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FIRST AID COURSE – Emergency First Response March 2024

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First Aid course EFR March 2024

FIRST AID COURSE – Emergency First Response March 2024

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 23rd March 2024.
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 COURSE – Emergency First Response 23rd March 2024

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30 Year Award PADI Dive Centre Ocean View

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30 Year Award PADI Dive Centre Ocean View

It only seems a short while ago that we were celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Dive Centre here at Lancing.

But here we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of PADI Store 7801.
So much has happened in those 5 years!

We made it through the Pandemic, and came out the other side with a firm view to continue onwards and upwards.

During the years we have been to some amazing holiday destinations like The Galapagos, Truk Lagoon, Indonesia, Socorro and the Sea of Cortez, The Red Sea, Malta, South Africa , Maldives, Sri Lanka and The Carribean. We have also dived many many parts of the UK; Cornwall, Dorset, Kent, Norfolk, Wales, Devon, Oban, Scapa, Lundy Island the Farnes for playing with Seals.

We have had some amazing staff and instructors come through here over the years, that are all passionate about diving that we would like to give a massive shout out and thank you to.

Finally my biggest thank you is to all of you, our customers and students that have made these 30 years possible, I truly mean this, to us, each of our students and customers are important.

Graeme

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Seasearch Sussex Presentation Wednesday 21st February 2024

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Seasearch Sussex Presentation 21st February 2024

Seasearch Sussex Presentation
Wednesday 21st February 2024

Presentation at Ocean View
Wednesday 21st February

We are really pleased to tell you that we are going to be hosting a presentation by Sarah Ward  from Sussex Seasearch / Sussex Wildlife Trust here at Ocean View on Wednesday 21st February.

Sarah works for Sussex Wildlife Trust, she is the local co-ordinator for the Seasearch programme here in Sussex. Sarah will be giving us a presentation on the work being carried out in our area, and about the Seasearch Observer course available for you to sign up to, which will enable you to join the Seasearch dive team on organised dives.

This presentation will take place at Club Night on Wednesday 21st February, please let us know if you are coming along so we know how many of you will be squeezing in to the classroom, the button at the bottom of the email will email straight to us.

Doors open at 6:45pm, with the presentation starting shortly afterwards.

A Seasearch Observer course will be running early Spring time (date TBC), you could take part in this course, there are some pre-requisites, please see below. It is a two part course with classroom based training, and with qualifying dives.

The requirements for joining the dives are: –
PADI AOW diver / BSAC Sports diver / or equivalent
20 dives total – 10 in UK (or similar conditions
Third party diving insurance
Diving medical or self-declaration

 

Seasearch Sussex Presentation Wednesday 21st February 2024

 

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Dive Club Evening Dives 2024

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Evening Dives 2023

DIVE CLUB EVENING DIVES 2024

Please be aware of the depths of the wrecks, ensure you have the depth allowance on your training to make the dives safely. Anything below 18m will require at least your PADI Advanced certification, or equivalent from other training agencies.

We will be going out of Brighton Marina onboard the lovely and spacious Channel Diver, with skipper Steve, and Caroline. This is a lovely big boat with everything you could need, including the all important and much loved lift at the back of the boat for easy exits out of the water.

 

Dive Club Evening Dives Brighton from boat

DATES and PRICES for 2024

These are the dates for March to August 2024
with Wreck name, Max depths and ropes away time.

MARCH  –  Tuesday 19th
“Lass O Doune”  18mtrs
Ropes away: 6pm away

 

APRIL  –  Wednesday 17th
“Pentyrch”  21mtrs
Ropes away:  6pm away

 

MAY  –  Friday 17th
“City of Brisbane” 22mtrs
Ropes away:  6.20pm away

 

JUNE  –  Thursday 6th – June D-Day
Evening Drift Dive
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

JULY  –  Monday 1st  
“Brighton Pier”
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

AUGUST  –  Tuesday 6th
“FORTUNA” 28mtrs
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

PRICE:

Evening Wreck Dive £50pp

Pier / Drift  £30pp

 

Back for 2024 for the Wreck Dives, we have sliding scale of costs.
So the more divers that go, the better for everyone.

Evening Wreck Dive £50pp to secure your space
The sliding scale will work with the numbers below:
up to 8 divers  £50pp
10 divers  £45pp
12 divers – full boat  £40pp

Club members get booking priority.
Please scroll down for the booking rules.

 

Channel Diver

 

BOAT RULES

The boat goes with a minimum of 6 divers, but can carry a maximum of 12 divers.

Make sure you have your own DSMB and Reel
NO DSMB…..   NO DIVE.

Please note: the ropes away time is when the boat leaves the marina, make sure you are there in plenty of time to park up and get yourself and your kit onto the boat. The tides wait for no one, if you are late, the boat will have to go without you.

The skipper is in charge, please pay close attention to any instructions given.

 

Evening Dives off the back of the boat

 

BOOKING RULES

IF YOU BOOK A SPACE, YOU NEED TO TURN UP

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT ANY LONGER, YOU NEED TO EITHER:
FIND A REPLACEMENT DIVER
OR YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THE SPACE

TO SECURE YOUR SPACE WE WILL NEED Cash upfront, or bank transfer to us, this is to ensure we don’t have to cancel the whole dive if someone cannot make it but doesn’t find a replacement diver.

Please drop into the centre before hand to secure your space with the cash, or if you live too far away, call us up and we can give you the bank details.

IF YOU CANNOT GO, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL YOUR SPACE, WE CANNOT GIVE REFUNDS AS THE BOAT WILL HAVE HELD THE BOOKING FOR US.
Also if you dropping out means that the minimum number of divers is not 6, then the other divers would lose out, which is not fun for anyone.

The above does not apply if the weather stops the boat from going out, the skipper makes the final call, always with safety of divers being the most important factor.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THIS BEFORE RESERVING A SPACE

DROP IN or CALL US TO BOOK YOUR SPAC

 

Kit hire extra as needed.

Please call or email the shop to book your space.

All dives are subject to weather conditions.

 

 

Also if you join the Ocean View Diving Club and come along to a Club Night, which are on Wednesdays, you are highly likely to meet divers planning their own dive trips who are looking for others to join them.

 

Channel Diver kit up area

 

DIVE CLUB EVENING DIVES 2024

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Underwater Navigator Diver Course April 2024

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Underwater Navigator Diver Course April 2024

We will be running the PADI Underwater Navigator Diver course on Sunday 14th April 2024.

It can be quite stressful in poor visibility underwater, improve your observation skills and learn more accurately how to use your compass 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 August is usually around 20 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 April 2024

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