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Andark Diving
Southampton, Lower SwanwickAbout this dive shop
Based in Southampton, Andark is the UK’s largest and most established dive centre, offering everything from beginner courses to professional PADI Instructor training. As a PADI 5★ CDC Centre, we also deliver HSE Commercial Diver Scuba Courses, opening doors to careers in scientific research, marine biology, underwater photography, film, and civil engineering diving. Train entirely on-site with our purpose-built facilities – a heated 3.4m indoor pool, a 7m training lake, three modern classrooms, and a café with free Wi-Fi, warm showers, and changing rooms. Our retail superstore is the largest diving and watersports shop in the UK, stocked with all your favourite brands – and exclusive student discounts when you train with us. Whether you’re taking your first breaths underwater or advancing to professional level, Andark has everything you need in one place. Come dive in and start your underwater adventure today!
Activities offered
Activity Adaptive Diving
Activity Conservation
Activity PADI First Aid - EFR
Activity PADI Snorkelling
Activity PADI TecRec
Services
Facilities
Adaptive Services
Equipment Rental
Equipment Service & Repair
Payment Methods
Staff
- PADI Instructors
- 39
Languages
- English
Marine life
Marine Life
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Opening hours
Closed now- Monday
- 09:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Tuesday
- 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 09:00 AM - 06:30 PM
- Thursday
- 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Friday
- 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Saturday
- 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Sunday
- 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
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Where this dive shop may take you
Dive sites around Southampton
Bracklesham Bay Valentine Tank
United Kingdom
A Mark 3 type IX Valentine Duplex Drive tank lost during exercise Fabius III in Bracklesham Bay in May 1944. Sits upright in 12m on the edge of a sandbar.
Nearby
33.3 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Nab Tower
United Kingdom
The Nab Tower was a tower planned for anti-submarine protection in the Solent in World War I. It was sunk over the Nab rocks east of the Isle of Wight to replace a lightship after the war, and is a well-known landmark for sailors as it marks the deep-water eastern entry into the Solent. Max depth about 20m.
Nearby
33.8 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Bracklesham Bay Landing Craft
United Kingdom
The Bracklesham Bay Landing Craft is US Navy LCT548 (Landing Craft Tank) which lies in 10m of water in Bracklesham Bay, upside down! This is an ideal Wreck site for new and inexperienced wreck divers.
Nearby
34.4 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Fossil Beds
United Kingdom
Bracklesham Bay contains clay sediments deposited 46 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. These clay beds are now being eroded resulting in significant quantities of fossilised shark and ray teeth being exposed. This simple Drift Dive will give you a chance to find some Fossils.
Nearby
35.2 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Oasis Swimming Pool
United Kingdom
The Oasis Swimming Pool, part of the Bunn Leisure complex, is regular scheduled on Wednesday / Thursday evenings and early Saturday mornings for both Scuba and Freediving.
Nearby
38.0 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
Selsey Lifeboat Station
United Kingdom
Excellent shore dive that can provide a variety of experiences; most people dive on / near Slack water (HW-4 or HW+3, times impacted by Tide) and can also be a drift dive on either flood or ebb tides; suitable for night diving - use Surface Marker Buoy at all times due to Lifeboat / Fishing boat traffic.
Nearby
40.1 km away. This shop may organize trips here.
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