Hi from a complete newbie in Scotland

[Neilwood]

Just signed up here and thought I would say hello.

No dive experience (apart from a 2 hr trial dive) but definitely wanting to do more.

Just trying to figure out the best way about it atm.

Got a weeks holiday in Aug so tempted to just book a holiday and sign up with a dive school wherever I go. Either that or sign up with a club over the winter and take my time learning.

Decisions decisions

Neil

 

[iamrushman]

howdy and welcome from south Florida USA.....

 

[PinkInkScuba]

Welcome to Scuba Board Neilwood! I'm unfamiliar with anything in Scotland. If you are looking for somewhere to vacation in August, I could probably get you an Open Water class scheduled in Roatan. PM me if you would like some details.

 

[drmwc]

Scotland has some great diving: St Abbs is awesome, for example. So I would recommend joining a club.

I am with a BSAC club, which is a great way of learning and getting on trips. I can't comment on other organisations, but there are alternatives such as PADI and SSAC clubs. It's worth meeting a few of the members before joining to see that you get along.

 

[Edward3c]

Just signed up here and thought I would say hello.

No dive experience (apart from a 2 hr trial dive) but definitely wanting to do more.

Just trying to figure out the best way about it atm.

Got a weeks holiday in Aug so tempted to just book a holiday and sign up with a dive school wherever I go. Either that or sign up with a club over the winter and take my time learning.

Decisions decisions

Neil

Hi Neil,

I'm the Diving Officer of BSAC Fyne-divers Sub-Aqua Club and the Hon Sec of BSAC.

You're welcome to give me a call one evening (07800 590112).

A club isn't going to train you by August, even a School might not have any spaces now the Scottish holidays have started.

Using your holiday to learn is a good option. And depending on where you go will influence the agency choices.

Scottish waters are world class diving.

kind regards

 

[Neilwood]

Well I made the decision - doing my PADI OW with the Diving Centre in Newcastle over approximately a week (it will pretty much be 1 on 1 so I should get a good grounding in the skills). They seemed like one of the few places that would do the training when I was free. Looked at a lot of others and it seemed like they were only teaching at weekends (particularly the weekends I was busy!)

Thanks for the info Edward, I might be looking at BSAC once I have qualified (it just didn't fit with wanting to "scratch the itch" right now). I have heard from a lot of sources that, despite the cold, we do have some awesome diving here.