A few pictures and video from Rhiana's Scuba Party on Saturday 12th January 2019.

A good time, with lots of smiles (and a great review left by mum)

Review:
Absolutely 5*service from Tracey and her team. 9 children to contend with for my daughters “Scuba Birthday Party” professional and most of all made all feel confident to get in the water and have fun. A great introduction and will definitely be back. Can’t Thank you enough.

Thanks to Mark Nicoll for taking the pictures and the Dive Rutland Team - Bridget Weid, James Dames and Tiago Rosa for their help and support.

Another string to Tracey Roberts bow as now qualified as an Ocean Reef Full Face Mask service technician.

A couple of pictures from the Ocean Reef Instructor training program that Tracey one of our instructors attended this week and we are happy to say is now a qualified Ocean Reef Instructor

Sorry, we are closed on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th January for Staff Training.

During February Half Term we are running a number of activities for children aged 8+ all related to the Ocean

1. Snorkelling
2. Coral Kids Club
3. Experience the Underwater world (pool based) via a Bubblemaker or Discover Scuba Diving session

To find out more, have a look at the Kids Club webpage

Spaces are limited, so contact the shop to book a space

Christmas is over and the New Year has started along with being bombarded with holiday, sales and gym adverts.  YES it is time to be dreaming of somewhere warm, particularly on cold, grey days like today. 

So, we thought we would try and brighten your day up by making you think about that warm holiday you want to go on or maybe you are going (Egypt or Philippines are two of our club trips this year), ask yourself ow you are going to pack those essentials to go with you?

Well we know, the answer to that question by taking advantage of  our special Offer on the Fourth Element Manta and Remora Travel Bag when purchased together.

GREAT LUGGAGE DESIGNED WITH LIGHTWEIGHT TRAVEL IN MIND

The Remora is a versatile bag with two large volume compartments having a surprising capacity and it conforms to carry on luggage size requirements. Its primary function is to carry your personal gear – clothing etc. and it is designed to fit inside the MANTA for transit.
RRP: £54.95​

Back in December we blogged about a couple who had built a vehicle out of recycled plastic via a 3D printer the goal was to drive across Antarctica using that vehicle completely on solar power, and in the process, inspire people to rethink waste.
​To see it as something valuable, and not worthless. 

At the time here at Dive Rutland we had been developing a kids club idea based around the worlds coral and coral conservation, but were short on practical ideas for the children to complete.

The 3D printer printing idea, suddenly made one of those random ideas that we have a possibility, if we could get it to work.

So, that's what we did (or one of the things we did), during the Christmas break, created 'coral', ok it needs painting, but what a create activity for our Kids Club in February - watch this space for more information

But then like all good ideas we got a little carried away, so the shop now has a new clock

So on the Saturday between Christmas and New Year a few of us did something a little special and went diving.

Diving - whats special about that? 

Congratulations to those Divers that achieved qualifications during December

Advanced Open Water (Junior)
​Marly-Jay Lysandrou

So much has been said out on the various news forums about things destroying our planet.. but do YOU really know about Coral, do you know, they provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, protect coastal areas by reducing the power of waves hitting the coast, and provide a crucial source of income for millions of people.

Can you answer the questions:

1. What is Coral?
   
2. How does it grow?
   
3. How does it reproduce?
   
4. Why it is so important to our ecosystem?

No, then you could complete the Coral Conservation speciality, its a shortish course, dry and you will learn lots.

BUT

Are you 8 - 14 years old and interested in learning more about our oceans, then watch our media channels as we are launching some events for the February Half Term, where you can learn to snorkel, interact with Virtual Reality, build your own coral reef and much more.  You do not need to be a diver to attend, just ready to have some fun.