Scuba Diving in Manchester

In old days, dive computers were some options for divers if we used or not when diving. Many divers planned their dives with Diving Tables and dived with Depth Gauge and Dive Watch and executed their dive plans. By doing so, divers could enjoy diving with safety. Thanks to the modern technology. Using Dive Computers is becoming modern standard for Scuba Diving. It may sound luxury equipment, but in fact, it is not really so. There are many types of Dive Computers available in the market at all different price ranges.  Even the cheapest Dive Computer in the market does perfect job for divers, of course. Whatever the brand you choose, they all do the job!! It is still better to get the cheapest one rather than diving without Dive Computer for your own safety. When I did my Discover Scuba Diving, I already had Dive Computer. It was a local regulation and every diver had to have a Dive Computer. If not owning one, you had to rent one. It was quite stric...

When diving in crystal clear water with bright sun light in relatively shallow depth, you may not need to think about Diving Torch unless you plan to go out for Night Dive; however, even in such condition, colours will be lost in water as all divers know. When you find some colourful fish, for example, it will be still beautiful without torch light. With the torch light, it will be even better!! One thing for sure is electric devices and water do not like each other. Scuba Diving Torch has stronger body with good O-rings to avoid water to touch the battery (as you may already know). If you like camping or any outdoor activity in which you want to use torches, I would suggest everyone to get Diving Torch for that reason. I have small hands, so I do not like to have big chunky torch. I love to have smaller handy torch. My husband is not. He likes chunky heavy torch, feeling more "Big Boy" torch. I show you 3 different torches from the same manufacture. Military is a B...

When starting scuba diving, first investment is not so small. First thing is first. You will have to spend some amount for your certification courses in order to start diving. What is next? When I started diving, it was not my plan to begin with. I went to a beautiful island with my X and we both fell in love with the beautiful sea. So we did Discover Scuba Diving and then took the course for Scuba Diver. The turtle was right below us with Open Water Divers but we could not go below for our maximum depth was only 12m. Next thing we planned was to upgrade our certificate to Open Water Diver. So we did. Then we wanted some equipment. The first item we bought was Dive Computers. Why? We had to use computers from Day 1 for the local regulation. For expats like us, Dive Computers were small enough to travel together and we thought it was one of the most important item for our safety. The computer served me well over 500 dives till I get the next one. When I reached n...

When you are diving in water, you are basically visiting the water world where you do not belong. You do not want to disturb marine creatures and they do not want to come too close to us. We keep good distance and enjoy the experience. Some divings; however, are not within this rule.  Seal Diving in UK is one of them.  Unlike most marine creatures, seals are soooooo playful. The moment you meet them (or rather they find you), you become their play mate. Watch the video. You see what I mean. The first time when I dived with Seals in Farne Islands, I could not believe what I was doing. They were coming around me, playing with my fins, letting me touch their bellies or chins like puppies!! I had, by then, over 2000 dives (I'm still logging it, so it is not an estimate number but actual logged dive number) and that was my very first experience to become one of them!! I was sooooo excited!!! I did not want to come out from the water AT ALL!!! It took me ages to finish m...

Stoney Cove Diving Quarry is about 2.5 hour driving for Dive Manchester. It is a bit special occasion for us to go there. We had Advanced Open Water Diver course and Deep Specialty Course. So we took this opportunity to have our DM Club Diving Day.  It was a beautiful day for diving! We love to come to the Stoney Cove for Deep Diving lesson dives. For AOW diver course, we can actually finish in Capernwray; however, it is not quite "deep" enough for the lesson to be honest. Once you are certified as AOW diver, you will be treated as AOW divers who can go down to maximum 30m. As an instructor, I strongly prefer to take the divers to that depth for lesson dives before let them go out to the world unless we have some difficulty to have the dives in deeper dive site. Because all the courses I taught in Malta had easy access to that depth, I never certified divers with Deep diving lesson shallower than 25m. I had some students narked a little bit at that depth. Now, if they d...

Scuba diving is a sport in water. In other words, we need equipment that help us to breathe under the water. How shall we choose our equipment? Since we are not fish, Scuba Diving Equipment is our Life Support Equipment that keep us alive under water. In order to enjoy Scuba Diving safely, we need reliable equipment of course. When you choose your own equipment, you want to choose something that let you feel comfortable. If not, it will be even harder under the water.\ There are many kinds of Scuba Diving Equipment available in the market. All of them do what they are meant to do; however, if you feel comfortable or not is something additional. In many cases, what you pay is what you get, the same as other things in the world. Since Scuba Diving Equipment is "Life Support Equipment", it is not so wise to go just because the price is cheap. If that is 2nd hand equipment from someone who you don't know, you need to be aware of the risk. You don't know...

Scuba Diving may sounds like sports for adults because of the heavy equipment and all. Well, that is not true!! PADI Bubble Maker and PADI Seal Team are designed for 8-10 year old kids, using Scuba Diving Equipment with smaller cylinders. The experience to breathe in water is something priceless to all kids. All session is done in local swimming pool in very safe environment with extra instructors and assistants.  For more information, contact Dive Manchester. Kids will love this! Diving is FUN!!   www.divemanchester.co.uk

Have you ever wondered what if you could breathe like fish in water? What if you could swim around like mermaids or mermen? If you have, you are on the door step to the Scuba Diving Adventure.  We cannot breathe in water unfortunately, but scuba equipment will help us make our dream come true. Cylinders contain compressed "air" (not oxygen) and we breathe this compressed air using regulators. It will allow us to breathe in water! If relaxed and not too deep, you can easily stay in water for an hour.  The jacket we use is called Buoyancy Control Device (BCD) which gives us help to float in mid water, letting us float in the middle water like in the non-gravity outer space. It is just a different experience. Dive Manchester provides all kinds of Scuba Diving courses from beginners to pro level, recreational diving to technical diving. Dive Manchester is also premium Aqualung shop as well as supplying top class brand in the market with the best price you can ...