Just Get Wet!
You
can dip below the surface for underwater adventure or explore the deepest, most picturesque regions imaginable.The possibilities
are endless. As you immerse yourself in a peaceful underwater oasis.
Whether you're looking to polish your
skills or become a padi professional, PADI takes you where you want to go. With PADI, you enjoy the highest standards for
diver training, safety and customer service.
Discover Scuba Diving
Have
a go..... experience the feeling of breathing underwater and being free. If you want to know how it feels to dive then this
small taster course is for you, a little theory but nothing too heavy and then straight to it.
Interested in learning to Scuba Dive and about the adventure of Scuba Diving and the
true sensation of weightlessness? Then you’ll love this.
The
1½ hour sessions start with a briefing and a little theory from a professionally trained instructor and then it’s
into the shallow end to put on the Scuba equipment and take your first breaths underwater.
You will be introduced to the basic concepts of Scuba and at your instructor’s discretion you will
be invited into the deep end of the pool .
Course Pre-requisites
Suitable
for anybody with little swimming ability and in reasonable health.
Minimum age
10 Years
old.
Maximum
age
You're never too old!
How are the sessions run?
Maximum group size is 6 for PADI Discover Scuba Diving Larger groups
can be accommodated upon request, however, groups of more than 10 will be split into two and will use scuba in the shallow
end for half the session and snorkel or swim in the deep end for the other half.
What it will cost and what you'll need
£30 per person on scheduled sessions.
What’s
included?
- All equipment and fun is supplied, all you need to bring is swimming
costume, an old T shirt to wear in the pool and a towel
Personal
and group sessions arranged by appointment.
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Bubblemakers
For all the youngsters 8+. After a safety check and briefing you will enter a sheltered swimming pool
with your diving kit on and start to explore your surroundings. Your first diving experience is filled with fun and excitement,
not forgetting the feeling and experience you are left with. Breathe underwater.......... cool.
Bubble maker statement
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Scuba Diving Course
3 theory sessions, 3 confined water dives and 2 open water dives to become a quailfied scuba diver and is
the first stage to becoming a certified diver. Qualifies from the age 10+ to dive under supervision
Duration 2-3 days
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PADI Open Water Course
Learn to scuba dive PADI, the world’s
leading scuba diver training & education provider. If you want to learn to scuba dive, take a PADI
Open Water Diver course, the most widely recognized and respected diving certification in the world. Within days, you can
be enjoying the underwater world.
Virtually anyone who is in good health,
reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. This exciting course is a qualification
for life to a depth of 18 metres and is recognised all over the world. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, you'll have
the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional.
The first
3 days consist of a mixture of pool and theory, this called the Referral where you will be given hands-on instruction
in the fundamentals of scuba diving. The last 2 days are spent completing the 4 qualifying dives at a suitable open water-training
site.
Course Pre-requisites
- Be medically fit to dive
- Able to
swim 200 metres
- Able to float or tread water for 10 minutes unaided
- Pre-study course manual and fill in review sections
before start of the course
Minimum age
- 15 years old and
over, 10 to 14 year olds can become Junior Open Water Divers.
How is the course run?
- Split days or weekends
- 4 Consecutive evenings and 2 Open Water days
What can I do after this course?
· PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course
· A Wide selection
of PADI specialties
What it will cost and what you'll need
Course
Fee: £325.00
What’s
included?
- PADI Open Water Diver Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner
- Blue PADI logbook including training record
- Life time certification
- Use
of all SCUBA equipment (suit, weights, cylinders, BCD and regulator)
What’s not included?
- Transport to dive sites
- Dive site fees, typically start at £15
per day at Vobster Quay,
- Basic equipment for open water dives: mask, snorkel, fins and boots
(gloves from October to May)
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Open Water Referral Course
The PADI Open Water Referral course is designed for students holidaying abroad, and covers
the 3-day pool and theory elements of the 5-day. Having completed the Open Water Referral course, you can then complete the
four qualifying dives at a suitable PADI Dive Centre abroad or in the UK.
Virtually
anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification.
The exciting 3 day referral course leads on to the full Open Water course when completed and is a qualification for life to
a depth of 18 metres and is recognised all over the world. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, you'll have the
freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional.
You must complete
the dives within 12 months. If you are unable to complete when away, please contact Aqua Diving School upon your return
Course Pre-requisites
- Be medically fit to dive,
- Able to swim 200 metres or snorkel
300 metres unaided
- Able to float or tread water for 10 minutes unaided
- Pre-study course manual and fill in review sections
before course start
Minimum age
- 15 years old and
over, 10 to 14 year olds can qualify for Junior Open Water Diver
What can I do after this course?
- Upgrade to PADI Open Water Diver
- PADI Advanced Open Water course
- A wide selection
of PADI Specialities
What it will cost and what you'll need
Course Fee: £225.00
What’s
included?
- PADI Open Water Diver Manual
- Recreational Dive Planner
- Blue PADI log book including training record for
referrals
- Use of full scuba equipment, including basic kit
PADI Open Water Diver upgrade
You can complete the 4 open water
dives at a later date and still receive your PADI Open Water certification.
What it will cost and what you'll need
Upgrade fee: £125
What’s included?
- Life time certification
- Use of all scuba equipment (suit,
weights, cylinders, BCD and regulator)
What’s
not included?
- Transport to dive dives
- Dive site fees, typically start at £15 per day at Vobster Quay,
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Adventure Diver
Wreck, photography, multi-level, deep and night, to name but a few, count towards your Advanced Open Water
certification. Become an Adventure Diver and progress that little further and have fun doing it!!!
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PADI Advanced Open Water Course
PADI Advanced Open Water is your second course and allows
you to experience the real adventure of Scuba Diving with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course. You will expand
on your diving knowledge and skills by trying some of diving’s most rewarding and exciting speciality areas such as
the 2 core dives in Deep diving and Navigation diving.
With your instructor
you then pick 3 additional elective dive areas that interest you, such as Wreck diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy diving,
Dry Suit diving, Boat diving and Night diving to name just a feqw
You will
upgrade your depth rating with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course to 30 metres (21 metres for Juniors) and gain access
to some of the world’s best wrecks and reefs.
Course
Pre-requisites
- PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver or a qualifying certification
from another organization
- Be medically fit to dive
- Pre-study course manual and fill in review sections before course start
Minimum age
- 12 years (12 to 14 year olds will be certified as Junior
Advanced Open Water Diver)
How is the course run?
- 2
days on a weekend or mid-week
What it will cost
and what you'll need
Course Fee: £275.00
What’s included?
- Padi Adventures in Diving Manual
- Life time certification.
What’s
not included?
- Transport to dive sites
- Dive site fees, typically start at £15 per day at Vobster Quay,
- Basic equipment
for open water dives: mask, snorkel, fins and boots (gloves from October to May)
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Rescue Diver
"Challenging
and rewarding" best describes the PADI Resue Diver course.
EFR course
required.
With the PADI
Rescue Diver course - Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well being of other divers.
You will learn about self-rescue, diver stress, diving first aid, emergency management, surface and underwater distressed
diver response. You will also learn how to deal with missing divers and how to surface an unconscious diver
Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence.
Course prerequisite
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water
Diver
- An
appropriate certification in First Aid or EFR, within the previous 24 months (EFR course can be integrated with in course
structure)
- Be medically fit to dive
- Pre-study course manual and fill in review sections before course start
Minimum age
12 years
(12 to 14 year olds will be certified as PADI Junior Rescue Diver)
How is the course run?
3 Day
course
- Day 1 and 2 are theory and pool lessons
- Day 3 open water skills
What can I do after this course?
·
PADI Master Scuba Diver
· PADI Dive Master
A wide range of PADI Specialties
What it will cost and what you'll need
Course Fee: £375
What’s included?
- PADI Rescue diver Manual
- Life time certification
- Use of all scuba
equipment (suits, weights, cylinders, BCD and regulator)
What’s not included?
- Transport to dive sites
- Dive site fees, typically start
at £15 per day at Vobster Quay,
- Basic equipment for open water dives, mask, snorkel, fins and boots (gloves from October to
May)
PADI Emergency First Response
Course
This is a stand alone course which can be run
at any time, however if you don’t have a First aid for divers or EFR for the Rescue Divers course you can add this to
it by combining the two. Though suited for divers, this course is equally applicable to those who are around
divers. A must for any professional diver.
What it will cost and what you'll need
Upgrade fee £75.00
What’s included?
- Emergency First
Response manual
- Certification 24 months.
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Emergency First Response Primary Care
This course is the pre-requisite for the Rescue Diver and a requirement for all Divemasters
and Instructors.
The course covers basic
first aid, CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and looks at injury assessment, illness assessment,
bandaging, dislocations and fractures. The course meets the requirements for HSE Appointed Persons at Work and must be updated
every 2 years.
EFR Refreshers are the same as the above,
but at a reduced price.
Prerequisite qualifying
courses
Minimum
age
What
it will cost and what you'll need
- Course Fee: £110.00
- Refresher Fee: £85.00
- Course manual: £9.00
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PADI Dive Master
Take
the first step in your dive career and become a Professional PADI Divemaster.
PADI
Divemaster training develops your diving theory and skills to instructor level and hones your leadership abilities by training
you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.
The
PADI Divemaster qualification is gained by completing a series of classroom, pool and open water lessons with the candidates
role-playing to meet the course requirements
As a qualified PADI
Divemaster you will be able to work in the dive industry as a certified assistant, as a dive guide anywhere in the world and
conduct and teach a variety of PADI programs.
Course Pre-requisites
- PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying
certification from another training organisation.
- PADI diver’s medical signed by a physician within the last
12 months. To work in the UK you will need an HSE divers medical
- Minimum 20 logged dives - (60 for certification)
- EFR
Primary and Secondary Care (or equivalent) within 24 months.
- Proof of experience in night, deep and navigation diving.
- Pre-study
course manuals and fill in review sections before course start.
- Be ready to take the 8 exams on the first day of the
course.
- Have good personal diving and buoyancy skills
- Be able to swim 400 metres and float for 15 minutes both
unaided. Snorkel 800 metres and tow a diver for 100 metres, all within time limits
Minimum age
How is this course run?
- 4 consecutive days.
- Or over split weekends
What it will cost, and what you'll
need
What’s
not included?
- PADI Divemaster certification and membership fees, payable to PADI
- You will
need your own full set of diving equipment including cylinder.
- Divemaster manual
- Encyclopaedia of Recreational Diving
- Knowledge
Workbook
- RDP- eRDPML
- Divemaster Slates
- Transport to dive sites
- Dive site fees, typically start at £15
per day at Vobster Quay.
- Note – The Divemaster Crewpak comes in a PADI briefcase and includes the Divemaster manual,
the Encyclopaedia and Knowledge Workbook, Divemaster slates, and Instructor outlines for Divemaster Conducted Programs –
Cost £110.00
General notes
on all PADI Professional Courses
- Professional courses have strict pre-requisite and qualifying criteria - some information
is included here, but you will need to check out the detail on the PADI website.
- This course requires that you have a full
in-date (within 12 months) diving medical before starting the course, and if you wish to work in the UK you will also need
an HSE medical, in-date (24 months) CPR and First Aid qualification (Emergency First Response), and all your log books and
qualifications.
- You will need your own set of scuba equipment
- Manual and training materials are required
- All
professional courses have membership fees, and some also have exam fees payable to PADI direct.
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Your Next Adventure!
Whether you've
just received your Open Water Diver certification or have hundreds of logged dives, the PADI Specialty Diver program, which
culminates in the prestigious Master Scuba Diver Rating, takes your diving to a whole new level.
Here's just
a snapshot of the numerous PADI specialty Certifications. Five specialty ratings will
put you well on your way to becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver.
Enriched Air Diver-
Enrich your dive and extend your bottom time.
Deep
Diver-
Reaching new levels opens a world of life forms that don't
exist at shallower levels.
Underwater Photographer-
You're not just taking pictures- you're taking all your exiting adventures home with you.
Wreck Diver-
The water gives up it's secrets
as you explore where the past and present meet for a moment.
Night Diver-
Darkness falls and the most amazing creatures venture out. Why not be one of them.
There are many more specialty corses to do, why not drop me an email and tell
me what you want to do, I'm sure there will be one thats right up your street!!
