The NHDC Team 

During the PADI ReActivate Course you will refresh you scuba diving skills to ensure you’ll enjoy your future diving adventures. Work with from the best, most experienced and passionate instructors in the region and re-start your journey in the right way. We are committed to developing divers with outstanding skills and who share our attitude towards safe, fun and environmentally sensitive scuba diving.

NHDC & The PADI ReActivate Course

• Protect What You Love

  • We focus on buoyancy and trim a lot in our courses – way beyond the requirements. This fundamental skill takes time to master, but by the time you’re ready to go back out and dive at your favouiate sites, you will be a buoyancy expert!
  • You will be confident, competent and safe while also protecting the environment any time you dive.

• Our Community

  • We are family friendly and specialise in courses for younger divers. We’ve got equipment specifically for youngsters to keep them comfortable and warm.
  • We are passionate that Scuba Diving is a sport for everyone and anyone! We use ‘adaptive teaching’ methods for all our divers. Our course structure means you’ll have the time, space and confidence to relax and enjoy refreshing your scuba diving skills.
  • We’re a small and friendly team who will strive to help make you feel welcome as soon as you get in touch or step through the door.
  • We are the only Dive Centre in the north of the UK to have completed training with Deptherapy, a unique and special charity we’re proud to support.

• Let’s Go Diving

  • We help divers achieve their goals; we’ll adapt our methods so you don’t have to!
  • We value all our customers and strive to give each one the best customer service you’ve ever experienced
  • Once completed, you’ll have regained the skills to join us on all our dives and social events.

We’re A PADI 5* IDC Dive Centre

We are subject to PADI’s quality assurance program. This is a globally acclaimed and fully integrated approach to ensure PADI standards are maintained throughout all elements of all courses. You can rest assured that we go above and beyond the requirements of PADI.

As a 5* IDC centre, we’re able to develop the next generation of instructors and ensure our methods are at the very pinnacle of excellence!

Knowledge Review

As part of the PADI ReActivate session, you’ll complete some Knowledge Development in your own time using ReActivate eLearning (for tablets or mobile devices) or ReActivate Online (for laptops or desktop computers). Any diver that’s qualified with anther agency can use the ‘Scuba Tune Up’ manual instead.

The theory side can be completed at you own pace and can be tailored to your skills and experience level, so you’ll be able to review the skills and knowledge most relevant to you. This will be reviewed with the NHDC team during a classroom session before your pool session.

You’ll immerse yourself in dive scenarios and make decisions that test your understanding of important dive safety concepts, dive planning essentials and problem management. Move through ReActivate at your own pace and delve deeper into topics when you need or want to.

Skills Review

In the warmth and comfort of a pool, your NHDC PADI Professional will help you regain comfort and confidence in scuba diving. You’ll practice a few safety-related skills and then go over anything you specifically want to review.

The pool session can be tailored to suit you, giving you the opportunity to really get to grips with refreshing a wide range of skills or focusing on jsut a few.

Course Pre-Requisites

There aren’t very many pre-requisites; almost anyone can sign up to learn to dive!

• Min Age: 10 years old
• Medically Fit: Complete this Medical Statement and have a GP countersign it if required.
• Ability: PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver certified or above (or equivalent from another agency).

We’ll provide everything you need. We pride ourselves on ensuring there are no hidden costs.

We will provide all the basic, as well as specialised, equipment for refreshing your diving skills. Comfort is everything in scuba diving, therefore if you already have your own equipment, we’d encourage you to bring it along to keep you warm and comfortable while you dive.

We offer a range of schedules, totalling a minimum of 6 hours of ‘confined water’ training plus another 2 hours drysuit orientation before heading to the open water dive site for a weekend of fun and adventure.

Each pool session lasts up to 4 hours (with up to 3 hours ‘in water’) and take place on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon at Macclesfield or Congleton Leisure Centres.

Knowledge Development can be completed at your own pace but will be reviewed with the NHDC team at our Dive Centre before your first pool based confined water session.

Open Water dives are completed over two days, usually a weekend, with weekends arranged each month.

New Horizons aims to be flexible with arranging the PADI Open Water Diver Course timetable to suit your schedule so if the scheduled dates are not convenient please give us a call to discuss suitable alternatives and develop a Tailor Made Package, just for you!

Let us know you want to join us! Simply send us a Course Booking Form and completed Medical Statement. Once we’ve received your deposit we’ll issue your course materials, so you can get started straight away!

Get in touch for our bank account details or to make payment over the phone.

Your place will be confirmed on receipt of the Course Medical Statement (Countersigned by a GP if required). Please note, we will not be able to start any in water activities without one!