Blue Ocean Diving was founded in January 2003 by PADI Course Director, Ryby Stonehouse. Based in Maidstone, Kent, it has since established itself as the UK’s premier dive centre providing quality training for students at every level of diving, from beginner to Technical Master Instructor. BOD’s consistently high standards of teaching has earned it the prestigious achievement as ..read more

    Blue Ocean Diving, whose Scubaholics Dive Club is the largest diving club in the South-East with more than 7,500 members, has been running UK and worldwide dive holidays for almost 20 years. Like many other businesses worldwide, they are welcoming the lifting of the COVID travel restrictions that have impacted the dive industry significantly. Travel and tourism has been one of the worst affected sectors struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. So devastating has the impact been, that the annual Economic Impact Report from the World Travel & Tourism Council’s states that the UK’s trav ..read more

  Blue Ocean Diving is delighted to be able to offer adventure seekers and manta lovers this incredible trip of a lifetime on a Maldives diving liveaboard. Join us on board the M/Y Blue Voyager where you will be an active part of the Manta Ray Expedition, seeking out and diving in the Maldives with the largest population of manta rays recorded anywhere in the world!     Our adventure begins at the Huvadhoo Atoll where we travel across the Equator to the isolated atoll of Fuvahmulah (also known as Foammulah) before heading to the southern-most atoll of Addu.     A dom ..read more

  Have you considered learning to dive but aren’t quite ready to make the splash? *Groan* Let us continue… The diving community is quite a large one, with people travelling all around the globe to explore a variety of underwater settings. Even newer members of the diving world who have recently completed a variety of scuba diving courses can’t wait to explore their favourite coastlines. Then they venture to foreign destinations and do it all over again! Despite having a rather large community dotted around the globe, you might think that in major cities, diving is a relatively niche ac ..read more

Blue Ocean Diving is once again teaming up with Emily Turton, Ben Wade and their crew at MV Huskyan  to offer you this unforgettable experience to dive the wrecks of Scapa Flow. Steeped in history and consistently a Worldwide Top 10, diving the wrecks at Scapa Flow is a trip to on every  technical diver’s bucket list. This Blue Ocean Diving trip is always popular and the limited places sell out fast so ensure you book yours now! Divers must be a minimum of Tec 45 qualified. Not qualified yet? There’s still time! Call Blue Ocean Diving on 01622 212 022 or email scuba@blueoceandiving.c ..read more

  Blue Ocean Diving is excited to once again offer you the chance to dive the wreck of the Zenobia in Larnaca, Cyprus, in 2023!     Heralded time and time again as one of the world’s top 10 recreational dive sites, the Zenobia offers a wreck diving experience that all divers will be in absolute awe of.     To join this trip you must hold a minimum qualification of PADI Advanced Diver with Deep, Wreck and Nitrox specialties. We highly recommend the Night Specialty also. This wreck diving trip to the Zenobia is also open to all Twinset, Sidemount, CCR and Tec divers (w ..read more

    Details: Join Blue Ocean Diving on this amazing discovery of reefs and wrecks as you dive the Red Sea in Egypt. This dive-safari offers beautiful coral dives, impressive drift currents, stunning canyons, walls and drop-offs and some really big wrecks to explore. There is so much to see you are spoilt for choice, but don’t forget to keep an eye out to the blue… you never know what you might see! We will be travelling out from Hurghada and back again, visiting the world famous walls at Ras-Mohammed, the stunning reefs of Tiran (Thomas Canyon is AMAZING!), as well as the BIG WRECKS ..read more

Banish the winter blues and join Blue Ocean Diving in Tenerife in April 2023! This is a trip suitable for divers of all abilities, with sites to suit those qualified to sports diver or tec status. Not a scuba diver yet? Sign up to the PADI Open Water Diver Course with Blue Ocean Diving and you can complete all your class and pool lessons before the trip. We continue your course on this diving trip to Tenerife, in the warm, blue, clear sea of the Canary Islands, where you’ll complete your qualifying dives. No cold, murky UK lake diving over the winter months for you! Already qualified? This is ..read more

We’re clearing out our ex school stock! Grab an Aqualung i300 dive computer, fully serviced with a new battery, for only £150! Email scuba@blueoceandiving.co.uk or phone 01622 212 022 to purchase yours. Alternatively, pop into our dive shop, Blue Ocean Diving, near Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park, West Park Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7AF         The post SPECIAL OFFER! Aqualung i300 Dive Computer – ONLY £150! appeared first on Blue Ocean Diving ..read more

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