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PADI Advanced Open Water course June 2024

Take the next step on from your Open Water course, move forward with the PADI Advanced Open Water certification.

This will be split over two dates in June.

SUNDAY 9th June – Wraysbury

We will be doing the Navigation Dive, the Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive and the D.S.M.B Dive.

WEDNESDAY 26th June –  Vobster 

We will be doing the Deep Dive and the Wreck Dive.

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, we can arrange it over the phone or 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. Or of course you can pop into the centre to book this and sort out all of your paperwork.

Due to water temperatures in Stoney Cove or Vobster all year round at depth, we strongly advise you to be drysuit trained for the Deeper dives, where it can drop to 8 degrees at 30m. However if you want to do the deeper dives in a wetsuit, it is your choice, but you will start to get cold at depth, please accept we may stop your course if we think you are too cold to continue. The shallow dives at Wraysbury can be done in either a wetsuit or drysuit.

Stoney Cove or Vobster requires that we book your entry tickets into the site, we (Ocean View) will need to do this ahead of time if it is Vobster, we will request the lake entry fee be paid by either cash or bank transfer only to us. If Stoney Cove, it will be bookable by yourself. Please note that the entry fee costs are not included in your course fees.

Required equipment: a torch for the deeper dives, and a slate for the reck Dives, and preferably your own DSMB and reel for the DSMB dive.

Find out more about this course…

PADI Advanced Open Water course June 2024

Peak Performance Buoyancy Course June 2024

We will be running the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver course on Sunday 9th June.

Mastering neutral buoyancy means controlling where you are in the water. You glide effortlessly over coral reefs, taking in the beautiful aquatic life whilst ensuring that you don’t disturb or damage it. Buoyancy control means longer dive time due to reduced air consumption.

Streamlining your equipment, getting your weight requirement correct, and the positioning of your weight makes a huge difference. Learn about this on your Peak Performance Buoyancy course.

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

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 or phone, 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 it would be great to see you, so you can drop into the centre to arrange the course as well.

Find out more about this course…

Peak Performance Buoyancy Course June 2024

PADI Basic Mermaid Saturday 27th July 2024

Have you ever wanted to be a Mermaid?

The PADI Basic Mermaid™ course combines home eLearning to provide the supporting knowledge and principles of safe ‘Mermaiding’, with a pool session where you will learn the basic skills to safe mermaid diving. The course covers mermaid diving’s background and culture, primary safety considerations, equipment and basic water skills.

To enroll in a PADI Basic Mermaid course you must be 8 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health, and comfortable in the water. No prior experience with snorkeling, skin diving or mermaiding is required.

You will need to fill out some basic paperwork before the course, including a standard medical questionniare, and complete the Digital Home study materials before attending the class and pool session.

The PADI Basic Mermaid course consists of two sections:

• Study independently using PADI Basic Mermaid eLearning
• A confined pool session to learn and practice basic mermaid diving skills, problem prevention and handling, and how to make mermaid dives

Find out more about this course…

PADI Basic Mermaid Saturday 27th July 2024

PADI Rescue Diver Course May/July 2024

Date Change from previous schedule

“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 25th May and Sunday 21st July 2024.

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.

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 May/July 2024

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.