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February 24, 2014
Neutral Buoyancy

  When starting out on the journey to learn to dive many people believe it will be stress full and very difficult to become an Open Water Diver wether certified with PADI International, British Sub Aqua Club, NAUI, CMAS, SSI, SSA, SDI or any other certifying body for Scuba Diving Instruction. All the systems have […]

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February 19, 2014
Scuba Diving Sites Near Cardiff and Swansea

  On Saturday we completed our first course of the year it was the PADI Rescue diver course with our student Divers Haley and Paul from Cardiff and Maria from Swansea. The water was cold down to 6 degrees but the students were fantastic and the completed all the sections of the course to obtain […]

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February 14, 2014
Dan Manion and Great Scuba Divers of Our Time

  Scuba Diving as I always say to anyone starting a course wether it be the PADI Open Water Diver Course in Cardiff, or the PADI Advanced Course on the beautiful coastline of Swansea is not a sport, infact If you look at many Divers they are very unsporty you might say. This is why Scuba […]

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February 7, 2014
Brett Gilliam Pioneer of Scuba diving

Over the past 15 - 20 years myself and the staff at Ocean Quest have endevoured to travel the world and Scuba Dive some of the most amazing diving sites in the world. The concept of diving is purely skills based and very much dependant on psychology, metal ability, understanding, experience and physical ability. In […]

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January 31, 2014
Scuba Diving The Greatest Show on Earth

Over the past 20 years I have been privileged to be able to live a life full of excitment and adventure, I have travelled accross the world and worked and played in the most amzing locatio's as a profession I have been able to live all my dreams, I have surfed the most amazing breaks […]

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January 22, 2014
Reason's to start Scuba Diving

We have been offering Scuba Diving Instructional Courses at our centers in Cardiff and Swansea for the past 15 Years and I am proud of what we have achieved. We have instructed thousands of people to Dive and not one of them has ever regretted it. As a center e teach many course's including Surfing, […]

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January 16, 2014
New Scuba Diving Course's starting in Cardiff and Swansea

We are getting closer now to our first Scuba Diving instructional course's in Cardiff and Swansea, we are starting off with the PADI Open Water Referral Diving Course in Hebron Hall in Dinas Powys on 1st February 2014. The course is booking steadily with people from cardiff, Swansea, Newport, bridgend and all over South Wales […]

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January 7, 2014
Scuba Diving Course's in Cardiff and Across South Wales

We are now into the full swing of things here at Ocean quest we are back in the water with our full programme of scuba diving course's in Cardiff. We are starting back with the PADI Open Water Diver Referral course which we run in Hebron Hall in Dinas Powys in Cardiff on the 1st […]

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January 3, 2014
Swansea Scuba Diving

For 10 years now we have been teaching people how to Scuba Dive all accross south Wales, however one of our main facilities is our Swansea Scuba Diving courses. We have been based in Swansea for many years and have taught hundreds of people from the area. The diving population in swansea has grown substantially […]

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SSI Certifications & Courses

SSI Try Scuba

Feel what it's like to breath underwater, go scuba diving in confined water and earn the SSI Try Scuba recognition card. 

Conducted in our swimming pool, the SSI Try Scuba program is a diving adventure the whole family can enjoy.
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SSI Open Water Diver

The SSI Open Water Diver certification will allow you to dive anywhere in the world, with whoever you want. 

This globally recognised certification is your first step in your scuba diving journey. Explore the hidden underwater world!
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SSI Advanced Adventurer

After you've completed the SSI Open Water Diver certification, this is the next step. With the SSI Advanced Adventurer, you'll learn to extend your dive times, reduce your air consumption and dive deeper.  
You'll start to become a confident and safe diver whose comfortable underwater.
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SSI Specialties

Continue you diving adventure by improving specific skills or learning a completely new specialty. Diver deeper, perfect your buoyancy, take great photos, understand the tides or learn to deal with stress and rescue situations. 

There's 18 specialties to choose from.
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SSI Dive Guide

Do you dream of having a career in diving? 

The SSI Dive Guide course will teach you to lead other certified divers underwater, giving you the skills and experience to ensure others can enjoy your passion safely.
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PADI Certifications & Courses

PADI Discover Scuba

A fun introduction into what it takes to breathe underwater and explore this hidden world. 

Although it’s not a certification you’ll learn the key skills and what it takes to become a PADI certified diver.
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PADI Open Water Diver

Your Scuba Diving journey starts here. Start with supported theory and study programme, move to the pool to practice your skills and then experience four open water dives. 

You’ll then be certified to dive throughout the world with PADI®
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PADI Advanced Open Water

This course is the next step after you have completed the PADI Open Water Diver certification. 

The course called the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because you will advance your scuba diving knowledge and skills.
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PADI Rescue Diver

You will learn to prevent and manage problems in the water and on the surface and become more confident in your skills as a diver. 

You will become a better, safer diver and a better buddy too. It’s challenging but rewarding.
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PADI Divemaster

Your first step of professional PADI training. You will be a leader who motivates and mentors other scuba divers. 

You’ll gain dive knowledge, diving skills and supervision abilities, allowing you a career doing what you love.
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PADI Specialties

Improve specific skills or learn a completely new skill with a PADI Speciality course. 

Dive deeper, take better photos, explore wreck the choices are endless and yours.
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