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PADI Rescue Diver Course July/August 2025

“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver Course

Learn how to turn yourself into the best buddy, increase your safety, recognise problems before they occur

Our next PADI Rescue Course will be running on Saturday 26th July and Sunday 10th August 2025.

Most divers cite the Rescue course to be the best course they took, whilst serious and testing, you will learn so much to improve your dive skills, and learn to look out for your fellow dive buddies.

We don’t like to think about it but accidents happen, rescue training expands your knowledge of diving, increases your dive skills, and makes you more aware of what’s happening around you. The course helps you recognise and respond to potential diving emergencies in the unlikely event that they should occur.

As a pre-requisite to the Rescue Diver course, you need a valid First Aid certification, taken within the last 24 months, the Emergency First Response course meets the necessary First Aid training required as part of the PADI Rescue Diver course.

If you are a rescue diver who’s First Aid course was over 2 years ago, you will need to do an update, so why not join us on the next E.F.R course, which is running on Saturday 19th July.

Call a member of the team, or email us to discuss, or click on the picture to take you to our dedicated Rescue diver Page with further details.

PADI Rescue Diver Course July/August 2025

PREREQUISITES: (Jnr) Adventure Divers who are 12 years old and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive may enrol in a Rescue Diver course. EFR® Primary and Secondary Care training within 24 months. EFR Training may be completed in conjunction with rescue diver course.

COURSE CONTENTS: Home study; Knowledge development; Confined water dives; Exam; Open Water dives

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Mask and Snorkel, pocket mask, accident management slate.

 

During the course you will learn:

• Self and Buddy rescue
• Recognizing & managing stress in other divers
• Emergency management and equipment
• Assisting and rescuing panicked divers
• Rescuing unresponsive divers

PADI Rescue Diver Course July/August 2025

Emergency First Response July 2025

FIRST AID COURSE

Build your confidence and learn the skills you need to step up if an emergency situation were to ever happen by taking the Emergency First Response First Aid course.

 The Emergency First Response course will be running on Saturday 19th July 2025.

First aid and CPR are good skills for anyone to learn, especially those involved in adventure sports – just in case.

If a member of your family was taken ill, or a fellow diver had an emergency, you will be able to step up and help them, knowing you can help those you care about is a reassuring feeling.

This course is open to anyone, you don’t need to be a diver to need First Aid skills.

The Emergency First Response course meets the necessary First Aid training required as part of the PADI Rescue Diver course.

As a pre-requisite to the Rescue Diver course, you need a valid First Aid certification, taken within the last 24 months, the Emergency First Response course meets the necessary First Aid training required as part of the PADI Rescue Diver course.

If you are a rescue diver who’s First Aid course was over 2 years ago, you will need to do an update, so why not join us on the next E.F.R course.

Calling all Divemasters, when was your last EFR course? Don’t forget to do the refresher to keep your DM rating current.

Call a member of the team, or email us to book your space, click on the picture to take you to our dedicated E.F.R Page with further details.

FIRST AID Emergency First Response July 2025

FIRST AID COURSE

PADI Open Water Course July 2025

Saturday 5th and Sunday 5th May  – Referral – Pool and Classroom 

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June – Complete course – Lake Dives

The Open Water Course is your introduction into the underwater world.

Whether you are interested in the explosive kaleidoscope of colours within a beautiful coral reef, or the rusting metal of a wrecked military cruiser, the PADI Open Water Diver Course is the world’s favourite way to get there.

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to be weightless? Do you want to find out what your mates have been going on about all this time? Sign up to the Open Water course to learn.

You will start with your Home Study, by reading all of your tablet/pc based eLearning material at home at your own pace. You will learn about many different aspects of diving theory, equipment, safety, skills, and what to expect during your course. Then you will come to us at the Dive Centre to carry out the short classroom session, then into the pool for your skills training.

You don’t need to come to the shop to get the course arranged and access your digital home study. This part of the course can all be arranged via email. The course can be paid for via BACS or credit card. We will then send you the code for your home study, with instructions how to do this. Of course however, it would be great to see you before hand, so you can always pop into the centre before the course to arrange it all.

You will need to fill out a short Medical Questionnaire, along with some other standard paperwork. You do this via email or in person.

Our Professional and friendly Instructors and Divemasters will make sure that your journey to becoming a qualified diver is the fun and stress free adventure that it should be.

Open Water and Drysuit Combination

If you are intending to dive in the UK, you will need to learn how to use a Drysuit to allow you to stay warmer for longer in the cooler waters of the UK. If you do your Open Water Diver course with us in the earlier and latter parts of the year, we will only take you in the water in a Drysuit due to the water temperature. We offer a huge discount off of the PADI Drysuit Diver course when you take it alongside your Open Water course. Please see the Packages page, this is the Open Water UK Diver Combination Package

If you would prefer, you can complete your qualifying dives on a holiday you already have booked. You can do the Classroom and Pool section of this course here in the UK, and complete the qualifying dives on your holiday. This saves spending days of your holiday in the classroom. This is called the Open Water Referral Course. Follow this link to find out more about this option.

Find out more about this course… Open Water Course July 2025

PADI Open Water Course July 2025

Underwater Navigator Compass Offer 2025

If you book onto our next Underwater Navigation course we are offering the opportunity to purchase a fantastic Suunto SK8 compass from current stock, for only £55, they are normally £70.

Don’t miss out!

Details of the next Navigation course:

We will be running the PADI Underwater Navigator Diver course on Sunday 8th June 2025.

It can be quite stressful in poor visibility underwater, improve your observation skills and learn how to use your compass more accurately underwater to find your way.

You will develop the techniques involved in navigating underwater within recreational limits while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life.

Build your confidence, save air and save energy.

We recommend taking the Navigation course before embarking on the Rescue course, it helps greatly with search patterns.

During your dives you will learn about:

• Methods to estimate distance underwater
• Natural navigation techniques
• Compass navigation while making at least five turns
• Underwater navigation patterns

You will need to do a small amount of home study before the course, this is all now done with the digital PADI home study eLearning material. You don’t need to come to the shop to get the course arranged and access your digital home study, this part of the course can all be arranged via email, of course we are more than happy to see you if you prefer to pop into the shop as you will need to fill out a short Medical Questionnaire and some standard PADI course forms. We will then send you the code for your home study, with instructions how to do this.

The water temperature in June is usually around 15-18 degrees for your thermal protection information, at this time of year you can use either a Drysuit or a wetsuit, it is your decision.

Find out more about this course…

Underwater Navigator Compass Offer 2025

We will be running the PADI Underwater Navigator Diver course on Sunday 8th June 2025.

It can be quite stressful in poor visibility underwater, improve your observation skills and learn how to use your compass more accurately underwater to find your way.

You will develop the techniques involved in navigating underwater within recreational limits while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life.

Build your confidence, save air and save energy.

We recommend taking the Navigation course before embarking on the Rescue course, it helps greatly with search patterns.

During your dives you will learn about:

• Methods to estimate distance underwater
• Natural navigation techniques
• Compass navigation while making at least five turns
• Underwater navigation patterns

You will need to do a small amount of home study before the course, this is all now done with the digital PADI home study eLearning material. You don’t need to come to the shop to get the course arranged and access your digital home study, this part of the course can all be arranged via email, of course we are more than happy to see you if you prefer to pop into the shop as you will need to fill out a short Medical Questionnaire and some standard PADI course forms. We will then send you the code for your home study, with instructions how to do this.

The water temperature in June is usually around 15-18 degrees for your thermal protection information, at this time of year you can use either a Drysuit or a wetsuit, it is your decision.

Find out more about this course…

Underwater Navigator Diver Course June 2025