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Courses

Essential for UK diving year-round. Learn to use a drysuit safely and comfortably, extending your diving season and opening up the incredible dive sites of the British Isles.

The most popular PADI Speciality course. Use enriched air nitrox to extend your bottom time and reduce surface intervals. Perfect for dive holidays and multiple-dive days.

Master underwater navigation using a compass and natural references. Improve your dive planning and become a more confident, independent diver who never gets lost underwater.

Fine-tune your buoyancy control — the single most important skill in diving. Hover effortlessly, protect the reef, and reduce air consumption dramatically.

Explore the fascinating world of wreck diving safely and responsibly. Learn penetration techniques, navigation inside wrecks, and how to manage potential hazards.

Discover a completely different underwater world after dark. Night diving reveals nocturnal creatures and transforms familiar dive sites into magical new environments.

Extend your diving range to 40 metres. Learn deep diving planning, managing nitrogen narcosis, and the special considerations required for deeper dives.

Capture the beauty of the underwater world. Learn composition, lighting, and camera settings to take stunning photos of marine life, wrecks, and fellow divers.

Learn to configure and dive with tanks mounted at your sides rather than on your back. Ideal for cave diving, wreck penetration, and improving streamlining.

Learn systematic search patterns and lifting techniques to locate and recover objects underwater. A practical and rewarding speciality with real-world applications.

Become comfortable and competent diving from boats of all sizes. Learn boat diving etiquette, entries and exits, and how to manage your equipment on deck.

Become qualified to assist with Discover Scuba Diving experiences. Course fee waived if you are actively conducting East Lancs Diving DSDs — certification fee only applies.

Learn CPR, first aid, and emergency oxygen administration. Required for Rescue Diver and Divemaster courses. Valuable life-saving skills both in and out of the water. EFR Renewal £120 when conducted alongside other courses.

Been out of the water for a while? Our Scuba Review gets you back up to speed quickly and safely. Refresh your skills in our heated pool before heading back to open water. Limited availability.