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Category: Blog

Which is the best PADI scuba diving centre for you?

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date March 23, 2023

There are over 200 PADI dive centres in the UK, plus a lot of individual dive instructors pretending to be dive centres by having a […]

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You’d be Bananas not to Visit the Bahamas!

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date January 26, 2023

For most holiday goers the Bahamas is as a series of tropical islands bristling with palm trees, warm Caribbean sun, white sandy beaches, rum cocktails […]

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St Andrews Diving Lake

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date November 28, 2022

The S.E.’s Deepest Inland Dive Site St. Andrews is now closed to diving for the foreseeable future! As St. Andrews Lake is now closed to […]

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40m Dry Dive London, October 2024

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date October 13, 2022

40m DRY DIVE AT LONDON HYPERBARIC CHAMBER 27th October 2024 Customer review from February 2020 – “Just a brief note to say that I thought […]

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WHERE TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST DIVING IN EUROPE

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date September 6, 2022

Best Diving in Europe When you book a place on one of our superb diving packages to any European destination, you will get exceptional value […]

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How do you Learn to Scuba Dive?

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date July 31, 2022

Learning to Scuba Dive is Easy! Learning to scuba dive is high on many people’s bucket lists. It makes holidays more active, you get to […]

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Great-Value Packages to the Best Red Sea Scuba Diving Resorts

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date July 18, 2022

There are many potential Red Sea scuba diving resorts to choose from. Most resorts in Egypt will offer some form of diving – but we […]

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When is the Best Time to Go to the Maldives?

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date June 23, 2022

The best time of the year to visit the Maldives for a diving and snorkelling holiday is generally over the Autumn and Winter months, from […]

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Oceanic White Tip Photograhed in Daedulus Reef

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date October 22, 2021

See the amazing work of Dr Elke Bojanowski and her Red Sea Sharks Trust. Learn about sharks on one of her amazing Red Sea liveaboard shark weeks.

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Wellness Benefits of Diving

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date July 1, 2021
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With the summer well and truly upon us and the weather getting warmer, it is only natural that we flock to Britain’s blue spaces to […]

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British Stunt (BSR) Diving Courses

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date June 23, 2021

Jump straight in to your Stunt Career with the UK’s Premier 5-star IDC Centre We have worked with many people in the past training to […]

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World’s Best Wreck Dives

  • Post author By Mark Murphy
  • Post date April 1, 2021

THE WORLD OF WRECK DIVING Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands is one of the world’s best wreck dive locations, thanks […]

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