Diving in Scotland

[DrSpacemanMD]

So im visiting Scotland for a few weeks over christmas and was wondering if there is any dive centres within an hour or two of Glasgow that do guided dives?

 

[Edward3c]

Aquatron in Glasgow closed down its school 4 weeks ago. The shop is closed from this Saturday until after the New Year, except on the 28th when they will open for gas.

Most diving is done by clubs see here and use the 'Find It' tool for the local clubs.

Only the die hard divers are out during the winter.

Do you dive in a dry-suit? If not your going to find it a bit cool as the water temp has started to drop below 10'C.

 

[DrSpacemanMD]

Yeah I will dive in a dry suit, unfortunatly I live abroad so i'm only here for a few weeks so not much point in joining a club, I probably will when i come back here in a year or so.

I have always been a bit intimidated by clubs, I'm still a new diver (only 7 dives) so i feel a little concerned that i get paired up with a pro guy and i end up having to cut their dive short because my air consumption sucks.

 

[Edward3c]

One of the members of my BSAC Branch works in the Middle East and is only back a few weeks a year.

People forget they were once starting out.

 

[DrSpacemanMD]

Oh maybe I may look into it, do clubs do equipment rental?

 

[Edward3c]

Some do, but it's a contribution for maintenance and depreciation as club kit belongs to all members so can't be hired.

My club doesn't.

 

[DrSpacemanMD]

So i guess you have to rent gear from some other dive store or what not?

I shall take a look anyway see if there is any dive clubs, I would be looking to dive when i come over during summer anyway.

 

[Centrals]

So i guess you have to rent gear from some other dive store or what not?

I shall take a look anyway see if there is any dive clubs, I would be looking to dive when i come over during summer anyway.

Summer is the right time to dive all those wrecks at Scapa Flow. You can fly in directly from Glasgow or ferry from Aberdeen or Scrabster.
Scapa Scuba will provide everything ie. bc, dry suit, fins, regs etc etc in the guided package. However, most of the wrecks are deeper than 18m.

 

[Edward3c]

So i guess you have to rent gear from some other dive store or what not?

I shall take a look anyway see if there is any dive clubs, I would be looking to dive when i come over during summer anyway.

Aquatron hire full sets of kit, if you want a dry-suit you will have to show a dry-suit qualification.

The down side of diving in the summer is two fold:
* tourists.
* midges.

I dive more during the winder than the summer.

 

[DrSpacemanMD]

Summer is the right time to dive all those wrecks at Scapa Flow. You can fly in directly from Glasgow or ferry from Aberdeen or Scrabster.
Scapa Scuba will provide everything ie. bc, dry suit, fins, regs etc etc in the guided package. However, most of the wrecks are deeper than 18m.

Well I'm hoping to have my advanced done by the summer so perhaps that would work out ok.

Aquatron hire full sets of kit, if you want a dry-suit you will have to show a dry-suit qualification.

The down side of diving in the summer is two fold:
* tourists.
* midges.

I dive more during the winder than the summer.

Yeah I did my dry suit as part of my OWD course, I shall take a look into the local clubs thanks but I may just end up waiting to Easter or Summer at this rate