Poole Diving

Sometimes the students are every bit as fashionable as the instructors! 😂

Jonah clearly got the memo this week, turning up in his matching tiger boardies 🐅🔥 — because apparently coordinating your kit is now part of the PADI syllabus!

And it wasn’t just the fashion game that was strong… 💪🌊 Jonah absolutely smashed Confined Water 3 of his PADI Open Water Diver Course! 🎉🤿

Looking good ✅
Diving well ✅
Tiger mode activated ✅ 🐯

Great work, Jonah — another big step closer to becoming a qualified Open Water Diver! 👏🌊

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🤿 Thursday Evening Diving with Poole Divers! ⚓🌊

Another cracking Thursday evening out on Rebellion, this time heading out to dive the Fleur Wreck!

Great conditions for an evening underwater and another chance to make the most of the summer diving. 🌊☀️

A big congratulations to Alice, who completed her PADI Junior DSMB Certification with Hayley! 🎉👏 Excellent work — another useful diving skill mastered and signed off. 🧵🚩🤿

🌊🤿 Wednesday Evening Diving with Poole Divers! 🤿🌊

Another cracking Wednesday evening out on the water aboard Rebellion! ⚓

This week, Lily and Alice kicked off their PADI DSMB Certification, developing one of those essential skills every diver needs — safely deploying and managing a Delayed Surface Marker Buoy from underwater. 🎈👌

🎉 Congratulations to Luke & Will! 🤿🌊

A huge well done to Luke and Will, who completed their PADI Open Water Upgrade at Vobster this week! 🙌

Under the expert guidance of Steve and Jules, they took their diving skills into open water, putting everything they’ve learned into practice and earning that all-important qualification. 💪🐠

Fantastic work, guys — great diving and a brilliant achievement! We hope this is the start of many more underwater adventures. 🌊🤿

⚓️🤿 Tec Diving on a piece of WWI history! 🤿⚓️

This Sunday, the Poole Divers Tec Division headed out to dive the wreck of HMT Arfon, lying in around 35-43 metres of water south of St Alban’s Head, Dorset. 🌊

Built in 1908, the Arfon began life as a steam fishing trawler before being requisitioned by the Royal Navy during the First World War and converted for minesweeping duties. On 30 April 1917, she struck a mine and sank rapidly, tragically taking 10 of her 13 crew with her. ⚓️

Remarkably well preserved, the wreck still retains many fascinating features from her working life and wartime service, including minesweeping equipment, machinery and other fittings. The wreck was only correctly identified in 2014 and is now a Protected Wreck Site, as well as the final resting place of the men who lost their lives aboard her.

A fantastic dive into a fascinating piece of Dorset's maritime history — and one to be treated with the respect it deserves. 🌊🤿⚓️

Photos courtesy of our tame Marine Archaeologist Giles from MAST.

Here’s a look at our latest BAD Diver (Basic Archaeological Diver) course, run in conjunction with (Marine Archaeology Sea Trust)! 🤿⚓️🏺

Lucy and Ryan had a busy couple of days, starting with a classroom session with PADI Instructor and Professional Marine Archaeologist Giles, before getting hands-on with their surveying skills — first in the car park, then in the swimming pool!

The following day it was off to Vobster to put all that theory and practice to the test at the Archaeology Training Site. Two full-on days of underwater archaeology, surveying and plenty of new skills later, there was only one thing left to do…

🍻 The traditional pub stop!

Out came the graph paper, pencils and archaeological brains to draw up and interpret the results of their surveys — because apparently archaeology doesn’t stop when you leave the water! 📐✏️

A brilliant weekend of diving, archaeology and learning. Well done Lucy and Ryan! 👏🤿

Four New PADI Dry Suit Divers 🤿🎉

A great weekend for Samantha, Lorraine, John and Nathan! 👏

Saturday was spent in the pool getting to grips with the dry suits and working through the skills, before heading to Vobster on Sunday to put everything into practice in open water. 🌊🤿

Well done to all four on successfully completing their PADI Dry Suit Diver course and becoming our newest dry suit divers! 🥳👏

Congratulations to you all — plenty more diving to come! 🤿🌊

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🌊 JUNIOR DIVER IN TRAINING! 🤿

Wilf was back in the water on Saturday completing Confined Water Dive 3 of his PADI Junior Open Water Referral!

Another great session building skills, confidence and getting one step closer to heading out for his open water dives. 🐠🌊

Keep it up, Wilf — you’re doing brilliantly! 👏🤿

Scott & Laura were back in the water on Saturday, completing their PADI ReActivate with Rich!

A great opportunity to refresh those skills, rebuild confidence and get ready for more underwater adventures. 🐠🐬

Welcome back to the water, Scott & Laura — let’s get diving! 🤿🌊

Many years ago, Chris & Oli completed their PADI Seal Team & Master Seal Team right here at Poole Diving, learning the ropes with instructors Kev & Ginge. 🦭🤿

Fast forward a few years (okay, quite a few! 😂) and they’re back where it all started — this time beginning their PADI Open Water Referral!

There’s just one small difference… the old boys, Kev & Ginge, are now officially retired from teaching! 👴😂 So it’s over to the new generation of Poole Diving instructors to take them through the next chapter of their diving journey.

Welcome back, Chris & Oli — let’s get you Open Water qualified! 🤿🔥

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