Hyperbaric Chamber visit February 2024
We are organising a trip to experience a Dry Dive in the London Hyperbaric Chamber in Leytonstone London.
A diving accident can result from a diver’s inability to handle gas narcosis. A dry dive in the recompression chamber can prepare a diver mentally for what can happen underwater. You get to experience a demonstration of what dense air in the chamber actually does, you will undertake some small quiz/test, we will also be given a lot of really great information about the treatment and the centre.
Dry dives can be run two ways, as the experience alone, or as a chamber awareness specialty course, however it is up to each diver whether they wish to receive the PADI certification.
PLEASE NOTE: If there is an incoming emergency, the Dry Dive many be cancelled, as Divers we should all be happy that this is the case.
The experience needs to start at 9am to 9:30, it is a 4+ hour experience, which will mean a relatively early start from the Brighton area, about 8-8:30am, up to Victoria and a hop on the tube to Leytonstone.
The Dry Dive experience will be completed by approx 1-2pm, leaving plenty of time in London for a late lunch, a quick trip to the Museums or Galleries, a wander around Covent Garden, what ever you fancy doing!!
We need a minimum of 6 Divers to get this booked, with a maximum of 14 people.
If we have 14, we will do the dive in 2 groups, allowing the group outside to view the process form outside the chamber and to laugh at the antics of the silly narked divers inside the chamber!
Course Content
The course lasts 4+ hours. We start with a full briefing, then change into scrubs. There will be a chamber dive to 40 metres, this will involve a small test at depth; also, other pressure related experiments are shown. After the dive there will be a DCI presentation, and a tour of the facility.
On successful completion of the course a PADI Recompression Chamber Awareness Distinctive Specialty certification card is awarded to those who have selected that option.
Dry-Dives will be undertaken in a modern computer assisted multiplace Therapy Chamber.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite certification: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification with another organisation).
Minimum age requirement: 16 years of age.
Medical Requirements
A completed RSTC medical statement form or in date certificate of fitness to dive signed by a doctor*
*If you answer ‘YES’ to any question on the form you must provide an in-date certificate of fitness to dive.
Student Notes
Students must bring:
- Proof of Qualification.
- Divers Logbook.
Optional:
- Computers/Depth gauges may be taken on the chamber dive (in a bucket of water.
- Camera/Video equipment is allowed in the chamber with the relevant 40 metre housing.
Dry Dive Costs
There is a full refund if we have to cancel the course due to an incoming emergency.
- DRY DIVE £50 No certification included.
- PADI CHAMBER AWARENESS SPECIALTY COURSE £75
Comes with PADI speciality certification.
The Chamber prefer cash payments that we will collect ahead of time, to confirm your space.
We were at Paddle Round the Pier with our Regional Manager from PADI Emma Hewitt, and Territory Director Jonas Samuelsson.
We were in the middle of the Paddle site, opposite the Historical Diving Society stand and tank. Jonas Samuelsson (PADI) and Paul from Oyster both got the chance to get suited and booted and went into the huge big tank in full-on original Brass helmet dive gear… what a great opportunity to see and experience what diving back in the day was really like.
