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Sidemount Talks at the Big Scuba Show

Last weekend saw me giving talks at the Big Scuba Show.  Plenty of interest so there should be more courses if anyone is interested in doing some training.

Instructor’s Rescue Training Day – 13 February 2011

Every year we like to run refresher training for our instructors and divemasters, just to keep those skills up to scratch in the unlikely event that something might go wrong.  We think it is so important that we actully insist that our staff undertake the training if they work for us.

Sidemount talks go down well at Oceanic Seminar

At the recent Oceanic dealer seminar we were asked to give a presentation about Sidemount diving.  While some of the dealers had already embraced the concept and were already on board, some of the dealers had not.  The talk went down very well, generating a lot of interest in the system and the promise of Read More…

New Sidemount Divers

Many congratulations to the new sidemount divers who qualified at the weekend in some pretty chilly conditions.

Instructor and DM Meeting – 21 January 2011

In order to maintain high standards of training and excellence we believe it is important to have regular staff meetings.  This allows us to pass on information from PADI and the industry in general to our instructional staff.  The latest meeting also included a look at the O’Neill range of diving wetsuits.  Minutes of the Read More…

TecRec Xplor Day

We attended the TecRec Xplor day in Portland on 4th December and it was a pretty good day out.  There were only a few stands there, but there was a lot of interest in the Sidemount system and Ian did around 20 try dives on the gear in the pool.

The New Diving and Watersports Centre is now open!

After a great deal of hard work and no small amount of investment we are pleased to say that the new dive centre and watersports centre is open.  We have moved in the process (obvious really) but only down the road to 161 – 165 Highland Road.  The address is a bit of a clue Read More…