Every certification we process for our students Dive Rutland actively contributes to Project Aware by donating £10, so we THANK all of our students for choosing to dive and train with us.

Its not just about the donation but actively encouraging you to participate in Project Aware Specialities such as Coral Conservation, Project Aware Speciality and Dive Against Debris to name but three.   You can take all of these now as our virtual classroom is great fun, if as per the Dive Against Debris you need to undertake a dive or two, well we run those dives regularly on our Dive Against Debris site.. so no excuses.. take a speciality or two and you will be that one step, or even two towards your  Master Scuba Diver  qualification

Get your name on our achievement board, you know you want to!

During this difficult time all First Aid Training on a face to face basis has been stopped in line with all of our professional body recommendations.  However, with a very thorough risk assessment we have been allowed to run First Aid Courses for key workers, if it was required to allow them to continue to work

So, with that in place, all the relevant PPE, we recently ran an ​Emergency First aid At Work course for a trust in Leicester. 

Although not part of the curriculum, we added in a section on PPE, how to put on, take off and dispose off in line with Public Health Guidelines as it has become very apparent in our every day lives that people do not know how to do this properly and are potentially cross contaminating their environment.

If you want a First Aid course of any kind, be that new parents, grandparents, babysitters, those who work with children, schools, local businesses, we can offer you a number of courses including Mental Health Awareness.  Some we can run in a virtual classroom !  All socially distanced in our classroom or in your suitable location

Get in touch to discuss your requirements or have a look at our First Aid Course offering from either us - Dive Rutland or our sister company Rutland First Aid Training

We have been talking a lot about ghost nets, but what can we really do? There are many fantastic volunteers around the world that take a Dive Against Debris just one step further.

Ghostdiving is an international organisation that safely removes ghost nets. Looking at the organisation, I was happy to see a familiar name on the list. Sameh is in Dahab, Egypt Charlie can never stop talking about diving Dahab. Maybe it’s lockdown, maybe it’s the rain, but sunny Egypt to learn about removing ghost nets, beats Chepstow any day. What about Dahab pulls Charlie back? 

Dahab is located in south Sinai and protected from the hustle and bustle of Sharm by the mountains. Dahab translates to gold which is fitting as it certainly has some diving treasures and few hidden gems. It is a diving mecca for all, from open water divers through to advance CCR; it is even a freedivers paradise.
 
Dahab has one of the world famous dive sites the blue hole, the canyon and many more also great for non divers alike with great restaurant’s little boutique shops and a beautiful lagoon also for those tempted to try new things with yoga windsurfing and kite surfing on offer. With that being said one of the main reasons I return time and time again is a dive centre Scubaseekers.
 
Scubaseekers has a family feel, headed up by Sameh and Kimberly Sokar. The team run a very professional and well thought out dive centre, catering to everyone needs. Whether you want sidemount, twins and closed circuit rebreathers both at rec and technical levels. Diving adventures to be had with boat trips to Gabr el Bint and the WWII Thistlegorm; a ship wreck found and loved by Jacques Cousteau himself. 

Sameh is an avid explorer finding and cataloguing new sites and wrecks in the red sea.  As a TDI/IANTD and GUE instructor he can help you achieve any of your diving dreams. Being on the forefront of ocean conservation, Sameh offers training in ghost diving technics fish surveying reef ecology and you can become a citizen scientist and conduct your own surveys for Reef anywhere.

At Scubaseekers a dive against debris is held every Monday. The cherry on the top is the massive Italian coffe machine in the heart of the dive centre and the best smoothies you can get your hands on with all that sameh and scubaseekers have to offer a house reef ,famous dive sites conservation, well equipped dive centre a great gas room, the one thing they truly excel on is you and you become part of the scubaseekers family I for can't wait to get back home for some great memories once the current situation has ended and I invite you guys to join me?

Dahab is located in south Sinai and protected from the hustle and bustle of Sharm by the mountains. Dahab translates to gold which is fitting as it certainly has some diving treasures and few hidden gems. It is a diving mecca for all, from open water divers through to advance CCR; it is even a freedivers paradise.
 
Dahab has one of the world famous dive sites the blue hole, the canyon and many more also great for non divers alike with great restaurant’s little boutique shops and a beautiful lagoon also for those tempted to try new things with yoga windsurfing and kite surfing on offer. With that being said one of the main reasons I return time and time again is a dive centre Scubaseekers.

Scubaseekers has a family feel, headed up by Sameh and Kimberly Sokar. The team run a very professional and well thought out dive centre, catering to everyone needs. Whether you want sidemount, twins and closed circuit rebreathers both at rec and technical levels. Diving adventures to be had with boat trips to Gabr el Bint and the WWII Thistlegorm; a ship wreck found and loved by Jacques Cousteau himself. 

Sameh is an avid explorer finding and cataloguing new sites and wrecks in the red sea.  As a TDI/IANTD and GUE instructor he can help you achieve any of your diving dreams. Being on the forefront of ocean conservation, Sameh offers training in ghost diving technics fish surveying reef ecology and you can become a citizen scientist and conduct your own surveys for Reef anywhere.

At Scubaseekers a dive against debris is held every Monday. The cherry on the top is the massive Italian coffe machine in the heart of the dive centre and the best smoothies you can get your hands on with all that sameh and scubaseekers have to offer a house reef ,famous dive sites conservation, well equipped dive centre a great gas room, the one thing they truly excel on is you and you become part of the scubaseekers family I for can't wait to get back home for some great memories once the current situation has ended and I invite you guys to join me?

Dive Rutland organise club dive trips and events that run throughout the year, but if you do not fancy any of those or wish to go off and travel on your own or with your family then here at Dive Rutland we are happy to assist with your travel plans as we are affiliated with a number of dive operators.

Ocean Reef have announced that their ARIA / UNO masks + APA with a properly installed P3 filter, have been approved as Category III Personal Protection Equipment by INAIL (National Institute for Insurance Against Accidents at Work).

We have the masks in stock but not the adapter or the filters but if we can get five orders for those parts then we are happy to bring them in.

Coral reefs are critical marine habitat on which many ocean species depend. As a result, they are important for our own survival, producing not only food but ocean's produce the majority of the world's oxygen supply. These critically important ecosystems are jeopardised by several threats.

• The oceans are becoming more acidic. As carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere, the world's oceans work to absorb the excess carbon dioxide. The lower pH inhibits the coral's ability to produce it's calcium carbonate exoskeletons which they rely on for shelter.
• Water pollution is also having a detrimental effect on coral reefs. Agricultural and domestic chemical waste,  oil and gasoline, sewage discharge and sediment from eroded landscapes make it more difficult for coral to prosper. These chemicals damage the complex symbiosis that exist among the plants, coral and other animals that are part of the reef ecosystem.
• Increasing ocean temperatures due to climate change, coral polyps expel the zooxanthellae, their food source. Once the zooxanthellae are gone, the coral loses its brilliant colour, leaving the white exoskeleton exposed. This is referred to as coral bleaching, once a colony starts bleaching, they usually die off.
• Fishing practices such as cyanide fishing, "blast fishing" with explosives and overfishing with trawlers can destroy a thousand-year-old coral reef in a matter of minutes.

"Overfishing, ocean acidification and pollution are pushing coral reefs into oblivion," Roger Bradbury, an ecologist at the Australian National University in Canberra, wrote in his New York Times opinion article. "Each of those forces alone is fully capable of causing the global collapse of coral reefs; together, they assure it."