
Local Diving
Sunderland Scuba Centre dive locally all year round, we enjoy a diverse range of diving from challenging shore dives to relaxing skill builders at quarries and lakes.
If you have any dive in mind that you would like to do and it is within 3 hours drive, chances are, at least one staff member at Sunderland Scuba Centre has dived it before so whether you are just going for a dive and would like some advice on where to park, or you would like to arrange a guided dive or a Discover Local Diving experience then please call Steve or Big Bri on 0191 567 0147
Planned Guided Dives
All Dives are subject to risk and conditions assessment on the day, the assessment of the Dive Club Staff on the day is final.
Full refunds will be offered for dives cancelled due to weather conditions.
Sunday 24th May 2009
Green Ends Gully
Guided Dives X2
Green Ends Gully is simply one of the finest dives you can do from the eastern shores of the United Kingdom.
You will walk down the slipway into a pleasant sheltered gully system created several million years ago by volcanic activity, from there you will be greeted by a carpet of sea kelp which clears after a few metres into a superb gully full of rocks and crevices which are home to literally hundreds of species of marine life.
Guided by a PADI Professional you will venture into the gully which gets its name from the green tinge that the minerals in the rocks lend to the water.
Your PADI Professional will then stamp & sign your log book to prove you have gained the experience.
We will be doing 2 dives to truly explore this underwater haven.
Min Qualification = Open Water Diver
Min Experience = 5 Logged Dives, 1 in Salt Water
Max Depth = 18m
Dive Time = 2X 45min Dives
Required Additional Equipment = SMB + Reel
Recommended Additional Equipment = Camera
Availability = 15 Spaces First come first served
Cost £18.00
Friday 5th June 2009 8.00pm
Green Ends Gully
Guided Dusk/Night Dive
This dive is one of the most beautiful dives you can do in the north east during the day, at night is becomes a hunting ground for all kinds of predatory fish and other marine life.
Guided by a PADI Professional and home to wolf fish, octopus, crab, lobster & the odd seal or two you wont be disappointed in the life you see so whether you need to gain experience of night diving for your Divemaster course or you just want to see what it is like then sign onto this dive for an out of this world experience.
Your PADI Professional will then stamp & sign your log book to prove you have gained the experience.
Min Qualification = PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
Min Experience = 10 logged dives (min 2 in UK salt water)
Dive Time = Single 45 min dive
Additional Equipment requirement = Quality Torch, Back up Torch, Chemical light, strobe
Availability = 10 spaces, first come first served
Cost £10.00
Sunday 7th June 2008
Beadnell Bay
Guided Dive X2
Beadnell is a great dive to cut your teeth in salt water, diving in the relative shelter created by the way the gullies and rocks have formed over the years we will be walking in from the beach.
Guided by a PADI Professional we will be exploring the rocks and crevices that form part of the reef wall looking for the many species of marine life that make this beautiful place their home.
Sunderland Scuba Centre would like to extend an invitation to all those who have completed the PADI Open Water Diver Qualification but have not yet been in the sea to come along to this one and see what you have been missing!
Your PADI Professional will then stamp & sign your log book to prove you have gained the experience.
Min Qualification = Open Water Diver
Min Experience = 4 Dives Logged
Max Depth = 12m
Dive Time = 2X 45min Dives
Required Additional Equipment = None
Recommended Additional Equipment = Camera
Availability = 8 Spaces First come first served
Cost £18.00
Sunday 21th June 2009
Green Ends Gully
Guided Dive X2
Green Ends Gully is simply one of the finest dives you can do from the eastern shores of the United Kingdom.
You will walk down the slipway into a pleasant sheltered gully system created several million years ago by volcanic activity, from there you will be greeted by a carpet of sea kelp which clears after a few metres into a superb gully full of rocks and crevices which are home to literally hundreds of species of marine life.
Guided by a PADI Professional you will venture into the gully which gets its name from the green tinge that the minerals in the rocks lend to the water.
Your PADI Professional will then stamp & sign your log book to prove you have gained the experience.
We will be doing 2 dives to truly explore this underwater haven.
Min Qualification = Open Water Diver
Min Experience = 5 Logged Dives, 1 in Salt Water
Max Depth = 18m
Dive Time = 2X 45min Dives
Required Additional Equipment = SMB + Reel
Recommended Additional Equipment = Camera
Availability = 15 Spaces First come first served
Cost £18.00
Sunday 5th July 2008
Browns Bay
Guided Dive X2
Being situated only a stones throw from Whitley Bay makes Browns Bay one of the most easily reached dive spots around.
Though challenging to get to the shore and back up and down 56 stairs (I know, I counted) wearing full scuba gear it is a superb and relaxing dive for the more experienced diver.
Guided by a PADI Professional we will be exploring the rocks and crevices that form part of the reef and seabed looking for the many species of marine life that make Browns Bay their home making our way out to the wreck of the Butetown, a cargo ship that ran aground here.
Your PADI Professional will them Stamp and Sign your log book to prove you have gained this experience
Min Qualification = Advanced Open Water Diver
Min Experience = 15 Dives Logged (5 in Salt Water)
Max Depth = 16m
Dive Time = 2X 45min Dives
Required Additional Equipment = None
Recommended Additional Equipment = Camera
Availability = 15 Spaces First come first served
Cost £18.00