? Plus you'll find out the physical factors that control and limit coral reef distribution.

This is a great course for all the family - and you dont need to be a diver to take part as the course is conducted in the classroom over 3-4 hours.

The recommended recreational depth limit for divers is 30m according to PADI, with 40m as an absolute maximum. Special training prepares you for deep diving in conditions as good as or better than those in which you trained or have experience.

The course consists of four dives which progressively cover the techniques of deep diving, and includes theoretical information about equipment, techniques, physiological and physical factors, emergency procedures, and the importance of proper planning.

Properly used, deep diving is a useful tool, in the same sense as a dive boat is, to be used as a means of getting a diver to a particular dive site. Remember, deep diving should have a specific purpose, not be undertaken for the sake of a deep dive.

With the advent of cheap electrical products, underwater cameras and housings have become much more accessible to all divers. Anyone can now go out and take pictures, but like all good photgraphers you need some one to show you the ropes so you can learn the tricks of the trade.

DUP teaches you the basics of underwater photography, such as composition and camera handling with special emphasis on practical techniques. You'll also learn about DUP dive planning, organisation, procedures, techniques and potential problems.

Finally you learn how to care for and maintain your precious camera equipment.

Level 1 DUP is conducted in the pool - ideal for snorkelers or open water divers

Level 2 DUP is conducted in Open Water

If your a budding Bond, or just want an introduction to the excitement of moving through the water with no effort, then this course is for you - DPV's offer some of the most fun you can have underwater.

During the course you'll learn the techniques you need for safe DPV operation. This includes - Dive planning, organisation, procedures and techniques.As well as equipment considerations and how to avoid damaging aquatic life or avoid bottom composition!

This is a 2 dive specialty with an additional pool session if required.

Drift diving is effortless and relaxing because you simply glide with the current and feel the rush of flying underwater. But with this type of diving come special procedures that you'll need to know so you can maximise your time underwater.

During the course, you'll learn about the planning, organisation, techniques and potential hazards, as well as special equipment and procedures like buoyancy.

It's not all theory because you'll go on two open water dives where you can put your new knowledge into action and discover how much fun drift diving can be.

Is there any reason to pack away your dive equipment every time winter rolls round and the water temperature starts to drop? Maybe it's time to think about the Dry Suit Specialty course. The prospect of being dry, warm and able to dive all year round makes drysuit diving an enticing proposition.

The course introduces you to drysuits its advantages and disadvantages, and you'll learn the skills and knowledge necessary to plan and safely carry out drysuit dives. You'll also be familiarised with general drysuit maintenance and care.

After first using the drysuit in confined water, you'll enjoy two open water training dives, putting into practice what you've learned at home and/or in the classroom and during your confined water session.

Imagine yourself finishing a dive off a boat - the last thing the skipper said before you dropped under the surface was put up your DSMB when your ready to ascend. You unwrap your DSMB and put some air into the buoy and before you know it your ascending with it!

On the DSMB specialty course you'll learn about the different types of marker buoy's and delayed surface marker buoys. You'll learn how to prepare the buoy and how to deploy it, then how to dive whilst safely in control of your marker.

This course involves two open water dives where you'll learn all about DSMB's, advatages and disadvantages, and how to use them safely.

After you have completed your EFR first aid course you'll want to maximise the care you can give to divers on the surface. The Emergency Oxygen provider gives you more detailed knowledge on the possible diver problems that can occur. Plus it gives you the skills to maximise your patients recovery from diving related incidents.

This course is classroom based with some knowledge development, you'll also learn the different types of oxygen delivery systems available with the advantages and disadvatages of each.

Finally you'll put all the knowledge into practise working through several scenarios to achieve confidence in oxygen use.

There is always a reason to end a dive - mostly is because you are getting low on air, but sometimes they can be extended by getting a bigger cylinder. What about getting near your no decompression limits? Well thats also fairly easy - you can complete the Enriched Air Diver specialty.

The course teaches the diver how to plan and makes no decompression dives using enriched air blends containing anything from 22-40% Oxygen.

The benefits of Enriched Air Nitrox are gained from the reduction of absorbed nitrogen in the divers body. The main reason why EANx is so popular is that divers can use this gas in two ways. Many divers use Enriched Air with air tables and air computers to increase the conservation of their dive profiles. Others use the benefit of reduced nitrogen in the body to extend bottom times, particularly when exploring the 20-30m depth zones.

The goal of this course to familiarise you with the operation and mainteance of diving equipment. It is not an equipment repair course since the goals of the course are to:

Develop your practical knowledge of the theory, principals and operation of diving equipment. This will enable you to perform routine, recommended care and maintenance procedures.

You'll learn how to store equipment properly and we will give you simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations as well as introducing you to new equipment.

The course is classroom based and last 3-4 hours.

Have you been diving recently - come up from a dive and asked your buddy "what was that fish with the big lips and the beard?" Of course your buddy answers " I have no idea, but big wasnt it!"

You go home and tell everyone all about your big fish, but wouldnt it be great if you could say actually it was a cod!

The Fish Identification course provides basic identification and survey techniques, developing characteristics of local fish families and species.

This is a two dive course with knowledge development session.

This courses teaches you how to get the most out of your dive computer and the new PADI erdpML. Allowing you to extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when continuing a dive at a shallower depth.

The course is conducted over two dives with some knowledge development. You'll learn theory, skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, hazards, benefits and enjoyment of multi level diving.

During your course you'll learn to plan and then dive a 2 and 3 different level dive.

This programme is now available to all levels of diver from beginner to experienced divers wanting to extend their portfolio of skills.

For those qualified divers you can take part in the National Geographic portal. This is a condensed course featuring three extra specialty dives - buoyancy control, navigation and reff/wreck mapping.

Upon completion you'll gain recognised qualification emblazoned with the distinctive National Geographic logo.

Why do so many divers enjoy diving at night? To many divers, a night dive spells adventure, a chance to dive the unknown, an opportunity to discover things that you wouldnt during the day.

When you start to night dive, you will be introduced to several other items of personal diving equipment. Different typesof lighting systems - torches, lanterns, chemical lights, etc You will also be shown various ways of communicationg with your buddy underwater and any support crew on the surface.

The course is designed to introduce divers to the skills, knowledge, planning procedures, techniques and enjoyment of night diving.

The course involves three open water dives and some self study.

Bouyancy control is one of the most important skills that a diver can master. It not only helps a diver to conserve energy and to move effortlessly through the water, but helps to protect the underwater environment. Its not a skill that is fine-tuned over night, but comes with practice and patience.

The PPB course is designed for divers of any level wishing to work toward perfecting their buoyancy skills for whatever reason, be it to get that perfect underwater shot, or to manoeuvre into a position so as to better see the underside of a dramatic overhang.

Correct weighting is essential and this is covered, along with streamlining equipment, working on a good body position and correct breathing and finning techniques.

During the course you will complete two open water dives.

The Project AWARE Foundation is a non-profit, public benefit corporation that encourages and supports aquatic ecology and education.

On this classroom based course you'll look at how Project AWARE is protecting our aquatic resources. How and why our aquatic world is in peril. You'll learn all about concerns over fishing, coastal zones, coral reefs and marine pollution.

You'll also have an overview of the degraded marine environment and what you as a diver can do to protect our aquatic environment.

The purpose of the Search and Recovery course is to familiarise divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and fun of search and recovery diving.

The goals are to develop your practical knowledge of searching and then recovering an object underwater.

You will also learn how to plan and organize and then conduct your search and recovery.

This is a 4 dive specialty.

The underwater naturalist course is often over looked by divers but it does have four main purposes -

Its designed to create an awareness for those that enter the underwater world - we are a privilged group that have personal experiences with aquatic life.

It evokes a sense of responsibility - getting divers to accept and foster a sense of respect for our underwater world. Expand the public's knowledge of our aquatic environment. Recruit nondivers into our world getting them to help us in our quest to keep our underwater world in fantastic shape.

This is a two dive specialty where you'll look into different groups of plants, animals and fish underwater.

You make your way underwater and get to the bottom of the descent line. The boat skipper said that the wreck was on a bearing of 110, so you set your compass and arrive at the wreck. After completing your dive you make a reciprocal heading with your compass and head back to the line for the ascent. An easy way to get to your dive site and back again.

During the navigation course you'll learn all about how to hold and use your compass correctly. Different ways of measuring distance underwater and how we can use natural features in order to navigate our way around a dive site.

You'll complete a knowledge development session and then three open water dives on your way to become a navigation specialty diver.

This course has been overlooked recently with the advent of digital underwater cameras and housing. But the photographer course can help you take film photographs underwater. We will fine tune your skills in order for you to produce photographs that stun your non-diving friends.

You'll learn the basics of underwater photography, such as composition, film type and camera handling, with special emphasis on practical techniques.

You'll also learn about planning, organising, procedures, techniques and potential problems with underwater photography.

Finally we will look at how to care for and maintain your camera equipment.

This is a two dive specialty.

The purpose of the course is to familiarise you with the basic underwater hardware, use and maintenance and diving techniques. By the end of the course you'll be able to select an underwater video system based on personal preferences.

You will be able to demonstrate safe diving practices whilst diving with an underwater video unit. You also be able to set up, maintain and disassemble a video camera, housing and lighting system.

This course involves a knowledge development session and then 3 open water dives where you will use an underwater video unit.

Diving on wrecks is consistently near the top of the list whenever you ask a diver what their favourate types of dives are, but it can be one of the most challenging environments due to the nature of what you are exploring. The best way to explore wrecks is by completing the specialty course.

The course consists of some knowledge development and then four open water training dives, the last being an optional penetration dive. If you dont wish to enter a wreck then thats fine - there is no requirement.

The ultimate goal of the course is to enable you to plan and execute safe dives on and around wrecks.