Pirates Dive Club

Training Sites

Why Choose a RAID Certified Dive Centre?

Quality Standards
Quality Standards
All centers meet RAID's rigorous quality and safety standards
Expert Instructors
Expert Instructors
Highly trained professionals committed to your safety and success
Best Dive Sites
Best Dive Sites
Access to the Maldives' most spectacular underwater locations
Global Recognition
Global Recognition
RAID certifications recognized worldwide for your diving adventures

Training Sites

Pool

Confined Training Sessions

  • ​Located at Seaton Valley High School, Seaton Delaval
  • Exclusive use for confined sessions
  • Max depth 2m
  • Pool what3words: movements.cloth.custom
  • Parking what3words:

Capernwray

Quarry for all levels and experience

  • ​Cafe, shop and filling station
  • Changing rooms with hot showers
  • Easy Access to water
  • Various submerged attractions
  • Max depth 22m
  • what3words: lost.clean.tangent

Ellerton

Inland lake

  • ​Changing rooms with hot showers
  • Easy access to water
  • Various submerged attractions
  • Silty bottom
  • Max depth 7m
  • what3words: flopped.expect.unafraid

Beadnell Bay

Shore Diving

  • ​On the door step of Seahouses
  • Provides an excellent shore dive experience
  • Max depth 7m
  • what3words: jumped.strutted.irritate

Eyemouth

Boat Diving

  • ​One of the top 10 dive sites in UK.
  • Marine Nature Reserve
  • Access via boat with lift
  • Wrecks
  • Max depth 30+m
  • what3words: ground.calibrate.dices

Farne Islands

Boat Diving

  • ​One of the top 10 dive sites in UK.
  • Stunning marine life and playful seals
  • Access via boat with lift
  • Wrecks
  • Max depth 30+m
  • what3words: resembles.crunched.dwarves

Wastwater

Inland Lake

  • England’s deepest natural lake with a depth of 79m
  • Beautiful backdrop of Scafell Pike and ‘The Screes’
  • Exposed so wrap up warm
  • Zero facilities, we mean absolutely zero, nada, nowt, zip
  • what3words: regarding.withdraw.glass

Pool

Confined Training Sessions

  • ​Located at Seaton Valley High School, Seaton Delaval
  • Exclusive use for confined sessions
  • Max depth 2m
  • Pool what3words: movements.cloth.custom
  • Parking what3words:

Capernwray

Quarry for all levels and experience

  • ​Cafe, shop and filling station
  • Changing rooms with hot showers
  • Easy Access to water
  • Various submerged attractions
  • Max depth 22m
  • what3words: lost.clean.tangent

Ellerton

Inland lake

  • ​Changing rooms with hot showers
  • Easy access to water
  • Various submerged attractions
  • Silty bottom
  • Max depth 7m
  • what3words: flopped.expect.unafraid

Beadnell Bay

Shore Diving

  • ​On the door step of Seahouses
  • Provides an excellent shore dive experience
  • Max depth 7m
  • what3words: jumped.strutted.irritate

Eyemouth

Boat Diving

  • ​One of the top 10 dive sites in UK.
  • Marine Nature Reserve
  • Access via boat with lift
  • Wrecks
  • Max depth 30+m
  • what3words: ground.calibrate.dices

Farne Islands

Boat Diving

  • ​One of the top 10 dive sites in UK.
  • Stunning marine life and playful seals
  • Access via boat with lift
  • Wrecks
  • Max depth 30+m
  • what3words: resembles.crunched.dwarves

Wastwater

Inland Lake

  • England’s deepest natural lake with a depth of 79m
  • Beautiful backdrop of Scafell Pike and ‘The Screes’
  • Exposed so wrap up warm
  • Zero facilities, we mean absolutely zero, nada, nowt, zip
  • what3words: regarding.withdraw.glass