For
years we have been running internationally popular
on-line-shops for divers unable to visit our premises. "Try Before
You Buy" are available for majority of equipment we sell
through our well stocked On-Site-Shop.
On-Line
DirDirectis known as 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.
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 scooters. 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.
GUE Training...
in Portland
Some time ago we
linked with GUE Instructor Rich Walker based in Sheffield, UK. He
regularly runs GUE Fundamentals Courses and Tech 1 at Underwater Explorers.
Rich has been diving since 1990, and instructing since 1994;
previously with BSAC, IANTD and TDI, but now exclusively for Global
Underwater Explorers (GUE).
Find out more.
For further details or to book contact
Rich Walker
PADI - TDI Training in
the sea...
Our
PADI
Coursesrange from the beginners Open Water
Diver course to Nitrox, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue
Diver through professional level courses. We excel in
running PADI Specialities and special packages introducing divers to
"Art of UK diving".
Our TDI Technical
Courses are run by experienced and known instructors and range from
basics to Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Trimix.
2-in-1
Specials
In 2007 we are focusing on special UK
skill development programmes with special two courses in one
packages. As a beginner diver you can take your training immediately
that little bit further by taking PADI Adventure Diver course as
well (see
PADI Open Water + Adventure Diver). The ever popular
TDI package will remain same:
TDI Advanced Nitrox + Deco.
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 at depth, a
lot of practice and Team Work.
[See our Team].
Fully stocked shop offering training,
kit hire and servicing.
Onsite air, nitrox, trimix and argon
fills, rinsing
station, drying room, kit storage, onsite accommodation,
parking and only yards across the Castletown dive boat
jetty.
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.
For
years we have been running internationally popular
on-line-shops for divers unable to visit our premises. "Try Before
You Buy" are available for majority of equipment we sell
through our well stocked 
GUE Training...
in Portland
