Notice of site closure
The National Diving & Activity Centre is permanently closed. We are not taking bookings for leisure activities or public diving.
We’d like to thank all our customers for their support over the years.
Opening Times
Diving Times
We are open for scuba diving during weekends.
Activity Times
The Wire Zip Slide and Atlantis Aqua Park are available to book now for dates during the summer. Other activities such as the Giant 3G Swing will remain closed at this stage
Please see our full opening times ›
Activities & Events
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Centre Information
National Diving & Activity Centre
Tidenham
Chepstow
Gloucestershire
NP16 7LQ
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Please be advised that the NDAC office is closed Monday to Thursday, so emails and phone calls may not be responded to during this time. Depending on when you make your enquiry it may take a few days before we can get back in touch with you.
Please be advised that the NDAC office is closed Monday to Thursday, the main phone line is currently not manned and has no answerphone system in place. Emails are responded to daily so please use our contact form or email
with any urgent matters.
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Monmouthshire
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The Wye Valley combines a unique blend of Welsh and
English influences. A place of breathtaking natural
scenery and the birthplace of British tourism,
the Wye Tour has enthralled discerning visitors since
the 18th Century.
With awesome castles, bustling market towns, fresh-farm
produce, an artisan tradition, generous hospitality,
and sunshine and showers, the Wye Valley is
a captivating experience that treats the senses at any
time of year.
01633
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http://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/
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Forest
of Dean Tourism Association
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Nestling between the Wye Valley, the Vale of Leadon
and the Severn Vale, the Royal Forest of Dean is one
of Englands few remaining ancient forests, covering
27,000 acres of woodland. Designated as a National Forest
Park in 1938, this Queen of Forests boasts
a spectacular range of natural beauty combined with
an aura of magic and mystery that has been the inspiration
for many great artists and writers including Dennis
Potter, JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling.
Tel
01594 812 388
www.wyedeantourism.co.uk/
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Bristol
Airport Guide
Bristol
Airport Guide
The Bristol Airport Guide is the definitive
resource to help you find everything you need when
travelling to, from and around Bristol Airport.
www.bristol-airport-guide.co.uk
Bristol
Transport - Rail, Coach and Bus
Bristol airport is easily accessible from the North
and South of England via the M5 and from Wales and
East of England on the M4 using both private and public
transport. Explore the link below to find out which
method of getting to Bristol is best for you.
www.bristol-airport-guide.co.uk/transport.html
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Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC)
The
Diving Diseases Research Centre or 'DDRC' was established
in 1980 to research the effects of diving on human physiology.
It is the largest & busiest Hyperbaric Medical Centre
in the South West and is located at The Hyperbaric Medical
Centre in Plymouth.
DDRC are a world authority on Hyperbaric Medical Treatments
and their website contains many Publications detailing
the work carried out in association with the Centre.
Patients at DDRC include both routine & emergency
cases.
The
Centre is also an education and training base for Diving,
Medical, Clinical & Hyperbaric courses and is able
to arrange all your Diving Medical Examination needs.
Their
website has a wealth of information and is well worth
a look.
www.ddrc.org
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British Freediving Association
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The
British Freediving Association exists to promote safe
freediving. Find out more about this aspect of diving
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Saltfree Freediving Group
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SaltFree
are a group of freedivers and their scuba safety team
united by a love for plunging into the depths of The National
Diving and Activity Centre, a deep, green and unashamedly
beautiful flooded quarry near Chepstow.
NDAC
is the first site of its kind to welcome freedivers.
For
further details on SaltFreeDivers and this this fascinating
sport, have a look at their page on our site
more>
or check out there website at www.saltfreedivers.com
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cavedivinggroup.org.uk
Find out more about this exciting aspect of diving
at the official Web Site of the Cave Diving Group
of Great Britain more> |
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www.londondivingchamber.co.uk
Based
in St Johns Wood; the London Diving Chamber offers NHS
funded recompression and a 24 hr advice line for
divers with decompression illness.
Other services include: dive medicals, dry diving, dive
medicine, travel advice for divers, diver medic & chamber
awareness courses.
For information on decompression illness, dive medicine
and the history of hyperbaric medicine, please take a
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www.westbaydiving.co.uk
Dive
Charter & Corporate Events
Ideally
positioned along the middle of Lyme Bays coastline, West
Bay has access to over 60 known wrecks and many superb
reef and drift dives with an abundance of incredibly diverse
marine life.
West
Bay Diving now operates a new, fast, 10.5 Vigilante 33
hard boat, MCA coded and licensed to carry 12 passengers
up to 60 miles offshore. There is a huge kitting up bench
and a dive lift on the back as well as toilet facilities
onboard.
For
further details, please visit their website. more>
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The Holiday Place
Booking with Holiday Place is the most convenient way to create a holiday that you can be sure will suit you, without the big price tag. All you have to do is ring us and our travel advisers take care of the rest.
Scuba Diving Holidays
Explore the amazing world hiding under the surface and discover the colourful beauty of amazing sea creatures and thriving marine life hidden beneath some of the world's warmest waters. With our scuba diving holidays you'll be embarking on unique journeys along the mysterious depths of the seas.
Whether you're an avid diver with lots of immersions under your belt (or should we say tank?) or you are a complete beginner eager to learn how to scuba dive during a holiday in a sunny destination, we have the right scuba package for you.
Go deep with our expertly packaged scuba diving holidays and choose from some of the world's most fascinating underwater landscapes. Our scuba diving destinations range from the sunkissed shores of Maria La Gorda to the impressive coral systems in Cuba's Jardines del Rey archipelago (the second largest in the world) to the aquatic wonders hiding beneath the Red Sea coast at SHarm El Sheikh and Hurghada.
From liveaboard holidays (where you'll be enjoying days of non-stop diving as you sail along the seas in a floating hotel vessel) to specially arranged underwater excursions in desert island paradises in the Caribbean or popular beachside resorts in the Red Sea, we have a scuba diving holiday to suit every traveller.
We have an expert diver onboard who has personally tried and tested all of the scuba diving packages we feature, so you can give us a call and let his expertise guide you on your next underwater adventure.
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London Hyperbaric Medicine London’s leading Hyperbaric facility for all emergency and elective Hyperbaric Oxygen services in London and southeast England.
Incorporating: Divers Emergency Service -UK – Providing 24/7, confidential medical advice and NHS funded treatment to professional and recreational SCUBA divers suffering from decompression illness (treatment for the bends or DCI) and
The Hyperbaric and Wound Healing Centre, serving all of London’s leading hospitals and national emergency referral agencies.
Both our chambers provide a one-stop-shop for medical advice, all diving medicals, treatment for DCI, dry dives (chamber dives) and educational courses. Our team consists of qualified, competent and diver-friendly professionals. All supervisors and most nurses and doctors are active divers.
Our website includes information about decompression illness, avoiding it, symptoms and treatment of the bends. You can also browse all the courses, book a medical or a dry dive and learn about our team. We have an active community and encourage you to join our facebook page, follow us on Twitter and read our blog, all of which will allow you to chat directly to us and post your comments and questions.
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The Diver Clinic
Based in Poole, Dorset and Reading, Berkshire, The Diver Clinic is an NHS funded hyperbaric medical facility providing 24 hour/365 days a year medical advice and treatment for divers with decompression illness and arterial gas embolism. We also offer HSE Diving Medicals and UK Sport Diving Medicals as well as chamber dry dives and awareness courses.
For information on recognising decompression illness and its treatment, dive medicine and medical questions, please take a look at our website»
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Blue Water Freediving
Blue Water Freediving School offers Freediving courses, our venues are in London (Kentish Town) and Hertfordshire (WARE).
We provide high quality freediving instruction from entry level course through to instructor level training. We also provide one to one training and private coaching.
All of our courses are run in small groups of students.
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Scuba
Diving Clubs
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Torbay
British Sub Aqua Club
Torbay British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) based at Torquay Harbour,
Torbay was the eighth BSAC club. Founded in 1954 it is
still a thriving dive club. The club meets every Wednesday,
come rain or shine, at 9pm at Torbay Hospital Health and
Social Club to socialize, train and arrange dives. All
divers welcome regardless of training body. more> |
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Lutterworth
Divers Sub Aqua Club
Lutterworth Sub Aqua Club is a BSAC affiliated diving
club based in Leicestershire. We offer scuba diver training
for the complete beginner in a club environment, or if
you are already trained by another organisation such as
PADI we can also offer a crossover scheme.
The
Club meets most Tuesdays where a Try Dive can be arranged.
The club has 11 sets of gear and two modern dive boats
to support trips and holidays. Your experience doesn't
have to stop there, as there are a number of skill development
courses that can be attended to learn boat handling, first
aid, to name a few. We also hold regular social activities. more> |
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Dive
Northampton
DIVE Northampton incorporates the long established Dive
School
Northampton Sub-Aqua.
The club holds regular pool sessions
and meets on a Thursday and Sunday evening after the Club
Pool Session. The Pool is ideal for practice (try out
that new equipment) and for training. We cannot promise
that you will see too many fish, but we can promise you
a great time! After the pool session the fun continues
in the Restaurant and Bar situated in the same building
as the Pool, where great food and cheap drinks are served
till late at night. Lots of club members come to these
sessions to arrange trips and to meet new friends.
DIVE Northampton is a full Dive Centre offering a full
range of Diving & Scuba Equipment, Air and Enriched
Air (Nitrox) Fills to 300 bar and a PADI & ANDI Dive
School. more> |
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Red
Dragon Divers
Red Dragon Divers is a small, friendly and active scuba
diving club and is branch 0495 of the British Sub Aqua
Club (BSAC).
We are based in Pembrokeshire and make the most of our
diving in the Gulf Stream warmed waters of Britain's only
coastal national park. We dive from Easter until autumn
each year on Wednesday evenings, Sundays and on Saturdays
when people are free, tides and weather conditions permitting,
of course.
We
also try to have a diving week towards the end of each
summer when as many of us as possible take the boats out
to dive old favourites and to try out new dive sites. more> |
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Mid
Lancs Sub Aqua Club
Mid-Lancs Sub-Aqua Club is a branch of the British Sub-Aqua
Club, the most prestigious recreational diver training
organisation in the world.
As such, Mid-Lancs Sub-Aqua Club is a branch of a 'Members
Club' - totally non-commercial but not at all amateurish.
Mid-Lancs Sub-Aqua Club was formed in 2005 and trains
new divers, as well as accepting existing divers from
both BS-AC and other training organisations, we also organise
interesting and adventurous diving expeditions both within
the UK and overseas.
Since its inception in 2005, Mid-Lancs Sub-Aqua Club has
continued to grow and flourish. From the beginning, Mid-Lancs
Sub-Aqua Club has made provision to accept members from
the age of 12 in accordance with BSAC guidelines, and
is also proud to have a number of junior members within
the club.
There's never a shortage of dive buddies within the club,
as virtually every weekend and even on occasions during
mid week club members are going diving. more> |
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Hexam
Sub Aqua Club
Try Scuba Diving in Northumberland and the spectacular
North East coast with the Hexham branch of BSAC (British
Sub Aqua Club).
We are a small friendly club, open to anyone interested
in the growing sport of SCUBA (Sub Aqua Diving) in the
UK or overseas.
Total beginners or experienced qualified divers are welcome.
If you have had a try-dive or experienced SCUBA on holiday
(maybe you have gained a PADI Open Water qualification)
why not contact us and join our adventures - from a small
quarry on Hadrian's Wall, to the Red Sea or the Maldives!
Joining Hexham Sub Aqua Club would allow you access to
our own in-house training, equipment, and dive boat facilities
as well as access to the resources of BSAC, the world's
largest SCUBA diving club.
We have a unique meeting room/lecture/bar facility available
to members every Wednesday evening from 7.30. more> |
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Leamington
& Warwick British Sub-Aqua Club
We are the Leamington & Warwick British Sub-Aqua Club.
Founded in 1957 and based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire,
our club is run by its members for its members, to provide
an environment where people can meet to go scuba diving.
We are also Branch No. 217 of the British Sub-Aqua Club,
a nationwide scuba diving organisation and the governing
body for the sport in the UK..
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Wellington
and Taunton Sub Aqua Club
The Taunton Sub Aqua Club was registered as BSAC Branch
no. 10 in the spring of 1954 - We're over 50 years old!
We have invested heavily in training and have acquired
enough equipment for training up to 14 novices at the
same time. In 1996 the club won a lottery grant which
enabled us to build our own 35 foot 'Offshore 105' hardboat
which is based in Plymouth. The boat has a 350hp inboard
marine diesel engine and a large wheelhouse to accommodate
everyone onboard. The club tries to maintain a busy
and varied diving schedule catering for newly qualified
divers and experienced divers looking for a challenge.
We meet every Wednesday at the Trident Sports &
Social Club in Taunton. If you'd like to find out more
about us come along to one of our meetings or contact
us. more>
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www.seafarertraining.co.uk
Seafarer Training offer essential training courses for
the leisure boater.
They specialise in providing training of the RYA theory
courses regarding health, safety, collision avoidance
and rescue. All of the courses are suitable for the novice
boat handler or sailor as well as the more experienced
leisure boater professional who requires certain certificates
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practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and
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