Tigerdive's Really Useful Links!

Looking for equipment? Need air or nitrox? Wanting advice on kit choices? No matter what your diving needs, it is all at SDS Watersports. Winners of four 'Retailer of the Year' awards, SDS are famed for friendly service, offering impartial and comprehensive advice. Click to find out more... Remember our courses come with your Preferential Customer Card giving you 15% off kit at SDS!

Diver training? The best in the world is right here. Click on the image to find out more about PADI and its training courses. The only truly global training organisation, PADI, certifies over two thirds of all new divers, at any of more than 4,800 centres worldwide. Setting the rules for the training systems we use, PADI have a major role to play in the delivery of the best training at Tigerdive, from entry level right through to professional.

Fancy a little sun? Why not join us for trips to Calpe, Spain. Pro Platinum is a PADI 5 star IDC centre, run by Sheffielder Keith and Silvia. Tigerdive offer everything from weekend scuba trips through to full instructor development courses, based at this excellent warm water diving venue. In April, we have a full instructor course, and a Cavern Diver speciality weekend, on offer!

Feeling green? Then try this. It's an exciting scheme deserving full support. Earthdive is a revolutionary new concept in social responsibility - a global project for millions of divers, snorkellers and ordinary citizens who can help change the world in which they live. Earthdive has an absolute commitment to help protect the ocean ecosystems that cover 70% of our planet's surface and provide food for 3.5 billion people around the world.

Here's something for all of you diver types, new or otherwise, young or old, check out this forum; it's a great place to meet and chat with divers from your area. The topics range from trips to kit reviews, and get very very lively at times! Users of the forum can often be seen getting wet at our favourite site, Capernwray. Tell Bren that we sent you!

Want to know the state of the tide? If you are diving around the British coast, this link is invaluable, for the latest tidal information. Tide tables and times are often difficult to find, and you may have to add or subtract an hour or so either way, but these will get you started.

Do you want to explore your diving, beyond holidays in the sun? Then take a look at Ian's site, for shore divers throughout the UK. With comprehensive reports, guides, photos and more, it's the site you'll need, for those quick weekends, or for full trips. A comprehensive, friendly and growing site, with lotsof further useful links.

Here's David Cordes' well made site, for for shore divers in the UK. With site descriptions, dive ratings, and even entry/exit point photos, I think this is my favourite shore diving site.

Anyone fancy wandering into the dark side for a while? Take a big deep breath, and click that button... you may never be the same person ever again! Grant is a Tigerdive Instructor, and would be happy to have you check out his code.