Dive 90
Unit 4-5 Knightsbridge Business Centre, Cheltenham, England, GBR
About the Center
Dive 90, located in Cheltenham, GBR, is an established dive center since 1990, renowned for its extensive experience in scuba training. As a PADI, SSI, and TDI affiliated center, it offers a comprehensive range of courses, from recreational levels like Advanced Open Water and Enriched Air Nitrox to advanced technical diving training.
With over 36 years of experience, Dive 90 prides itself on delivering first-class diver training, having trained in excess of 10,000 divers and sent over 5,000 divers on dive holidays of a lifetime. The center boasts modern facilities, including lockers, a swimming pool for practical sessions (held on Tuesday evenings), and a dive shop equipped with rental gear, air fills, and nitrox fills up to 40%.
Beyond courses, Dive 90 provides equipment servicing, with qualified technicians for testing, repairing, and servicing all makes of dive equipment, including cylinder testing as an IDEST recognised test centre. It also organises dive trips and holidays to warm, crystal-clear water destinations, as well as excursions to the UK coast and inland sites, offering options for independent travel or accompanied groups.
Available Courses
50 cursosTechnical Diving
Curso de buceo técnico para inmersiones avanzadas con mezclas de gases, descompresión y equipamiento especializado.
Advanced Open Water
Curso avanzado de buceo que amplía las habilidades del buceador con inmersiones de especialidad incluyendo profundidad y navegación.
Enriched Air Nitrox
Especialidad Nitrox para bucear con mezclas de aire enriquecido, permitiendo tiempos de inmersión más largos.
Try Scuba
Your introduction to the underwater world in a confined water setting. Earn the SSI Try Scuba recognition rating.
Scuba Ranger
A club for children aged 8-12 offering various diving activities in a pool setting.
Scuba Diver
For those short on time, this program provides training for open water dives under supervision, upgradable to Open Water Diver.
Scuba Diver – Upgrade
Progress from Scuba Diver to Open Water Diver, gaining a globally recognised certification.
Open Water Diver
The globally recognised certification to begin your life-long adventure as a certified scuba diver.
Skills Update
A refresher program to update your dive skills and knowledge before jumping back into the water.
Diver Stress and Rescue
Teaches skills to recognise and deal with stress, prevent accidents, and manage emergency situations.
Diver Emergency
A bundle combining SSI Diver Stress & Rescue with the SSI React Right programme for emergency management.
React Right
SSI’s emergency training programme covering primary assessment, first aid, CPR, and optional oxygen administration.
Perfect Buoyancy
Teaches skills and techniques to maximise your dive experience, increase comfort, and get the most from your equipment.
Dry Suit Diving
Provides skills and concepts for safely and comfortably diving while using a dry suit.
Night & Limited Visibility
Teaches skills and concepts for safely and comfortably diving at night or in limited visibility conditions.
Deep Diving
Gives you the ability to safely and comfortably plan and conduct dives beyond 18 metres.
Sidemount Diving
Teaches the benefits of sidemount diving, including ease of movement and improved buoyancy.
Decompression Diving
Provides training to plan dives to a maximum depth of 40 metres with a maximum accumulated decompression time of 15 minutes.
Navigation
Teaches skills and concepts for safely and comfortably navigating underwater during a dive.
Wreck
Gives you the skills and knowledge required to safely scuba dive above and around wrecks.
Search & Recovery
Provides skills and concepts for safely planning and conducting search and recovery dives.
Waves, Tides & Currents
Gives you the skills and knowledge required to conduct dives from shore, in currents and in different types of waves.
Photo & Video
Teaches the skills needed to dive with an underwater camera and properly use, maintain and store your equipment.
Equipment Techniques
Teaches how to choose, maintain and store your Total Diving System to ensure performance and longevity.
Science of Diving
Provides an in-depth study of physics, physiology, decompression theory, the aquatic environment and diving equipment.
Gas Blender
Teaches skills and concepts for safely blending nitrox and helium-based trimix blends for mixed-gas diving.
Shark Ecology
Learn all about sharks, how to interpret their behaviours, and how to dive safely with them.
Sea Turtle Ecology
Discover more about sea turtles, their role in marine ecosystems, and threats to their survival.
Manta & Ray Ecology
Learn how to recognise different ray species, interact with them safely, and understand their importance.
Marine Ecology
Learn about the science of Marine Ecology and how ocean organisms interact with each other and their environments.
Fish Identification
Learn the skills and concepts needed to identify common families of reef fish.
Coral Identification
Provides the knowledge to identify common families of coral species and understand coral reef ecosystems.
Dive Guide
Provides skills and experience to safely lead groups of certified divers and is the first step towards an SSI Professional career.
Instructor Crossover
Orientation to SSI philosophies and procedures for dive professionals from other agencies.
Assistant Instructor
Provides skills and experience to become a successful SSI Instructor, assisting and independently teaching programmes.
Open Water Instructor
Provides knowledge and training to organise and conduct entry-level scuba training courses and prepare for Instructor Evaluation.
Bubblemaker
Introduces children to scuba diving in a pool setting with one-to-one supervision.
Seal Team
For young divers aged 8+, completing exciting AquaMissions in a pool.
Discover Diving
A quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world in a swimming pool.
Scuba Review
A refresher program to update dive skills and knowledge before returning to diving.
Adventure Diver
Complete three Adventure Dives to build scuba skills and gain more confidence.
Digital Underwater Photography
Get going quickly with underwater photography, whether using a point-and-shoot or a DSLR.
Master Scuba Diver
The highest rating in recreational scuba diving, achieved through experience and advanced training.
Emergency First Response
Focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond to medical emergencies.
Rescue Diver
Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, becoming a more confident diver and better buddy.
Emergency First Responder Instructor
Teach CPR and first-aid skills based on internationally recognised emergency care guidelines.
Nitrox
For recreational divers wishing to utilise Enriched Air Nitrox (EAN) as a breathing gas.
Intro to Technical Diving
Introduces you to the world of technical diving, familiarising you with equipment and advanced gas planning.
Advanced Nitrox
Teaches how to use EAN-21 through 100 percent oxygen for optimal mixes to a depth of 40 metres.
Decompression Procedures
Examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned-stage decompression diving, not exceeding 45 metres.
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Sí. Te pediremos demostrar 200 m de nado continuo (estilo libre) y 10 minutos flotando sin apoyo. No exigimos cronómetro, solo soltura en agua.
Si el centro cancela por condiciones del mar, te reasignamos sin coste extra a la siguiente fecha disponible. La decisión la toma el instructor jefe a las 7:00 del día de la salida.
Con lentillas blandas, sin problema. Si llevas gafas, ofrecemos máscaras graduadas estándar (-1 a -8 dioptrías) por 15 € de alquiler/día.
Sí, somos PADI Kids Centre. Desde los 8 años con el Bubblemaker (en piscina, hasta 2 m) y desde los 10 con el Open Water Junior.
No, tu carnet PADI/SSI es vitalicio. Sí recomendamos un curso de repaso ("Scuba Tune-Up") si llevas más de 12 meses sin bucear.
A partir de 4 personas hacemos un 10% sobre el precio del curso o salida. Para más de 10 personas (escuelas, despedidas, empresas), nos sentamos a hablar precio y logística.