Broadly speaking anybody over the age of 10 who is physically fit and comfortable in the water.  A self-certification medical form will need to be completed when you register with PADI and providing no risk conditions are identified you way to adventure is open.

We provide all the equipment, all you need is your normal swimming costume, a towel and a T shirt to put on under the equipment in the swimming pool.

Dependant on ability the eLearning takes between 15 and 20 minutes.
During the in-water sessions the poolside briefing takes around 10 minutes followed by 20/30 minutes in the water dependant on the group size.

The Pool we use is Havant Leisure Centre, Civic Centre Road, Havant.
We have sessions booked every other Saturday afternoon / evening from 16:30hrs.

YES – With pools closing across the country, time in a pool is at a premium. 
So if you have access to a preferred local swimming pool we are happy to bring the experience to you - you supply the pool and we will supply everything else. We have standard HSE risk assessments, insurance and DBS checks ready to supply to you pool on request.

We would rather take “Troop bookings” as this is easier to administer, however if your troop doesn’t want to make a group booking we wouldn’t want anybody to miss out so watch our shop page for individual places.

We have a regular booking at our pool every other Saturday and with enough notice will be able to move things around to accommodate your group. Although the initial promotion only runs till June we have an undertaking from PADI that as long as the session is booked before the end of the promotion we can conduct the in water session at any time in the future (we currently have one group booked in for September).

Only dive centres who have been awarded the converted status of Youth Training Centre are able to take part in this promotion, that is why there are so few listed on the Scouts website.

For safety and child protection reasons we limit the group size to 2 PADI Professionals to 5 students with a total number of 10 in the water at any one time.
Don’t worry if you have a large group we have done this kind of thing before for Schools where we work in teams to provide 20 experiences in an hour and a half.

With this experience we have cut costs to the bone so we would prefer payment in cash or bank transfer to avoid card transaction fees.  Due to the high demand payment is in advance at the time of confirming the date / numbers and is non-refundable unless we have 28 days notice.

Initially we are requesting that Troop Leaders canvas their Scouts to assess approximate numbers  and email us at info@sussexdiver.com. 

You can reach Dave on 01243 202200 and he will be happy to discuss this fantastic offer!!