Tips for Scuba Divers and Freedivers

Whether you're just started to learn to scuba dive or you're a seasoned diver, it's important to remember the following tips:

• Be safe - be trained. We at Blenheim Dive Centre offer the PADI training system.
• Have your equipment serviced as per the manufacturer’s recommendations. Our technicians are trained and approved to service all the major brands.
• Check your equipment thoroughly before each dive.
• Clean and store your equipment as per your training after every dive. This will prolong the life of your equipment.
• Never dive alone.
• Know your dive site, weather and tides.
• Know your limits and dive accordingly.
• Plan your dive – dive your plan.
• Be safe – be seen – always dive with an approved flag 600 X 600.
• Know your area take limits, sizes and abide by them.
• Know your emergency procedures.
• Dive Emergency Service phone 0800 4 Des 111 (0800 4 337 111).