Underwater
Explorers offers highest quality equipment through its on-line-shops for divers unable to visit our premises. "Try Before
You Buy" deals are available through our well stocked On-Site-Shop.
On-Line
DirDirectis a leading provider of DIR and Hogarthian style
diving equipment (Halcyon, Agir-Brokk, Apeks, Scubapro, DUI)
ScubaZone on-line caters
for recreational divers offering select range from Scubapro and
those vital pieces equipment for everyone.
NEWS:UK’s first...
GUE Dive Centre
We at Underwater Explorers are pleased to
announce we have achieved official GUE Dive Centre status. We are
the first in the UK and hoping this will lead the way for others to
follow. This official status guarantees divers access to premium
quality equipment, training and services that meet GUE standards.
As a GUE Dive Centre
Underwater Explorers also seek to expand the GUE diving community
and support the broader goals of the organisation through training
and club activities.
September 14-16...
GUE
DPV 1 Class
Underwater
Explorers is hosting its first GUE Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
level 1 class on September 14-16.
The course covers the basic principles of DPV
diving. Training includes an emphasis on awareness, dive-planning,
teamwork, environment, stress management, emergency procedures,
maintenance and trouble shooting and the potential hazards of diving
with a DPV. To qualify for this type of instruction, participants do
not need prior DPV training, but must be proficient with advanced
buoyancy control skills and high awareness level. Click for
FURTHER DETAILS.
GUE Training...
in Portland
In order to support GUE training and procedures
Underwater Explorers has linked with two experienced GUE
Instructors, Rich Walker and John Kendall. GUE classes offered range
from complete beginners course, GUE Recreational 1, to more
technical level GUE Tech 1 and DVP 1. For those who do not wish to
complete the ever popular GUE Fundamentals, a GUE Primer offers an
ideal taster to GUE training. To learn more about the programmes see
Global Underwater Explorers
(GUE) for further info.
Try Before...
Recreational & Technical Kit
We have an excellent range of equipment available to hire as well as
for try before you buy.
From Halcyon single and twin tank wing systems
to DUI TLS 350 drysuits. We offer a complete
range of cylinders from singles to twin sets, stage cylinders and
the regulator and wing systems to go with them. We even have twin 7L
systems if you would like to try something different. All our hire
equipment is thoroughly maintained and regularly checked. See our
complete kit list.
Why
choose us...
Our Difference
Underwater Explorers was born out of the need to combine traditional
diving knowledge and experience with contemporary theory and
superb cutting edge equipment.
We believe in the global concept of "Less is More" in diving,
characterised in a modern and refined approach to streamlined, safe
and simple kit configuration, using non-narcotic gases, a
lot of practice and Team Work.
[See our Team].
Fully stocked shop offering
kit hire and servicing.
Air,
nitrox, trimix and argon
fills, rinsing
station,
accommodation,
parking and dive boat jetty
only yard across
the centre.
Underwater Explorers is pleased to be part of the Castletown diving businesses are working alongside each other to provide you with some of the best diving in the UK, some say the best diving in Northern Europe.
Dive
Dorset and Dive Eclipse provide charter boats for some of the best
south coast diving. All the dive charter boats are hard boats with diver
lifts and excellent kitting up benches. Dive Dorset and Dive Eclipse can
provide you with a dive shuttle service or a day boat charter. With Dive
Eclipse and Dive Dorset you get a high level of comfort, safety and space
compared to Rib diving and at a every economical price.
Underwater Explorers, a dive shop providing high quality diving equipment such as HID lights, wings, BCD's, cylinders, dry suits, semi-dry suits, reels, spools, wet notes, regulators, fins, clothing, thermals, torches, manifolds, bands, masks and
snorkels. Equipment from Aqualung, Halcyon, Agir-Brokk, Scubapro, Apeks, Dive Rite, Fourth Element, DUI, Polar Bear, Sea and Sea,
Dive Rite, Luxfer and Faber can be found in the shop. Dive training is also provided from PADI Open Water through to full technical diving courses with TDI.
The Hotel Aqua provides some of the best and most convenient accommodation in Portland. The Hotel Aqua is three minutes’ walk from Osprey Quay and the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy where the 2012 olympic sailing events will place. Hotel Aqua is located adjacent to Portland Castle, one of Henry VIII's finest coastal forts used right up to the D-Day landings. To the west, at a brief walking distance, is the Jurassic Coast and Chesil Beach, 16 miles of pebble and sand formed over thousands of years. The hotel is a fantastic location to stay when diving from Weymouth or Portland. Climbers and bird watchers, windsurfers and anglers can benefit from the 18 bedroomed Hotel which is 3 star standard and has been extensively refurbished over the last few years. Rooms, many of which have fantastic views of
Portland Harbor can be booked on-line or by calling the reception on 01305 866 910.
Dive Dorset also has one of the best Air, Nitrox and Trimix filling stations in the country situated right next to their private jetty.