Top Scuba Dive Shops in Scotland

SCUBA DIVING SCOTLAND is one of the largest PADI dive school's in the UK and we offer a full range of PADI Diver Training, from learning to SCUBA Dive with the PADI Open Water Diver course, right through to PADI Instructor Training. We offer a full range of TEC REC (PADI) and RAID Technical Diver Training courses. With over 30 years of training scuba divers S.D.S. now offers regular diving around the West of Scotland, as well as great trips around the UK and abroad. The dive sites range from beginner to advanced levels of diver and we operate throughout the year at weekends and midweek, for individual divers, small groups or large charters. Get in touch with the SCUBA DIVING SCOTLAND team to learn more!

For us it's all about getting you out diving on the huge number of dive sites that we have in Scotland. We are proud to say that we dive all year round adjusting our dive sites according to the conditions.

It is our aim to get people in the water and diving to achieve whatever their goals may be.

The UK has approximately 19,491 miles of coastline to explore not to mention countless inland freshwater sites. We want to explore more and open up more dive sites so that people can enjoy diving not just on holiday but also at the weekend, evenings and other times that they're not at work.

In order to achieve this we offer courses, guided diving, expeditions, advice and assistance for the diving community.

Here at Kraken Diving we are not trying to compete with other dive centres, this is because we know that everyone wants something different from their dive centres! So here are some details on us to help you decide if we are the centre for you

• All of our courses and dives are carried out by instructors that have done hundreds if not thousands of dives on the various wrecks of Scapa Flow, meaning they have the knowledge to guide you and show you the best areas.

• We pride ourselves on making safe  divers. Our experience in technical diving means we can provide a high standard of guiding and instruction too!

• Each of our courses has more than the minimum required dive time in order to give as much time as possible for skill development. So if you want a quick flying course we probably aren't the school for you!

• We start each course with equipment set-up to ensure we have the best and most streamlined equipment for you to use during the course and on future dives.

• We offer a personal service and level of attention, with a maximum of 2 students per course or 3 on guided dives.

• On our professional and technical courses then video is used as a teaching tool as part of the debrief.

As well as giving you more time developing your skills in the water and making you a safer diver and a better member of the dive team, this also means that you get more time to explore some of the best shipwrecks in Europe, what a combination!

We are an Edinburgh based PADI 5 star IDC SCUBA diving centre, where we schedule our courses to meet your time requirements. We are committed to ensuring that you get the most out of your course. To achieve this we keep class sizes small, so that you get more personal instruction. We will also provide any necessary remedial or additional training, to ensure that you meet the course requirements, at no extra cost. Our aim is to deliver your diving dreams.

We know that diving is a social experience so, through Deep Blue Scuba Adventures, we organise a PADI diving society chapter with club events running throughout the year. These events are both diving and non-diving based and have included talks by an underwater photographer, an aquarist and bowling/pizza evenings.

To compliment the centre, Puffin Dive Centre has a team of dedicated support staff including three resident PADI Course Directors. Each staff member has a specialist role at Puffin Dive Centre and has ancillary skills such as diver training & certification or Boat Skipper & RYA training or is a repair technician of an industry level expertise. Of course we always have some staff training & junior staff. We will try to refer you to a correct staff member well experienced in handling your particular needs. The shop usually has staff available during the day & will try to help with advice, local information or any other requirements you may have.

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