Category Archives: Courses

We are running various PADI Specialty Courses over the next few months.

We have many varied courses running over the next few months, take look a the list below to see what takes your fancy.

PADI Wreck Diver

St Andrews Lake, Kent.  Saturday 25th – partial course

Discover historical wrecks, experience the thrill of drifting past a beautiful reef wall, and explore deeper dive sites. Diving on a piece of history is a lure to many divers. Wrecks provide a challenge, a mystery, and are usually teeming with aquatic life.

PADI Deep Diver  –  Specialty of the Month

St Andrews Lake, Kent.  Saturday 25th – partial course

Dive with confidence at depths to 40m, by taking the PADI Deep Diver Specialty course. Learn to assess reasons for going deep, the dive objective should be clear.

To do both the Deep and the Wreck courses you will need to be available for the three days, to do one of either the Wreck or the Deep course, you need to be with us for the Saturday and Sunday. 

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Lake Dives – Saturday 25th
(Deep or Wreck dives to be conducted this day)

The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. Please note: ONLY Deep and Wreck dives for your Advanced course will be conducted this weekend.

MAY

Emergency First Response First Aid

Saturday 2nd

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

Emergency Oxygen Provider

Saturday 2nd

Knowing when and how to administer oxygen means you will have the ability to help other divers that may have the need of assistance.

PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty Course 

Sunday 3rd

Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty   –  Specialty of the Month

Sunday 17th

Glide effortlessly, use less air, ascend and descend or hover, almost as if by thought.

PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty

Pool Friday 1st / Wraysbury Sunday 17th

Extend your diving season! If you want to stay warm and toasty, feeling comfortable in cooler water, you will want to dive in a dry suit. Please note the Drysuit course is available every month we go to Wraysbury for PADI Open Water Diver courses.

PADI Rescue Diver Course

Pool Saturday 16th / Lake dives Sunday 17th

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

PADI Equipment Specialist Course

Sunday 31st

Don’t miss out on a dive due to a minor equipment issue.

JUNE

PADI Underwater Navigator  –  Specialty of the Month

Sunday 14th

Make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.

PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty

Pool Friday 5th / Wraysbury Sunday 14th

Extend your diving season! If you want to stay warm and toasty, feeling comfortable in cooler water, you will want to dive in a dry suit. Please note the Drysuit course is available every month we go to Wraysbury for PADI Open Water Diver courses.

JULY

PADI Self-Reliant Diver 

Class Sunday 21st June  |  Lake Dives Sunday 5th July

Develop self-reliance and independence while diving.

PADI Wreck Diver

N.D.A.C Friday 10th – Sunday 12th

Discover historical wrecks, experience the thrill of drifting past a beautiful reef wall, and explore deeper dive sites. Diving on a piece of history is a lure to many divers. Wrecks provide a challenge, a mystery, and are usually teeming with aquatic life.

PADI Deep Diver

N.D.A.C Friday 10th – Sunday 12th

Dive with confidence at depths to 40m, by taking the PADI Deep Diver Specialty course. Learn to assess reasons for going deep, the dive objective should be clear.

To do both the Deep and the Wreck courses you will need to be available for the three days, to do one of either the Wreck or the Deep course, you need to be with us for the Saturday and Sunday.

PADI Search and Recovery Specialty   –  Specialty of the Month

Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th 

The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface.

If you want to see the full list for the year follow this link, or click on the course names above for more information about each course

Transport, accommodation and food is not included in the course fee.

Four divers needed for the course to run.

As part of our PADI Specialty of the Month programme in 2020, we will be running the PADI Drysuit Diver course on Sunday 1st and Sunday 22nd March.

The pool orientation for the drysuit diver course date is Sunday 1st March, with the qualifying dives on Sunday 22nd.

Extend your diving season! If you want to stay warm and toasty, feeling comfortable in cooler water, you will want to dive in a dry suit.

Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water and that keeps you warm! Even in surprisingly cold water.

You will need to do a small amount of home study before the course, then come to us for half a day at the centre to learn how to use the Drysuit in the pool, shortly before we go to the open water qualifying dives.

Find out more about this course…

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April 2020.

Diving on a piece of history is a lure to many divers. Wrecks provide a challenge, a mystery, and are usually teeming with aquatic life.

Whether sunk on purpose as an artificial reef or the result of mishap, wrecks open fascinating windows to the past. Most divers find wrecked ships, aeroplanes nearly irresistible because they’re intriguing to explore, exciting avenues of discovery, and usually teeming with aquatic life. The PADI Wreck Diver course teaches you the ins and outs of rewarding, responsible wreck diving.

We are running a weekend at N.D.A.C in April to get the full benefit of the Wreck course. We have access to several different ‘wrecks’ at varying depths.

The water temperature at 30 metres is approximately 8-10 degrees, we advise that you should be drysuit trained, and comfortable in the drysuit, to make these dives, however if you choose to use a wetsuit, please be advised this will be cold.

N.D.A.C – The National Diving and Activity Centre – at Chepstow is the perfect convenient inland site to take PADI Wreck Diver course. There are lots of wrecks to learn on, with lots of interesting places to explore on your deep dives. Both the Deep and Wreck specialty courses require four dives each, which need to be spread out over two days, so we stay up for the weekend, to make the most of your time up there.

CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SPECIALTY COURSES

Transport, accommodation and food is not included in the course fee.

Four divers needed for the course to run.

April Specialty of the Month PADI Deep Diver course 25th-26th April 2020

Feel more comfortable at depth, visit deeper wrecks and take in the history and scenery.
Take our April Specialty of the Month course.

Dive with confidence at depths to 40m, by taking the PADI Deep Diver Specialty course. You will learn to assess reasons for going deep and why your dive objective should be clear.

We are running a weekend at N.D.A.C in April, diving here gives you the full benefit of the Deep course. You will be able to dive right to the course maximum depth to ensure that you get the full experience of a dive to 40m.

The water temperature at 40m drops quite dramatically, therefore you need to be drysuit trained and comfortable in the drysuit.

The philosophy of this course is to focus on making smart decisions for a stress free deep diving experience, with an emphasis on safety and the importance of knowing your personal limits.

During your dives you will learn about:

• Specialized deep diving equipment
• Deep dive planning, buddy contact procedures and buoyancy control
• Managing your gas supply, dealing with gas narcosis and safety considerations

We will also be running the PADI Wreck Diver course over the weekend alongside the Deep course.

N.D.A.C – The National Diving and Activity Centre – at Chepstow is the perfect place to take these specialty courses. There are lots of wrecks to dive on, with lots of interesting places to explore on your deep dives. The Deep and Wreck specialty courses require four dives each, these need to be spread out over two days to comply with course regulations, you need to stay up for the weekend, to make the most of your time there.

CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SPECIALTY OF THE MONTH COURSES

Transport, accommodation and food is not included in the course fee.

Four divers needed for the course to run.

We will be running our next PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver course on Sunday 8th March.

The PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

We all want to stay longer on that reef or wreck, it isn’t always our breathing rate that brings us up before we want to, often we still have plenty of air left but our No Decompression Limit (NDL) brings us back up.

Find out more about this course…