Andark Diving

Set in Southampton, Hampshire, Andark is the UK's largest and most established dive centre — a PADI 5★ CDC Centre with 39 PADI Instructors on hand to guide you from your very first breaths underwater all the way to professional level.

Courses for every stage

The range runs from the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (from USD 623, around 3 days) up to the PADI Divemaster (from USD 1003, roughly 40 days) and full Instructor Development Course pathways (from USD 2628, about 6 days). Andark also delivers HSE Commercial Diver Scuba Courses, opening doors to careers in scientific research, marine biology, underwater photography, film, and civil engineering diving.

Everything happens on-site. Train in a heated 3.4m indoor pool and a 7m training lake, study across three modern classrooms, and warm up afterwards in the café with free Wi-Fi. Local training dives take place at Andark Lake, and the retail superstore — the largest diving and watersports shop in the UK — keeps you fully kitted out. Whether you're a first-timer or going pro, it's all in one place.