All About Diveline

Diveline Colchester is without doubt the largest and best stocked dive shop in Colchester, it has all the major brands available from Aqualung to Zeagle with many more between, it is manned by knowledgeable and experienced divers who can offer help and advice on our extensive range of diving equipment, courses and servicing, it is also Colchester’s only PADI 5* Instructor Development Centre. Click Here to Meet some of our Team.

Diveline Colchester has been training PADI divers for over 6 years and was also known as Shark Scuba, the change to Diveline ownership gave the advantage of our immense buying power and experience in the industry and also the addition of our online shop at http://shop.diveline.co.uk!

Diveline Ipswich at over 3500 square feet is without doubt the largest dive shop in East Anglia, it is manned by knowledgeable and experienced divers who can offer help and advice on our extensive range of diving equipment, courses and servicing. Click Here to Meet some of our Team.

Diveline Ipswich has been trading for over 25 years and training PADI divers for the past 17 years, we moved into the current location some 20 years ago from the original shop which was located a short distance away in Tudenham Avenue, we have steadily grow to be the largest shop in East Anglia and now have one of the top on-line shops in the UK to match the top facilities we have here in Ipswich!

Our shop is open 6 days a week for Sales, Servicing & Training and our online shop is open 24/7 for Equipment Sales and Course Bookings

Training

 We are the Largest Dive Academy in East Anglia, we also have our own on site Heated Pool and 2 full multimedia classrooms to enable you to learn to dive at your convenience during Days, Evenings or Weekends!

We cater for divers and snorkelers alike with the largest range of masks, fins, snorkels and buoyancy vests in the area from all manufacturers.

Equipment Servicing

We now have 3 new fully equipped individual workshops for regulator & equipment servicing, cylinder testing & cleaning and finally the newest addition a drysuit repair workshop to cater for all your servicing needs.

Protect your equipment warranties: Always have your equipment serviced by an Authorised Service Centre.

We have fully trained onsite technicians for Poseidon, Aqualung, Beaver, TUSA, Dacor, Apeks, Sherwood, Suunto, Seemann Sub, Buddy, Citizen, Cressi, Waterproof, Northern Diver, O’Three, Custom Divers, Ralf Tech, Deep Outdoors, Beuchat, Zeagle and many more.

All of our technicians are manufacturer trained to the highest standard, and are able to look after all your equipment servicing needs, we also have extensive onsite IDEST approved cylinder testing facilities.

All our dive kit requires proper servicing for optimum safety, here is some advice for you to consider.

When should they be Serviced

Regulators

Should be serviced at least every year or 100 dives, whichever the sooner. This is vital to ensure that your main life support system is working to its optimum. If kit is used for teaching or rental it needs to be serviced much more frequently, this is why renting kit is often quite expensive as these costs need to be covered. A service will strip and clean all parts, replacing all necessary o rings and service spares in accordance with manufacturers recommendations. It will also include a detailed inspection to prevent problems developing. As an example a members regulator was serviced recently and found to be flooded with water. If left for any period this would have damaged the interior of the regulator. Finally your regulators will be tuned to the optimum settings.

Additionally if you are tempted to buy second hand kit the first thing you must do is get it serviced by a qualified service technician.

BCD's and Dry Suits

These also need regular maintenance. There has been more than one fatality in recent years that could have been prevented by regular dry suit maintenance. To help keep the cost down we have top quality servicing in our own manufacturer approved test and repair centre all at reasonable costs. Do not neglect having your BCD serviced, again a vital bit of kit that needs maintenance.

Cylinders

New regulations have been brought in regarding the servicing periods for cylinders, more are expected shortly regarding cylinder valves to meet European standards. In brief we recommend you always check your cylinder is in test to avoid disappointment when a dive centre refuses to fill it.

You will need a visual inspection every 2.5 years

You will need a hydrostatic test every 5 years

The following services should be part of your annual planning:-

Regulator Servicing

BCD Servicing

Hydrostatic and visual cylinder testing

Cylinder repainting

O2 cleaning

Dry suit alterations including seals, boots and zip replacement.

Computer and watch battery replacement.

Please contact us with any questions you may have about servicing

Information on New Regulations with regards to cylinders and Diveline Ltd's Policy