Dive Wimbledon/ Kingston/ Putney/ Balham

Dive Wimbledon Business Site

2005-07-19T15:08:00.000Z

Apologies to all our customers who have been directed here by Google or Yahoo. This site has somehow been put near the top of their search engines. For the Dive Wimbledon, Dive Putney, Dive Kingston and Dive Balham main website please click on our link below.

Apologies for any inconvenience,

Roger Hirst
02085406874
http://www.divebalham.co.uk

Scuba diving course completion

2005-07-19T12:35:00.000Z

25 -26 June
Wraysbury : Chris, Nicholas, Sami and Luke headed off to Wraysbury to complete the 4 scuba dives to complete their PADI Open Water course. Jess was the instructor assisted by Andy and Jonty on the Saturday as well as Wendy on the Sunday.
Congratulations to 4 new PADI Open Water divers!!!!!!!!!
22 June
Casper, Dale, Caroline and Rob continued the Rescue course and practised search patterns and Unconscious diver on the surface while Paul and his friends continued with the Open Water course.
Sami practised in preperation for his PADI Open water course qualifying dives at the weekend. Whales returned to teach Sharon a Scuba Tune Up course.
18 - 19 June
Nathan Lowe taught Alistair, Carl, Ben, Caroline, Nicholas, Rachael and Danie the Open Water Referral course. They raced through their theory with some of the most consistently high scores we have seen and continued to breeze through their pool skills. Roger and Jane assisted.
Ramona and Elizabeth snorkelled and played in the shallows while Arne practised yet again.
On the Sunday Paul taught a couple of his friends the first of the skills for the PADI Open Water course.
Georgie and Anton tried the bubblemaker course with Bob while their parents practised and played in the diving pit.
15 June
Wednesday pool nights are becoming more popular all the time.
The long nights make it seem much earlier when we get to the pool.
Greg and Trish completed a refresher course with Whales while Pauline, Mike, Howard and Jane practised in the diving pit. Divemaster in training Jonty decided to try the equipment exchange skill from the Divemaster course and completed it without a hitch. Well done Jonty!!!!

Scuba diving in London with Dive Wimbledon, Dive Balham, Dive Kingston Upon Thames and Dive Putney. Our students come from all over London including Fulham, Surbiton, Thames Ditton, Richmond, Barnes, Mortlake, Earlsfield, Southfields, Tooting, Morden, Cheam, Sutton, Merton, Battersea, Wandsworth and Lambeth .

Scuba Diving for South West London

2005-06-28T14:53:00.000Z

Dive Wimbledon, Dive Kingston, Dive Putney and Dive Balham are scuba diving schools in South West London. We have an actice Dive club as well as a professionally run and safety conscious school offering most PADI scuba diving courses.

If you live in South West London give us a call first on 02085406874 and we will be happy to help.

London Scuba Diving Pool Sessions

2005-06-13T17:03:00.000Z

Latest News - Dive Kingston/ Dive Wimbledon

4 -5 June
All boys!! It's a long time since we had a class consisting of all boys. Usually the class is 50:50 or more women than men.
Ian, Luke, Craig and Matt put aside their disappointment and got stuck into the Open Water Referral scuba diving course with relish. They were all extremely comfortable in the water with superb buoyancy. New Zealander Adam(Whales) helped out after years working for Cairn Dive Centre, the biggest PADI scuba diving school in Australia.
On the Sunday they were joined by Karl who is already a Scuba Diver but wants to complete the full Open Water course in the Red Sea. David Sketchley returned from Sweden to lend a hand.
Gary and Chloe jumped in the pool with Bob to complete their pre-holiday refreshers.

1 June

Another Wednesday evening and time for another Rescue course.
Dale, Casper, Caroline and Rob all started the new Rescue diver course with Module 1 of the theory followed by the first 2 pool skills. Arne acted as assisstant and was unsuccessfully drowned several times while Dave looked on.
Afterwards we joined Caroline and Mandy at The Putney Paige for a quite beer and a chat about the Dahab holiday. Mandy has decided we need to organise a trip to the Maldives for next year. Sounds like a good plan to me.

24 May

Zoe and Barbara completed their diving pool sessions for the PADI Open water course while Matthew took a refresher course with Roger.
22 May
Back from Dahab and straight back into diving.
Bob completed an EFR course with Ben and Shaun. Nathan taught Samantha, Zoe and Barbara all the theory for the PADI Open Water course and half the pool skills.
In the evening Chris, Brian and Dilys practised for their qualifying dives for the Open Water dive course.
Simon practised his Drysuit skills in preperation for his trip to Horsea Island to Qualify.

11 May

Our last Wednesday before the Dahab trip and everybody came along to get in some last minute practise and collect their equipment for the holiday. Arne, Chris(I'm going on holiday so I thought I'd get a cold), Maddy, Louise, Mandy, James and Arne all played while Jenny completed a refresher with Duncan.
Shaun Gallop took his 2 friends for a refresher session.
Next stop... sunshine and warm water

7 - 8 May

Our first trip to Wraysbury for the year. A bit chilly I thought but Stuart and Louis had a great time.
We completed 3 Open Water qualifying dives on the Saturday and one on the Sunday morning. Both the guys did really well and I am sure they will go on to be good divers. Stuart is off to Egypt on Holiday while Louis will continue to dive with us and also asked when he could start his Advanced course.

Dive Wimbledon Business Site

2005-06-13T14:54:00.000Z

London Scuba Diving

2005-04-22T11:40:00.000Z

20 April - Dive Wimbledon and Dive Kingston were at the pool again!

A very relaxing night at the pool. Louis completed most of the remaining skills from his Referral course with Roger while Ian, Petrea and Arne practised. Petrea completed her course with us at the weekend and took advantage of the cheap practise sessions we offer to our students. By the end of the night she was looking very comfortable under the water and I am sure whe will get complimented by the Instructor on Tioman Island in Malaysia when she completes her qualifying dives. We pride ourselves on the quality of our teaching and are thrilled when students come back to practise and fine tune their scuba diving skills.

Have a great holiday Petrea and Ian!!

Dive Kingston's Latest Scuba Diving Courses

2005-04-08T14:52:00.000Z

2-3 April - London Scuba Diving - http://www.divewimbledon.com

Another successful weekend of scuba diving at Putney Leisure Centre.

The PADI Open Water Referral course took place over both days as usual. Kiwis Sheryl Mackenzie and Dave Brunton and English Maddy Hayes were our newest students. They all did really well with all the theory and pool skills. Their buoyancy was particularly good and by the end of Sunday night they were all extremely comfortable in the water. Well done guys. Sheryl and Dave are off to the Maldives to complete their scuba diving course(lucky them) while Maddy will be coming to the Red Sea with Dive Wimbledon to complete her course.

Rob Greenwood and his wife Jo brought their daughter Georgia and her friend David along to complete the Bubblemaker scuba diving course. The kids loved it and the digital camera captured it all. I wish I'd had a chance to try scuba when I was 9!!!!

Peter Seed brought his daughter and friend along to snorkel while he practised and played again.

Arne and Victor played again while Richard and his girlfriend Sarah practised their skills.

On the Sunday Arne and Louise practised and we all went to the pub afterwards for a quiet drink. The only down side was they were out of crisps!!

For the school website please click here : http://www.divewimbledon.com

London Diving

2005-03-23T18:42:00.000Z

Scuba diving in Kingston, Wimbledon and Putney in London isn't as unlikely as many people seem to think. Several years ago scuba diving was a much less popular sport. Now everybody knows somebody who has taken their PADI course, if not several people.

Most people are still tropical divers but diving in the UK is becoming more popular all the time. Drysuits are far more comfortable than they were years ago and it is easy to get used to the change in buoyancy.

UK scuba diving is quite stunning on the right day, and most weekends there is somewhere you can dive and get good visibility. We are so close to the South Coast and within an hour can be down on the coast and getting ready to get on the dive boat and head out to do what we love most. Give it a try!!

Spring

2005-02-28T17:53:00.000Z

Tomorrow spring arrives. Okay so the odd snowflake has fallen today but I still think it's going to get better.

Today I went to Kingston Upon Thames to deliver some scuba diving materials for a new customer and I noticed that it's starting to be light for longer in the evenings. I've just made it back to Wimbledon and it's still light at 5.55pm. I can't help smiling!! It's amazing how the thought of summer coming can give us all such an amazing boost.

Not long to wait now!! Summer means lots of diving!!!

Scuba Diving in the Winter

2005-01-28T16:22:00.000Z

It's cold, it's wet and who in the world would think about scuba diving?

Addicts, that's who. It's amazing how many times my phone rings on these cold days. I answer it and someone is on the end asking when we'll start diving in the UK this year. Some just want to come to the pool for a play or perhaps they want to come on holiday with us to dive somewhere warm.

Even throughout the winter we go to the pool every second weekend to teach beginners, refreshers and introductory scuba diving courses. It's amazing how many people turn up just to play in the pool and become weightless again for an hour.

Then again maybe they come for the pub afterwards when we can sit beside the fire and have a beer and talk about diving. So many of the plans for the new season get decided in the pub. I guess it's the same for all businesses.

During the last 2 weeks everybody has been interested in taking Rescue courses or Divemaster courses. It makes a great start for the year as we'll be finishing the dives for the rescue early in Spring and everybody will be set up for the new seasons diving. There experience as well helps the club as the more experienced the buddies the safer the diving is for all.

Just writing about it is getting me excited to dive again.

I have tried to link this to a good little website that is in the process of being set up at the moment. They want to list all the dive sites they can. If you have a write up or want to comment on a site click on the link. It's called divereview.co.uk.

About Dive Wimbledon

2005-01-27T14:53:00.000Z

Experience the amazing underwater world of scuba diving with Dive Balham, Dive Wimbledon and Dive Kingston in South West London

Dive Balham, Dive Wimbledon, Dive Putney and Dive Kingston are professional dive schools offering PADI scuba diving training courses from entrance level to Divemaster in South West London.

For non-divers looking to experience scuba diving for the first time we offer a variety of courses.
The Discover Scuba Diving Course is an introductory pool session for those who are not sure if an official course is for them.

If you are looking to become a qualified scuba diver then perhaps our Referral Course with overseas completion or full Open Water Course are what you are looking for.

For those already qualified we offer an opportunity to refresh your scuba diving skills with the Scuba Review Course, join our friendly club, or to just practise on one of our pool nights.

All our training is carried out by our experienced and well travelled instructors who are committed to ensuring your safety as well as your enjoyment.

We use several pools in Wandsworth, Kingston and Lambeth in South West London including Putney Leisure Centre and Tooting Leisure Centre.
Please call us on 02085406874 and we will be happy to help.