Website

Well it's come to that time of year were we update, upgrade and just generally change the website..... We hope you like what we've done, it's a few little changes a few new buttons and pages and a general clean up.....
We have decided to change the brochure, website, dive club and a few other bits and pieces, please take a look, come and chat and see what's happening......
Now if you check out our team page you will see that our Divemaster team has changed, we are now looking for new divemasters and assistant I structors to work with our fantastic and dedicated instructors........ If you fancy a career change and a challenge then please contact us soon

Dive schools

Have you been diving for long? yes then you have definately seen the decline in Dive Centres in the UK, Most of us know of a Dive Centre closing down and usually they are missed by all of us. Why did they close? they didn't make enough money to pay the bills thats why.

So what...
I hear a lot of people say. Dive Centres and Clubs are what keeps the buzz going and the industry ticking, getting divers together and spreading the word to aquire new divers to join us in our underwater world.

Dive shows...
A definate decline over the years of the number of companies displaying their wares and even the regulars have down sized their stands. I remember when the Dive Show in Birmingham spread across several halls

FREE AIR! wow I wish....
In most Dive Centres air is a loss leader meaning it actually costs the operation more than you pay to have your cylinder filled. Compressor Servicing/maintenance is an expensive game. With 5L oil costing £100+, filter stacks, Valves, lines, bank cylinders, flow panels, air purity tests and to top it off the extortionate insurance costs to cover anything that does go wrong. If you think its expensive to maintain your personal gear just think how much it takes to keep the Dive Centre equipment in servicable condition and meet HSE guidelines and BS/ISO standard

So what if another dive centre closes down...
If you want to try equipment before you buy where do you go? If you want a reputable air fill where do you go? If you want to plan a trip on a liveaboard who can arrange it for you? If you need your regulators serviced by a fully insured technician where do you go?, If you need your cylinder testing where do you go? Where can you go to meet up with like minded people and have a good time or just pop in for a cuppa? Yes... your local Dive Centre.

Experience....
Experience is something you can't buy, it comes with time so everyone has a time in their lives where inexperience in diving is a problem. You can get help from friends and family if they are divers. but what was good for them may not be the best thing for you as not all people want the same thing or built the same shape, a mask for instance is probably your most important purchase as a leaky, ill fitting mask can destroy an otherwise good dive because you feel uncomfortable throughout the whole time underwater.
A good Dive Centre will show you a range of masks, the pro's & con's, the price ranges and most of all how to correctly try it on for size to ensure it is as good a fit as possible.
This goes for not just masks but for a whole range of diving equipment and courses to get you that all important experience for yourself.

So What Can You Do?....
Pop in to your local dive centre or club and get your name down on their contact list to inform you when they are going diving next or having their next social evening (It's not all about getting wet), Although tempting remember not all things on Ebay are a bargain, when you look at the delivery charge and getting it into serviceable condition, thats even if it is serviceable. You may have paid good money for a item thats not fit for purpose and only worth its weight in scrap. Something to maybe think about, as it's a lot more difficult to return a faulty item to an Ebay seller.

Please support your dive local Dive Centre, They are there to support the industry and YOU — at Wavecrest Scuba.

Bump

Well after a fantastic couple of weeks teaching our new instructor Becci her IDC with Dale I have landed back at the shop with not much to do really!! Start an Open water course tomorrow tho so that's good and another Assistant Instructor next week so things are looking up

Course director

Today I finally passed the required exams for my Course Director, need to sort out my business plan next, send in my application then do the interview and that's it apart from the week in the Dominica republic for the course..... As well as my good news, we have a new baby instructor, our Divemaster Becci passed her Instructors Exams today, we couldn't have had a better weekend really, it's a huge boost to the start of our winter season, time for getting paperwork sorted, getting the shop in order and get everything ready for the club nights

IE

A fantastic result for our newest instructor candidate, Becci, she has scored 4.8 on her knowledge development presentation, 4.8 on her confined open water presentations, 24 out of 25 on her skills demonstratation and passed her exams, only the rescue demonstration and open water presentation to do tomorrow, I passed all but one exam today with average of 100% just a retake of physics tomorrow and that's mine done......

IDC

Out second IDC is well underway, we have just passed through our third day and everyone is doing really well, great scores in the pool and brilliant scores in the classroom, let's see how we get on tomorrow...... Exams and open water presentations tomorrow.......

App

Well thanks to our regional manager Terry we now have a new app on our Facebook page, it's great to be able to advertise our courses direct to our followers and supporters...... We also have our dive club about to be launched, if you want to get involved then why not join us

Draegar

Having been qualified to dive on the Draegar semi closed rebreather for a few months now I finally got my hands on an Atlantis courtesy of my friend David Skinner, I have been doing some nice shallow dives for practice and am slot working my way to the 20 required to achieve instructor level, it's so nice to ha e the chance to see the marine life that close and a dive off or Towa Heaand was made even more special when we were escorted by two stunning Bass

Season

We have had a fantastic season this year but it's not over yet!! Still got an IDC, Tec Sidemount, Open Water and a few Advanced courses to go!!
We have been really busy with splash dives this year at Hendra with our biggest session ever 36 in 3 hours, so glad I have had Becci and Trish help this year I couldn't have done it without you, Becci has done amazingly this year, from a shy Divemaster to getting ready for her instructor I'm really pleased to be part of the next stage in her diving career development...... Trish is well on her way to Master Scuba Diver Trainer and I'm looking forward to working with them both again soon

Masks

We have just had another order of masks come in, got some lovely shades now pastels for the ladies, or those that don't want the typical blue, yellow and that...... Why not come up and have a look

Wavecrest

I have just noticed that on the 10th of September 2014 Wavecrest will have been registered as a PADI dive resort for 5 years, although I have been trading as Wavecrest Scuba for nearly 9 years now, we have taught hundreds of people to dive, have had lots of fantastic experiances with Discover Scuba and helped lots of people further their diving enjoyment and promoted safe enjoyable diving, we have also had our share in teaching the next generation of instructors and we are very proud of what they have achieved already.......

August

Well it started off as a very quiet August but it has turned out to be mental, already we have taught 3 Open Water courses, 4 Discover Scuba, loads of Scuba Try dives and lots of guided dives, I want to say a huge thank you to my team, Becci and Trish I couldn't do it without you, we are looking forward to a busy September, we have our Second IDC running on the 24th of September so looking forward to working with Dale again

600

Wow!! 600 courses taught today!! I'm so proud of where I have got to after all these years, nearly 10 years as an instructor I still love getting into the water everyday and seeing the look on people's faces.
I have progressed from Open Water Scuba Instructor, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, IDC Staff Instructor and now Master Instructor heading my way hopefully to Course Director in the ne,t year or so.......
I can't get over how many people I have taught, how much training I have put into my own personal development and how proud I am of being the owner/founder and Senior Instructor of the ONLY 5 Star IDC Resort in the Southwest of England......
My friends have been great support as well as my family and I now have the most incredible team of Divemaster, Assistant Instructor and Instructors working with me, we all work really well together and it's nice to have them

Hollis rebreather

Great day today at Tor Down Quarry with Matt and Kat from Hollis, had some interest in the new rebreathers and Darren had a play, great to see people come out of the water with a smile on their face

Masks

Just had our first order of new mask and snorkels come into the shop! The cabinet is looking much better now...... Come in soon and take a look, lots of new and very exciting equipment coming into stock for this year, been a little late starting but we have really hit the ground running this month..... Lots of new divers, divers taking their education further and some even going down the technical route which is keeping me happy and very busy.......

Open water

Really nice couple of dives today at Swanpool for James's PADI Open Water diver course, great skills although holding your nose to equalize when trying to do a mask clear is a new one on me...... The guys at Elemental UK allowed us to use their rib dingy for some extra diver training, rolling off a rib is always good training for a new diver.......good skills to, no problem with regulator recovery, alternate air source or fin pivot, looking forward to finishing the course tomorrow and starting your Advanced next week

Courses

What a busy few weeks, first day off for 10 days and then start again tomorrow, 5 courses in 15 days!! All good, Open Water, Tec sidemount, Advanced, EFR, Discover Scuba....... Love it, hope the summer keeps this busy and its gonna be epic

Liquidvision Xeo

Over the last month I have been lucky enough to be able to test the Sea and Sea Liquidvision Xeo dive computer and I can honestly say its a fantastic computer, ready for Open Circuit or CCR Rebreather with nitrox and trimix capability this is ready for whatever you want to do....
With its fully user changeable colour screen you can adjust screen brightness whilst on a dive, change gas or put the computer into emergency mode with the simplest of taps, yes! no buttons to worry about on this computer.... simply tap the top, bottom or side of the computer and you have easy access to the menu.....
If your looking for a new computer or haven't got one yet and want something that's future proof then look no further that a liquidvision Xeo......
http://youtu.be/5puFa841lQ0 take a look
If your thinking of getting into the Tecrec side of diving with Mark then this is a must have computer, there are more Liquidvision computers that we sell so please do get in touch and see what the future of dive computers has to offer

Jelly fish

We dived at Porthkerris yesterday for the last 2 dives of an Open Water, really good dives, great skills shown and no problems, well done to Martyn Tozer and many thanks to Becci for the Divemaster..... Always a pleasure to teach new people to dive and its so satisfying when they come out with a huge smile on their face...... Always nice to see new things and to swim with a barrel jelly fish the size we had was a privilege, so graceful in the water

Compressor

We at last our new compressor has Been ordered!! Great compressor that will allow us to fill up to 300 bar, we will be one of only a few places in Cornwall that can fill to that pressure.... We have decided to have a brand new panel made with 4 charging whips at 232 bar and one off the compreasor that will be a 300 bar whip, we have decided to have a sensor fitted to monitor air quality and 2 filters allowing us to make nitrox at a latter date.... The spectrum analasyis that we are having done for our air quality is not like any other school in Cornwall so our air will be of the best quality, the spectrum analysis is done in a lab with visual spectrum analysis being far more accurate than the old tube test....

Busy

Looks like summer has finally started!! We have a very busy few weeks lined up with Open Water courses, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and loads of Discover Scuba...... Should be a really good year if this keeps up.
Got a Hollis Try rebreather day on the 21st of July so that should be good fun too

Weather

What fantastic weather we are having at the moment down here in Cornwall, the sea is calming down nicely and the visability has cleared nicely, we dived at Swanpool today and the viz was about 6 meters, the water is getting warmer to, 15 degrees today and 21 degrees sat on the beach.

Instructor

Well Wavecrest is pleased to announce we will be starting our Second Instructor Development Course (IDC) in September, starting on the 24th with the Instructors Exam (IE) on the 4th and 5th of October..... Start your new career this year!!! Take a look at our website www.wavecrestscuba.com and order your IDC crewpack today, it's never to late to give back what you've learned

Dives

We had a couple of amazing dives today, that's another hour and a half underwater, great to see so many spider crab coming in, lots of huge wrasse and a lovely little cuttlefish that wasn't overly happy to see us.
The site has change loads after the winter storms with lots of new rocks and swim throughs to play in, the lifeboat slip looks like it's taken a good beating over the winter.
Unfortunately we didn't see the seal but hey there's always next time.

First Aid

Just finished Dave and Lynn's EFR training, always good to see the guys again and nice to teach someone who is always out on the road how to help! Coach drivers are always surrounded by people and most of them are getting on in years so being able to do first aid is a must

Deco

We have just had a fantastic day at NDAC Chepstow, we finished David and Darrens Tec45 training today, nice to see 45m for a change, always a little challenge but well done with your skills and drills, now let's get some proper dives done and just enjoy

Training

Great couple of dives yesterday with David Skinner, fantastic skills shown for his firstv2 dives of the Tec45 course, really well done, shut downs not a problem and a real failed DSMB launch made it even better, looking forward to tomorrow in NDAC when we finish it and do a proper tech dive

Tec45

Today was a fantastic day with Darren, we did dive 1&2 of his Tec45 course, Darren showed great control and no signs of problems with his shut down, deco stops, hover, gas switch, long hose exercise or diver tow, really looking forward to finishing it on Friday

Nitrox

Well done Ben on passing your Nitrox, fantastic 96% on your exam and nice one Darren your first Nitrox course towarda your Tec Deep instructor.....

Full face mask

Here at Wavecrest Scuba we try our best to bring you new and exciting equipment as often as we can and this time we think we have surpassed ourselves...... we are pleased to announce that we are now suppliers for Sea and Sea who are importers of Ocean Reef full face masks..... very soon we will be able to offer the PADI full face mask distinctive specialty program......

Tech40

Managed to finish our Tech40 course today with Dave, I'm looking forward to getting started on the Tech45 with Dave and Darren next week, should be good fun and not to much of a challenge I hope, trip to Chepstow for the deep dives....... Cold water here we come

Rescue diver

A great day today with Leila and Darren, congratulations Leila on passing your Rescue Diver, we made the viz nasty but that made you work even harder, great recovery skills on bringing Darren up and great surface recovery skills, well done

Atomic Z3

The new review for Atomics Z3, a fantastic regulator and well worth a look if your thinking about upgrading
http://www.scubadiving.com/gear/regulators/60second-scubalab-atomic-z3-regulator-video

PADI IE

Wavecrest are so pleased to be able to say we helped to set up and host Cornwall's first Instructor Exam in years, Erika Hoffman and 6 candidates from around the country came to Cornwall and working with us were able to use Carb Brea leisure center and Tor Down Quarry for their Open Water site, great result al round and congratulations to everyone involved

Blue O2

Wavecrest is really pleased to be able to announce we will be working withq Blue O2 this year, we are happy to be able to offer liveaboards to the Red sea and the Maldives, why not book a trip and take a warm water dive....... We are also pleased to announce they can cater for Tech divers too

Tor Down

We had a fantastic 26 minute 14 meter dive in what can only be called cold water today at Tor Down Quarry, it was great to get in the water with my friends Dave and Ben, lots of photos now on the Wavecrest Scuba Facebook page, come and check them out http://www.Facebook.com/wavecrest

Monk fish

A fantastic days diving down at Porthkerris today, many thanks to Paul Wright and Darren North for all your help and well done to Lauren on passing your Advanced Open Water....... We spotted my first living Monk fish today too.......

Open water

A great day had by all and a huge well done to James on finishing your open water course today, shame we couldn't do it in the sea but even when the weather was against us we managed to finish.......

Diving

What an amazing day for a dive here in Swanpool...... A lovely sunny day, flat calm and great company....... What a terrible job I have.........

Summer

Could it be a sign of summer? The pool at our base in Monkey Tree is now being filled and ready for us to teach in again.........

3d marker

Never loose your dive kit on a boat again with the amazing 3d gear marker!!! Fully dry in 72 and in 9 funky colours including glow in the dark!! 3d gear marker makes an ideal present for the diver in your life........ Only £6.95 and available NOW!!!! Call us or visit our website www.wavecrestscuba.com

Plastic Oceans

Just been for a walk down to Porth headland here in Newquay and after passing a huge area that has collapsed after the recent storms I looked down into the water to see a massive piece of discarded fishing net! How wrong is it to let this keep fishing long after the boat has gone! Unfortunately I wasn't able to recover it!!...........

Diving

Well after our failed attempt at a dive on Tuesday with viz being almost zero, we have decided that diving is cancelled for the next few days, once this strange weather has sorted itself out it will be all hands to the pump and off we go.....
I'm just about to finish off a Tech 40 course with David in Chepstow which will be good fun and lots of Open Water courses booking up for this early part of the season......
See you all soon and stay safe

Tuesday's dive

Well after driving to Swanpool yesterday we looked at the water with enthusiasm and anticipation! How wrong we were, after kitting up doing our safety checks we headed off to the water......... The visibility was terrible and after 8 minutes we decided that a coffee was a much better idea! Ah well at least we managed to get wet...........

Cressi big eyes crystal

Editor's Pick: Cressi Eyes Evolution Crystal
Raked lenses for increased downward vision, a highly supple silicone skirt for excellent fit, low internal volume for easy clearing and Cressi’s exclusive material all make this mask a top performer. And this year, Cressi is introducing a new size for smaller faces.

Contact: www.cressi.com

Editor Says
"The softer more subtle materials used in this next-generation mask ensure a great fit on any face."

Sport Divet

Atomic Regulators

We sell them and heres a little review of some of the Atomic regilators....

The Best Regulators Ever Designed

How materials and passion come together for perfect dives
At Atomic we sometimes feel like a symphony conductor – bringing together exotic materials, groundbreaking design, and superior manufacturing in perfect harmony. The result is our signature line of regulators that are widely considered the finest ever designed by independent reviewers and passionate divers across the globe. So how do we do it? There are no real secrets here...we are an open book and want you to see for yourself why Atomic regulators are the finest ever to submerge. No other company has the courage or determination to put all these elements together as we have. Take a look...

“Compromise” Is A Word We Don’t Know
Titanium is uncompromising...and nobody uses it like Atomic
There is simply no better material for the ocean environment than Titanium. A Titanium regulator part could actually survive beneath the sea for centuries without a trace of corrosion. Atomic heavily invested in the people, machinery and time needed to develop new fabrication techniques at our own USA R&D facilities. If you see other companies claiming “Titanium” regulators, closely investigate. They do not employ these materials as thoroughly or effectively as Atomic Aquatics. You will see on the following pages exactly which parts in every Atomic regulator are machined from Titanium and why they excel.

Atomic wins the regulator trifecta: 
natural performance – low maintenance – stunning appearance
The ultimate test of any regulator is how it breathes. Atomic Aquatics designed “natural breathing” into every regulator model, regardless of materials or price. Just because we design a regulator using different materials to achieve a lower price-point, does not mean we compromise on performance. Every review or independent test an Atomic regulator has been involved in has concluded with a top ranking. Superior performance is inherent in every Atomic model at any dive depth or breathing rate. Our use of corrosion-resistant materials also results in much lower maintenance requirements for divers. We stand behind this claim with our 2-Year/300 Dive Warranty (see details on pages 10-11). Finally, beautiful appearance is an Atomic imperative. Every time you pull your Atomic reg from its bag, you will be proud of its technologically-superb appearance...and other divers may take an envious glance. Our plating processes and machine-turned finishes produce an immediately recognizable distinction.

Perranporth

Looking a little choppy down at Perranporth, won't be diving here then

Seasearch

Anyone interested in doing the Seasearch survey training, with free dives to get practice for them too? You need to be Advanced Open Water & working towards 20 UK  dives you must also have liability insurance. But there are free dives with kit and free ID training.

Seasearch training is 23rd & 30th of April (both days). First free boat dives are 9th April

Contact us for more information

Wavecrest Scuba

Sunshine

What a stunning day today, plenty of sunshine after a foggy start, with luck its the start of things to come, why not check out our website www.wavecrestscuba.com or follow us on twitter www.twitter.com of join our facebook page www.facebook.com and see what we're up to.....

Fog

North coast of Cornwall covered in fog! No diving today then just time to clean the shop....... If we can find it that is

Towan headland

Well it's time to go see what the water is looking like after all the storms and I can say the waves and swell look to have calmed down but the viz is still terrible! We will not be in here for a little while longer, don't know about anyone else I'm starting to think I might need a scuba review at this rate.....

Course

Well congratulations to Rachael, Michael and Clare on passing their Emergency First Response course, certificates all laminated and ready for presentation, nice one guys it was fun

Towan headland

Just take a look at our favorite dive site! I took this a couple of days ago I have a feeling it's going to be a very different site than anyone of us remembers.

Winter is nearly over

Well what a winter we have had so far this year!! The weather has been terrible here in newquay and Cornwall has taken a huge battering, We are all looking forward to getting back in to see whats happened under water