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We are the Perfectionists.

At Scuba 2000, we have always considered safety to be our number one priority. Fun and experience comes second. Over our 25 years in business, we have developed an outstanding reputation for quality and safety. Here are a few of the things you can expect when you choose to dive with us, whether it that involves training or pleasure diving.

Standards and Regulation

As a scuba diving training and services company, we must follow various training standards and regulations. It is our aim to not only comply with these standards but to always strive to exceed minimum requirements. Many companies will do the bare minimum but that's not what we're about - we want to give you safest and best possible experience, every time.

SSI Training by Scuba 2000

Scuba 2000 has been affiliated through Scuba Schools International (SSI) for more than 25 years. SSI have been leading the way in diving education for 50 years, are recognised globally and part of the World Recreational Scuba Training Council (WRSTC) bodies in both Europe and North America. Our partnership with SSI means we and our professional team must follow their training standards. These training standards are also based universally agreed principles set by the WRSTC and followed by all major training agencies, including PADI, SDI, RAID etc.

There are a number of ways we strive to exceed these standards, for example:

  • Teaching in small groups, below the recommended teaching ratio
  • Completing more than the minimum number of dives, to build more experience and confidence
  • Completing training dives to simulate both real world conditions and a range of possible situations
  • Our professional team are very experienced and have on average, more than 1,000 dives (well above the minimum).

As a UK based scuba diving business who delivers professional diving services, we must also follow the guidelines set by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The HSE Diving at Work Regulations 1997, approved Code of Practice applies for all professional diving services and recreational diving projects within the 12-mile limit of territorial waters adjacent to Great Britain. This includes such aspects as:

  • HSE-approved medicals
  • Risk assessments and diving project plans
  • Surface support personnel for all diving activities
  • The provision of oxygen and trained first responders at each diving location.

Although these guidelines only apply in UK waters, we follow them as the benchmark for all our diving activities globally.

Although not a formal requirement, we us both the RNLI and Maritime and Coastguard Agency guidelines. These comes into play when we plan out diving safety protocols, risk assessments and diving project plans for coastal activities.

Open Water Diving Safety

For open water dives, we use a variety of sites and locations in the UK and abroad. When you dive with us – whether that means training or pleasure diving, you can be assured that:

  • Our professional team are experienced and hold full indemnity insurance
  • Our team directly supervise all open water training activities and indirectly supervise club diving (for qualified divers)
  • We always have surface support available
  • We have risk assessments for each location we visit
  • We have a diving project plan for each dive / dive trip we do
  • We carry an emergency first response kit and our team are trained to deal with any emergency, should it arise.

As a safety precaution, we ask all divers to carry their own delayed surface marker buoy (SMB) and safety whistle when diving in coastal waters.

Pool Safety

We use various pools in the UK and abroad for training and practice:

  • Our team are experienced and hold full indemnity insurance
  • Our team directly supervise all pool activities
  • We always have surface support available when training in our pools
  • We have risk assessments for each pool we use
  • We carry an emergency first response kit and our team are trained to deal with any emergency, should it arise.