WHY CHOOSE
SCUBA UK DIVING?
*Professional Instructors
*Flexible Courses
*Reduced Class Sizes
*Members Dive Club
*Dive Holidays
*Competitive Prices
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Q: DO I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SWIM TO LEARN SCUBA? YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SWIM 200 YARDS/METRES, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEING A OLYMPIC SWIMMER.
Q: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO SCUBA DIVE? IT DEPENDS UPON YOUR TIME SCHEDULE AND YOUR COMITTMENT TO TRAINING. WITH A CONCENTRATED COURSE, TRAINING CAN TAKE AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 7 DAYS. MORE COMMONLY WE CONDUCT TRAINING OVER A PERIOD OF 4 TO 6 WEEKS. YOU UNDERTAKE 1 EVENING A WEEK OF POOL TRAINING, SOME HOME STUDY WITH TRAINING CULMINATING IN A FINAL EXAM AND 4 OPEN WATER DIVES CONDUCTED OVER 2 DAYS.
Q: I AM CLAUSTROPHOBIC..DOES THIS MEAN THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TRY SCUBA DIVING? IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A PROBLEM.. THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN SCUBA DIVE WOULD BE TO COME ALONG TO A TRY DIVE AT THE POOL AND SEE HOW YOU GET ON. IN OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN A STUDENT WANTS TO DIVE STRONGLY ENOUGH, THEY MANAGE TO BEAT THEIR PHOBIA.
Q: I HAVE A DISABILITY..DOES THIS MEAN I CANNOT LEARN TO DIVE? ABSOLOUTELY NOT...PADI COURSES ARE FLEXIBLE TO ADAPT COURSES TO MOST STUDENTS NEEDS..OFTEN A DIVE SKILL NEED ONLY BE MODIFIED TO ADAPT IT FOR A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY.
Q: I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I MUST COMPLETE A MEDICAL QUESTIONAIRE BEFORE I CAN START A DIVING COURSE..IS THIS TRUE AND WHAT IS INVOLVED? YES THIS IS TRUE..WE WILL REQUIRE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY MEDICATION YOU ARE TAKING AND CONDITIONS THAT MAY AFFECT YOURS AND OUR SAFETY WHEN YOU ARE BREATHING COMPRESSED AIR UNDER WATER. IF ANY OF THE ANSWERS ON THE QUESTIONAIRE ARE YES, THEN YOU WILL NEED TO SEE YOUR GP OR SPECIALISED DIVING DOCTOR TO GET CLEARANCE. WITHOUT THE CLEARANCE IN ADVANCE OF THE COURSE WE CANNOT COMMENCE ANY IN WATER TRAINING. A COPY OF THE MEDICAL QUESTIONARE IS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FROM OUR COURSES MENU.
Q: I WEAR GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES..CAN I STILL LEARN TO DIVE? NO PROBLEM..YOU CAN WEAR CONTACT LENSES WITH A MASK ON OR IF YOU PREFER YOU CAN INVEST IN A MASK WITH A PRESCRIPTION LENS.
Q: HOW SOON COULD I START A SCUBA COURSE? WE RUN COURSES EVERY WEEK AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS..IF YOU WANT TO START TODAY WE CAN GET YOU STARTED TODAY!
Q: ONCE I QUALIFY AS A DIVER WHERE CAN I DIVE AND WHO CAN I DIVE WITH? AS A PADI OPEN WATER DIVER, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS LONG AS YOU DIVE WITH ANOTHER QUALIFIED DIVER. IN ADDITION WE PLAN DIVE TRIPS HERE IN THE UK AND ABROAD THROUGH OUR DIVE CLUB AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME TO JOIN US.
Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SCUBA DIVER COURSE AND THE OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE? AS A SCUBA DIVER YOU WILL ONLY QUALIFY TO DIVE TO A DEPTH OF 12 METRES AND THEN ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A PADI PROFESSIONAL (DIVEMASTER OR HIGHER). AS A OPEN WATER DIVER YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO DIVE TO A DEPTH OF 18 METRES AND YOU CAN DIVE WITH ANY OTHER FULLY CERTIFIED DIVER.
Q: I HAVE READ IN THE PAPERS THAT SCUBA DIVING IS A REALLY DANGEROUS SPORT..IS THIS TRUE? GENERALLY SCUBA DIVING IS VERY SAFE THESE DAYS..DIVE TRAINING IS EXTREMELY SAFETY FOCUSSED AND PADI COURSES CONTROLLED BY GOVERMENT LEGISLATION ACROSS THE GLOBE. EQUIPMENT IS EXTREMELY RELIABLE NOWDAYS AND HERE IN THE UK WE ARE ALSO GOVERNED BY HSE GUIDELINES. WHEN YOU BEGIN YOUR TRAINING YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY OBSERVE HOW FOCUSSED ON SAFETY THE TRAINING IS AND HOW SERIOUSLY WE TAKE YOUR TRAINING AS WE PREPARE YOU TO BECOME A CERTIFIED DIVER.
Q: I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR..HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE ME TO ACHIEVE THIS? IT WILL VARY DEPENDENT UPON YOUR FLEXIBILTY AND COMITTMENT TO YOUR TRAINING..REALISTICALLY YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO REACH INSTRUCTOR LEVEL AND POSSIBLY AS LONG AS THREE AND A HALF YEARS. TO ACHIEVE INSTRUCTOR STATUS THERE IS NO "QUICK PATH" AND REQUIRES A HUGE DEDICATION TO LEARNING DIVE THEORY, TEACHING SKILLS, MAN MANAGEMENT SKILLS AS WELL AS DEVELOPING YOUR OWN PERSONAL DIVE SKILLS AND PROFESSIONALISM.
