Diving Centres in the South West

The South West is suitable for both the novice diver and advanced diver with a number of diving centres offering great value in gaining recognised qualifications such as of PADI and BSAC. The South West offers some of the best diving in England due to the host of options available, from walking off the shore dives, fresh water dives, scenic dives, shallow reef dives, deep wreck dives to drift dives, reef and ledge dives and marine life dives.

Water temperature on the South Coast: In March temperatures are around 7°C (45°F) and by May they have generally reached 9°C (48°F). The sea continues to warm up over the summer to a maximum of about 17°C (63°F) in August and September.

We have listed below a few diving centres around our region that offer diving courses for the diving novice and the already qualified diving enthusiast. We aim to continue to add South West diving centres to this list so if there are any diving centres in the South West that are not listed below do let us know about them using our contact us form.

In the meantime check out what the diving centres have to offer and should you be looking for diving equipment, remember on your comparison price search of scuba diving equipment that should you find a diving product cheaper elsewhere then let us know about it as we work hard to deliver our Price Match Guarantee.

Along with offering you a wide choice of top quality diving equipment, Forward Diving can also help arrange your diving training and any IANTD technical courses you may need. Please visit our diving services website for more information:

This Scuba diving training school located in Weymouth Dorset is PADI certified and offer the full range of diver training courses from beginners diving courses to instructor courses. They also offer powerboat skills training. Visit their diving centre website to find out more:

This Scuba Diving training centre located in Swanage offers a range of scuba diving courses for the diving beginner and diving qualified wishing to climb the diving master ladder. There are excellent dive sites nearby and dive sites include Swanage Pier, the Kyrra wreck and the Swanage Bay drift. Visit their diving centre website to find out more.

Located in Bridport, Dorset on the Devon boarders, Aqua Blue Diving Centre offer a range of diving courses with an experienced team of PADI instructors and dive masters. They also offer a text message service using Scubatext to keep in touch with their members and let them know of any late spaces on trips or cancelled dives due to bad weather. Visit their diving centre website to find out more.

Located in Portland Dorset this GUE dive centre offers a number of divers training courses from GUE, PADI and TDI and invite you to join their Millennium Divers Club. Find out more on their diving centre site.

National Diving and Activity Centre based near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. This former limestone quarry caters for a range of diving abilities and welcomes enquiries for PADI and TDI training courses and offers diving clubs night dives. Find out more at their diving centre website.

Vobster Quay diving centre class themselves a one of the UKs friendliest inland diving centres in the UK. Vobster Quay inland diving centre catering for a range of diving abilities. Whether you are new to Scuba Diving or a certified diver wishing to experience fresh water inland diving Vobster Quay will have a course or diving experience to suit. Find out more at their diving centre website.