Diving Activities

The branch offers a very wide range of activities to its members, from training sessions in the pool at the Harrogate Hydro pool every week, lectures in our own clubhouse, to regular diving expeditions to all parts of the UK and abroad. The branch owns a wide range of equipment, which can be used or hired by members both during training and for more advanced expeditions.

We cater for different levels of diving skill, different types of diving and different locations. Select the level of activity you are interested in from the options below

What sort of diving do we do abroad?
Members from Harrogate branch have dived and snorkelled all over the world, and there can be few places that members have not visited. In the last few years members dived the Great Barrier Reef, the Maldives, Belize, The Cape Verde islands (Africa), The East African Coast, Florida, the Canary Islands, Norway, Ireland, and many parts of the Mediterranean, including France, Spain, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Corfu, and Greece to name the best known!

Diving in the UK
While the visibility and temperature around the UK rarely match the conditions found in diving resorts there is still a tremendous variety of exciting, safe diving to be undertaken. In 2007 visibility has been excellent, and on many occasions has been better than the local swimming pool! A dry-suit keeps out the cold, and lets you swim among a family of inquisitive seals on the Farne islands, watch a Lobster or Crab wave its claws at you as you invade its space, or marvel at the power of the sea as you glide over a seemingly impregnable wreck. Every dive is a new experience with unusual features, strange colours and marine life, or intriguing corners to explore, and who knows, you may find an interesting souvenir or two!