Learning diving in London?

[sinetwo]

Hi all,

I'm new to diving but will probably be doing my PADI OW Referral course somewhere in London.

I've been looking at Timuna Sea near Canary Wharf but haven't found a single review - apart from it being very convenient for me I don't know whether to tell if they'll be reliable for a beginner or not. They're "5 Star PADI" but having looked online this is more about how much they've paid out to PADI as opposed to the quality of their teaching.

Can anyone vouch for these guys or recommend anyone else in London?

Thanks!
SineTwo

 

[rivers]

Hi all,

I'm new to diving but will probably be doing my PADI OW Referral course somewhere in London.

I've been looking at Timuna Sea near Canary Wharf but haven't found a single review - apart from it being very convenient for me I don't know whether to tell if they'll be reliable for a beginner or not. They're "5 Star PADI" but having looked online this is more about how much they've paid out to PADI as opposed to the quality of their teaching.

Can anyone vouch for these guys or recommend anyone else in London?

Thanks!
SineTwo

anywhere in London is probably going to do all of their open water dives at Wraysbury Dive Center, which is an inland site just outside of London headed towards Windsor. You can even catch a train there straight from Waterloo. Maybe think about using Wraysbury itself to do your referral

 

[sinetwo]

Hi Rivers, thanks for letting me know.

Is that how you learned or did you go outside of the UK? I'm thinking I might want to do a trydive first (they're not very expensive, £20+?), before I decide to shell out for the £250 course

 

[dbulmer]

A suggestion: Dive Wimbledon.

Dive Wimbledon London scuba diving PADI school, shop and club for London scuba courses, PADI courses

Or a bit further a field in Slough try Martin Crew BERKSHIRE SCUBA CREW provides PADI scuba diving courses, refreshers, tune ups and trips across Berks, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire. For adults and children from discover scuba to Divemaster in Slough, Maidenhead and Reading areas so join us and lear - Martin does try dives in a pool and I appreciate it's a bit more in the way of travel but he's good.

 

[johnohuk]

Trydives before committing time and money is a good idea... also a good way for check out the organisation..

You can do a try dive with us at Amersham at the end of the tube... 8.15pm Wednesday nights.. £20... We're not PADI but a try dive is a try dive..

Chesham Sub Aqua Club

But i'm sure there is something nearer to you... most BSAC clubs will do a try dive... checkout their website to find the nearest one..

https://www.bsac.com/Default.asp

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