The Dive School

Looking to learn a new skill, gain a qualification or expand your horizons?

You're in the right place.

Try SCUBA Diving

The Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving for the first time. You will be in swimming pool and well looked after by a member of our team, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving.

It takes one evening and you'll see what the fuss is about!

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Freediving and Mermaiding

Mermaid diving is a world with one foot in reality and the other in fantasy. Water lovers, young and old, fantasize about living as mermaids – but unlike most such fantasies, this one we can make real – well, almost real.

Mermaid equipment and costuming let us bridge fiction and fact, opening the door to this mystical culture through mermaid diving bringing a fun aspect to an incredibly unique, rewarding and different take on fitness.

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Learn to SCUBA Dive

Start scuba diving and you will forever change the way you view the world. You will get to explore a peaceful underwater world filled with colorful marine life and breathtaking landscapes.

It is an incredible lifelong adventure and anyone from age 10 can learn to dive, making this safe fun sport ideal for the whole family.

Learning to dive is much easier than you think, and the globally recognized Open Water Diver program is the best way to learn

Start your journey

Advance your diving with training

Continue your adventures and get the skills and experience you need to dive the world’s best dive sites, with advanced diver training programs. Whatever your underwater passion is, we have Specialty for your needs, because you can choose from over 20 individual programs to engage on.

Try something different, push yourself with a new challenge or gain confidence in a different aspect of diving - there is a course for every diver!

Continue your adventure

Specialty Courses

If you don't fancy the Advanced Open Water then there's a number of other options available to you to get you diving,

If there's a particular area of diving that interests you, then specialities are the perfect way to gain some experience with a likeminded dive buddy and our expert instructors.

Already a Diver?

Looking to progress your diving?

As Lancashires largest Dive Centre we're able to offer the full suite of PADI and SSI courses upon request all year round. Our team are always grateful to get in the water with new and old friends and help create confident, safe and brilliant divers.

Not a diver yet?

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Scheduled Courses

See what other divers are booking with us, join them or find your own dates and course

Can't see what you're looking for? We probably just haven't uploaded it to the website yet, or it might be a full course. Don't forget we teach the full spectrum of courses so reach out to us if there's something you want to know more about.

Want to get some diving experience?

The SCUBA Group is set up to allow individuals to be the best divers they can be, our approach is one of tuition, mentorship and support. We love teaching people to progress their diving but there is no substitute for getting out there and going diving!

If you're looking to dive more, you may want a buddy, you might like a guide or perhaps you just need some inspiration on where to go diving... If this sounds like you then why not join the club? (It's free) and you'll see where are divers are getting wet and what they're up to.

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