Above and Below Dive Centre: Yorkshire, Hull and Pontefract

News

Our next Emergency First Response Instructor course is on Wednesday 15th September at 10am - please call Gen or Sharon on 01977 621516 if you like to join us.

Busy August for students so far ! Well done to all the following:

New Scuba Divers: Alex & Jill Morrison

Open Water Divers: John Curry, Tom Boyeson, Mike Clappison, Rick Zerhusen, Steven Shortland, Luke Inglis, Melony Dickinson, Josh Moore, William Newby, Aaron Cooke, Mark & Alex Batty.

Deep & Wreck Specialty Divers: Jason Lane, Matt Fergusson, Paul Horsley & Neil Atkinson.

Nitrox Divers: Neil Atkinson, Nadine Smith & Colin Ostler.

Advanced Open Water Divers: Jen Atherton, Tim Mason, Helen Power, Cheryl Kyle, Nigel Mcleod & Rhianne Schofield.

Peak Performance Buoyancy Divers: Helen Power, Tim Bamsey, Tim Mason & Mel Rand. Dry Suit Divers: John Kelly, Aaron Cooke & James Salt. Digital Photography: Helen Power, Mel Rand & Tim Bamsey Sea Scooters: Tim Bamsey, David Nicholas & Mel Rand. SMB Divers: Tim Mason & Nigel Mcleod Search & Recovery Diver: Colin Ostler Multi Level Diver: Tim Mason

And finally, three new Divemasters ! Huge well done to Jason Lane, Jade Gardner & Neil Collins.

 

As of Saturday 14th August the weekend opening hours for the Blue Lagoon Dive Centre will change: Saturday & Sunday will be from 8am to 4pm, Monday will remain closed for diving, Tuesday through to Thursday will remain at 10am to 9pm and Friday's are 10am to 6pm.

22nd July 2010

Product Update: Aqualung Mikron Regulators,

There is a technical change to all Mikron Second Stages, there is no problem with using the regulators as the update will be carried out at the next service (as the modification is part of the service kit)

NEWS FLASH !! Just had confirmation from PADI that we are still the Number One dive centre for training in the UK for this year so far !

As of March 1st the Blue Lagoon dive site will be closed on Monday's

Above & Below is the overall Dive Centre winner for the 2009 PADI Master Scuba Diver Challenge !

Find us on Facebook: Above & Below Dive Centre for course dates, news and events !

The new D-SMB & Advanced Open Water Diver package: for more information see our adventure dive packages page

New Tech Diver Courses: Tech 40, Tech 45 and Tech 50. Please contact gen@aboveandbelow.co.uk for further information

December 2009

Its official, we have been ranked as number 1 for diver training in the UK for 2009. This we could not have achieved without the support of our team of Instructors and Divemasters and of course to all our loyal customers.

4th August 2009
Graham Owen PADI Regional Manager congratulates Above & Below for being the leading UK PADI Dive Centre for diver certifications in the first half of 2009.

Thanks to all our Instructors and Divemasters for all your efforts this year ensuring we achieved this accolade. We are delighted with the great feedback from our students on the quality of training provided by our staff.

Lets carry on the great work to ensure we end the year as the UK's number one PADI dive centre!

12th July 2009

Blue Lagoon hosted it's first PADI Instructor Exam which was conducted by Erika Hoffman and Richard Somerset from PADI International. Apart from a few nerves the two days went perfectly for all 22 candidates and everyone had a great two days.

Well done to our candidates from Above & Below, Rachel Linarts, Nikki Thurston, Rhia Spall, Jim Sanderson, Kevin Hudson, Ryan Shiach, Alisdair McConachie, Michael Vickers, Spencer Steadman, Harry Fernando, Adam Wood, Adrian Paul and Jonathan Turner who are all now PADI Instructors.

4th July 2009

Congratulations to Martin Ainsworth one of our PADI Course Directors here at Above & Below who has achieved Platinum status within the PADI Course Director frequent trainer program for 2009. This places Martin within the top 5% of PADI Course Directors worldwide and ensures our Instructor Development Programs are second to none!

Events

 

PADI Speciality of the month

The 2010 calendar for Specialty of the Month is:

• January: Enriched Air Diver
• February: Boat Diver
• March: Drift Diver
• April: Digital Underwater Photographer
• May: Dry Suit Diver
• June: Peak Performance Buoyancy
• July: Deep Diver
• August: Wreck Diver
• September: Project AWARE
• October: Night Diver
• November: Underwater Navigator
• December: Search and Recovery

And the Specialty of the year 2010 is Enriched Air Diver

Any Specialty course taken that falls into Specialty of the Month, we will automatically include you into the Specialty of the Month diver with PADI. For more information on Specialty course and the Master Scuba Diver rating please contact: gen@aboveandbelow.co.uk

Equipment Servicing

As the North’s leading diver training provider, you would expect us to provide a first class support service for your equipment. We can repair and maintain your diving equipment, including repairs to wetsuits, drysuits, cylinders, regulators and BCD’s. We also supply air to industry Standards and our trained staff have the facilities to blend Nitrox and Tri-mix.

Dive Trips

We frequently operate overseas and UK scuba diving trips. Pleas evisit our dive trips page for detailed information about our future diving trips.