Why choose Below the Surface?   F.A.Q

Are we the cheapest you can find ? We hope not, but we believe we offer the best value for quality training. Why?
 No hidden costs, some of the cheaper courses require you to purchase kit or pay for the open water days as an additional cost. We don't like this, all costs are transparent, our courses include course theory (at trade prices), course certification, all required pool sessions, open water dive days (not including site entry, as the cost depends on your entry preference) We also give a free SSI snorkel course with all SSI open water courses as we feel this is a much nicer way to teach you the required snorkel skills for you course. Note on the dive site you may be asked to fill a cylinder as part of your training or if you need extra fills.
All kit is provided for entry level or specialist training such as side mount diving. If you haven't yet bought kit and you are looking at other specialty courses, this can be arranged for you, just talk to us.

This is where we believe we are different to most schools, we teach the student not the course, the open water/ocean diver course is broken down depending on the agency you choose to 4 or 5 sessions. However we will not move you on if we don't feel you are ready, we want you to succeed and pushing you to the next stage will not achieve that, but it will knock your confidence, so if you need a little more time you will get it, at no extra charge. This method produces confident, skilled divers not just people who tick the boxes. You do your courses once so make sure you are getting the best, we believe we can supply you that course with our amazing team.

This is one of the things we are most proud of, we only teach in small groups , for any pool sessions the maximum group you will be part of is four. This allows plenty of quality time with your instructor. On dive days Open water students will be one to one with either your instructor or one of our other professional staff, alongside your instructor. This takes all the stress out of those first open water dives, allowing you to enjoy the days diving and complete your course. On specialty courses numbers still limited to four to one instructor,  with staff ratios generally being 2 to 1.

We love this question as hopefully you want to do more. Open Water/Ocean Diver is just the start of your underwater adventure. You can join our club, which runs on a Thursday and Friday evening 19.30-21.00 , this is a not for profit club cost is £20 per month for a single night or £30 for either or both nights so you can choose. Pool kit is supplied FOC by us for six months, with the exception of mask, fins & snorkel, cylinder fees are £4 cash per session if you need one. We have a club group WhatsApp so you can chat with other members of the club and arrange diving & a public Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/belowthesurfacediveschool where trips are advertised and a monthly news letter letting you know what's been happening and what's coming up.
Of course we also always have courses, so you can increase your skills. 

Of course, some courses require face to face theory sessions as standard and these are included in your course costs, but for anyone who needs a little extra support or finds reading though all that theory hard going we are here and ready to help. You just need to ask us. This is still provided free of charge.

We certainly do, we have a few items on the website but our dive centre in Hebden Bridge is probably the best stocked in the area. Our service engineers can take care of your kit too. Cylinder testing and filling is also available & your cylinders can be filled whilst you wait up to 300 bar. Club members get reduced fees on cylinder fills.
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Below the Surface
26 Albert Street 
Hebden BrIdge 
HX78PS

Call: 07967733764 or 07800871700
Email: info@belowthesurface.co.uk or use the contact system on here.