Upcoming Events

Swimming Pool - Tuesday 22 Jul, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

22 Jul
Swimming Pool - 22nd July 2025

Our weekly pool sessions are on Tuesday evenings at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ arriving at 7.15pm, getting in the water for 7.30pm. Join us for a course, or to just get in the water and blow some bubbles, snorkel or even have a swim. Booking is necessary click here to reserve your place or please contact us. For courses we need at least 1 weeks notice.


Scuba Skill Update - Tuesday 22 Jul, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

22 Jul
Scuba Skill Update - 22nd July 2025

Not dived for a while?
Need to practice before your open water training dives?

With the Ipswich Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. Our scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice the scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of a Professional. This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life.

If you are a non-certified Open Water Diver student, a Scuba Skills Update is ideal for practicing your dive skills before your open water training dives. With no fixed course duration, you can take your time and focus on the skills you need help with.

Boost your dive confidence and practice your skills with a Scuba Skills Update.

To book or for more information visit our Scuba Skills Update page or contact us.


Swimming Pool - Tuesday 29 Jul, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

29 Jul
Swimming Pool - 29th July 2025

Our weekly pool sessions are on Tuesday evenings at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ arriving at 7.15pm, getting in the water for 7.30pm. Join us for a course, or to just get in the water and blow some bubbles, snorkel or even have a swim. Booking is necessary click here to reserve your place or please contact us. For courses we need at least 1 weeks notice.


Try Scuba - Tuesday 29 Jul, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

29 Jul
Try Scuba - 29th July 2025

Have you ever thought about what it is like to scuba dive? 

Then start 2025 and come scuba diving!

Our Try Scuba programme is the best way to try scuba diving and experience the magical underwater world for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this 90-minute session, you will have earned our Try Scuba recognition card, which we register with SSI and undoubtedly you will want to go diving again.

To book on, for more information and to see what is included, visit our try scuba page.


Stress and Rescue - Tuesday 29 Jul, 9:30 am - 5 pm

29 Jul
Stress and Rescue - Beginning 29th July 2025

In our SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program, we will teach you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. 

You will learn:

How to identify stress
How to prevent accidents
How to conduct rescues
How to provide emergency care.

Through online learning, and a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations.

Increase your diving confidence and skills with the support of Ipswich Scuba. 

For more information, dates and to book click here


Come and Dive Norfolk with us - Saturday 2 Aug, 7:15 am - 5 pm

2 Aug
Come and Dive Norfolk with us - Saturday 2nd August

Hopefully, the weather will hold out and the visibility will be good for us to go diving the North Norfolk coast.

From the chalk reefs of Sherringham and East Runton to the Roasalie Wreck, we hope to enjoy 2 dives at 2 different sites for a day diving of the North Norfolk Coast.  For more information visit our Norfolk Diving Day Page

To register your interest so you get details nearer the time please contact us.


Swimming Pool - Tuesday 5 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

5 Aug
Swimming Pool - 5th August 2025

Our weekly pool sessions are on Tuesday evenings at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ arriving at 7.15pm, getting in the water for 7.30pm. Join us for a course, or to just get in the water and blow some bubbles, snorkel or even have a swim. Booking is necessary click here to reserve your place or please contact us. For courses we need at least 1 weeks notice.


Scuba Skill Update - Tuesday 5 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

5 Aug
Scuba Skill Update - 5th August 2025

Not dived for a while?
Need to practice before your open water training dives?

With the Ipswich Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. Our scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice the scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of a Professional. This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life.

If you are a non-certified Open Water Diver student, a Scuba Skills Update is ideal for practicing your dive skills before your open water training dives. With no fixed course duration, you can take your time and focus on the skills you need help with.

Boost your dive confidence and practice your skills with a Scuba Skills Update.

To book or for more information visit our Scuba Skills Update page or contact us.


Scuba Explorer Starting 5th August 2025 - Tuesday 5 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

5 Aug
Scuba Explorer Starting 5th August 2025

Become an SSI Underwater Scuba Explorer with Ipswich Scuba Today!

The SSI Explorers program allows children from age 6 (for snorkeling, mermaid and freediving) and age 8 (for scuba diving) to go underwater and sample different ways they can explore the aquatic world around them. They will gain a solid foundation in ocean conservation and have the opportunity to experience four main aquatic adventures: snorkeling, scuba diving (age 8 and over), freediving, and swimming like a real mermaid. 

Besides fun for the whole family, your children will learn important life skills. These underwater adventures will enable young underwater enthusiasts to acquire important water skills, water confidence, key marine knowledge as well as improve their  self-esteem, and sense of responsibility. 

Click here for more information.


Swimming Pool - Tuesday 12 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

12 Aug
Swimming Pool -12th August 2025

Our weekly pool sessions are on Tuesday evenings at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ arriving at 7.15pm, getting in the water for 7.30pm. Join us for a course, or to just get in the water and blow some bubbles, snorkel or even have a swim. Booking is necessary click here to reserve your place or please contact us. For courses we need at least 1 weeks notice.


Try Scuba - Tuesday 12 Aug, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

12 Aug
Try Scuba  - 12th August 2025

Have you ever thought about what it is like to scuba dive? 

Then Our Try Scuba is for you!

Our Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving and experience the magical underwater world for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this 90-minute session, you will have earned our Try Scuba recognition card, which we register with SSI and undoubtedly you will want to go diving again.

To book on, for more information and to see what is included, visit our try scuba page.


Swimming Pool - Tuesday 19 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

19 Aug
Swimming Pool - 19th August 2025

Our weekly pool sessions are on Tuesday evenings at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ arriving at 7.15pm, getting in the water for 7.30pm. Join us for a course, or to just get in the water and blow some bubbles, snorkel or even have a swim. Booking is necessary click here to reserve your place or please contact us. For courses we need at least 1 weeks notice.


Scuba Skills Update - Tuesday 19 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

19 Aug
Scuba Skills Update - 19th August 2025

Not dived for a while?
Need to practice before your open water training dives?

It is easy for dive skills to get rusty and to lose confidence when you have not dived for a while. With the Ipswich Scuba Skills Update, we will get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time. Our scuba refresher course allows you to review and practice the scuba skills you learned in your Open Water Diver program, under the guidance of a Professional. This is a great course to take just before a dive holiday, so you spend less time worrying about your skills and more time admiring the marine life.

If you are a non-certified Open Water Diver student, a Scuba Skills Update is ideal for practicing your dive skills before your open water training dives. With no fixed course duration, you can take your time and focus on the skills you need help with.

Boost your dive confidence and practice your skills with a Scuba Skills Update Course, a safe and fun way to provide you with the opportunity to practice and refresh your dive skills under the guidance of a professional to get you back in the water and diving with ease in no time.

For more information visit our Scuba Skills Update page or contact us.


Dry Suit Diver - Tuesday 19 Aug, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

19 Aug
Dry Suit Diver - 19th August  & 23rd/24th August

One of our most popular courses!

Drysuit diving opens up a world of opportunities, including diving remote Arctic destinations and exploring cold-water dive sites teeming with life,  especially worthwhile if you want to dive in the UK and wish to join us on one of our exciting UK trips. 

Dry suit diving also keeps you warm on multi-dive days when you do not want to spend your time getting in and out of a cold wetsuit.

Our SSI Dry Suit Diving specialty program is the best way to become a dry suit diver and teaches you all the knowledge and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably in a dry suit. See our Dry Suit Diver page for more information. 

The course consists of some online work, one confined water orientation on the 19th August  and 2 open water dives on either the 23rd or the 24th August 2025 


Stoney Cove Weekend - Saturday 23 Aug & Sunday 24th August, 8 am - 4 pm

23 Aug
Stoney Cove Weekend - 23rd & 24th August 2025

Join us for a weekend scuba diving for fun or come and do a course with us!

Join us for both days or just for one day.

Courses we can offer over this weekend are the Open Water dives of the Open Water Diver, Dry Suit Course, Deep Diver and Wreck diver or just come join us for some social dives.

Contact us to book your place or register your interest.


Swimming Pool - Tuesday 26 Aug, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

26 Aug
Swimming Pool - 26th August 2025

Our weekly pool sessions are on Tuesday evenings at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone, Suffolk. IP9 1AZ arriving at 7.15pm, getting in the water for 7.30pm. Join us for a course, or to just get in the water and blow some bubbles, snorkel or even have a swim. Booking is necessary click here to reserve your place or please contact us. For courses we need at least 1 weeks notice.


Try Scuba - Tuesday 26 Aug, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

26 Aug
Try Scuba - 26th August 2025

Have you ever thought about what it is like to scuba dive? 

Then Our Try Scuba is for you!

Our Try Scuba programme is the best way to try scuba diving and experience the magical underwater world for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this 90-minute session, you will have earned our Try Scuba recognition card, which we register with SSI and undoubtedly you will want to go diving again.

To book on, for more information and to see what is included, visit our try scuba page.


3 day diving Portland - Thursday 28 Aug-Sunday 21 August, 7:15 am - 5 pm

28 Aug
3 day diving Portland

Ipswich Scuba has teamed up with Sea Leopard to offer you 3 days diving the Jurassic coastline of Portland where you will find a abundance of reef and ledges which are home to a huge variety of marine life. 

Join us for 3 days of diving a haven for dive warships, submarines, old sailing ships there are plenty of wrecks to explore and with thriving life from dead mans fingers nudibranchs, octopus to seals;  you will not be disappointed. 

Visit out Portland page for more information.


Open Water Diver - Tuesday 2 Sep, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

2 Sep
Open Water Diver - Starting 2nd September

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver.

With our personalised training, combined with theory, confined water and open water practice sessions, we will ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater and you will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

For more information of the course details please visit our open water diver page. 

Dates for this program are scheduled as:

  1. Registration at shop before your course
  2. Confined Water Sessions - Tuesdays 7.15 pm - 9 pm at the swimming pool
    Tuesday 2nd September
    Tuesday 9th September
    Tuesday 16th September
    Tuesday 23rd September
    Tuesday 30th September
  3. Open Water weekend  - Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October
  4. Theory session in shop - to be arranged. 

Decompression Diver - Saturday 6 Sep, 9.30 am - 1 pm

6 Sep
Decompression Diver - Starting 6th September 2025

The opportunities to expand your diving adventures have just got bigger!

The SSI Decompression Diving Specialty will teach you how to dive beyond the no-decompression limits. You will learn to plan and conduct dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters with limited decompression using your recreational total diving system and a single decompression cylinder. You will learn and practice how to effectively use your dive computer features, including switching gases, gas integration, time-to-reserve, and time-to-surface. Using these computer functions will become second nature, enabling you to safely conduct dives with limited decompression without hours of dive planning.

For more information visit our Decompression Diver Page

Dates for this program are as follows:

Saturday 6th September - Theory in classroom
Tuesday 16th September - Pool Session
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September - Open Water Dives at our Stoney Cove weekend. 


React Right - Saturday 6 Sep, 9:30 am - 5 pm

6 Sep
React Right - 6th September 2025

Be prepared for an emergency with our React Right Course!

React Right is SSI’s emergency first response course. It provides you with in-depth first aid training and knowledge to act as a first responder in any medical emergency including a diving emergency. 

The SSI React Right Certification is a theory-based course - online and in-person with lots of practical applications in our well stocked classroom. 

To see the topics you will cover and to book on click here

Once you book on we will be in contact to arrange your course and assign you to the course. 

If you have done this course before then you need to book onto our React Right - Recertification. 

Any questions please contact us. 


Come and dive North Norfolk with us - Sunday 7 Sep, 7:15 am - 5 pm

7 Sep
Come and dive North Norfolk with us - Sunday 7th September 2025

Hopefully, the weather will hold out and the visibility will be good for us to go diving the North Norfolk coast.

From the chalk reefs of Sherringham and East Runton to the Roasalie Wreck, we hope to enjoy 2 dives at 2 different sites for a day diving of the North Norfolk Coast.  For more information visit our Norfolk Diving Day Page

To register your interest so you get details nearer the time please contact us.


Try Scuba - Tuesday 9 Sep, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

9 Sep
Try Scuba - 9th September 2025

Have you ever thought about what it is like to scuba dive? 

Then start 2025 and come scuba diving!

Our Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving and experience the magical underwater world for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this 90-minute session, you will have earned our Try Scuba recognition card, which we register with SSI and undoubtedly you will want to go diving again.

To book on, for more information and to see what is included, visit our try scuba page.


React Right Reactivate - Saturday 13 Sep, 9:30 am - 5 pm

13 Sep
React Right Reactivate - 13th September 2025

You have done it before but it is important to stay fresh and prepared  for an emergency with our React Right Reactivate Course!

React Right is SSI’s emergency first response course. It provides you with in-depth first aid training and knowledge to act as a first responder in any medical emergency including a diving emergency. It is recommended you keep your skills fresh every 2 years which is why we have the reactivate course. 

The SSI React Right Reactivation reminds you to relook at the online materials and attend an in-person session with lots of practical applications to refresh your first aid skills in our well stocked classroom. 

For more information and to book on click here. 


Stress and Rescue - Tuesday 29 Jul, 9:30 am - 5 pm

29 Jul
Stress and Rescue - Beginning 16th September 2025

In our SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program, we will teach you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. 

You will learn:

How to identify stress
How to prevent accidents
How to conduct rescues
How to provide emergency care.

Through online learning, and a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations.

Increase your diving confidence and skills with the support of Ipswich Scuba. 

For more information, dates and to book click here


Dry Suit Diver - Tuesday 16 Sep, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

16 Sep
Dry Suit Diver - 16th September & 27th/28th September 2025

One of our most popular courses!

Drysuit diving opens up a world of opportunities, including diving remote Arctic destinations and exploring cold-water dive sites teeming with life,  especially worthwhile if you want to dive in the UK and wish to join us on one of our exciting UK trips. 

Dry suit diving also keeps you warm on multi-dive days when you do not want to spend your time getting in and out of a cold wetsuit.

Our SSI Dry Suit Diving specialty program is the best way to become a dry suit diver and teaches you all the knowledge and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably in a dry suit. See our Dry Suit Diver page for more information. 

The course consists of some online work, one confined water orientation on the 16th September and 2 open water dives on either the 27th or 28th September 2025. 


Try Scuba - Tuesday 23 Sep, 7:15 pm - 9 pm

23 Sep
Try Scuba - 23rd September 2025

Have you ever thought about what it is like to scuba dive? 

Then start 2025 and come scuba diving!

Our Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving and experience the magical underwater world for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this 90-minute session, you will have earned our Try Scuba recognition card, which we register with SSI and undoubtedly you will want to go diving again.

To book on, for more information and to see what is included, visit our try scuba page.


Stoney Cove Weekend - Saturday 27 Sep & Sunday 28th September, 8 am - 4 pm

27 Sep
Stoney Cove Weekend - 27th & 28th September  2025

Join us for a weekend scuba diving for fun or come and do a course with us!

Join us for both days or just for one day.

Courses we can offer over this weekend are the Open Water dives of the Decompression Diving Program, the Open Water dives of the Open Water Diver, Dry Suit Course, Deep Diver and Wreck diver or just come join us for some social dives.

Contact us to book your place or register your interest.


Scuba Explorer Starting 2nd October 2025 - Thursday 2 Oct, 7.15 pm - 9 pm

2 Oct
Scuba Explorer Starting 2nd October 2025

Become an SSI Underwater Scuba Explorer with Ipswich Scuba Today!

The SSI Explorers program allows children from age 6 (for snorkeling, mermaid and freediving) and age 8 (for scuba diving) to go underwater and sample different ways they can explore the aquatic world around them. They will gain a solid foundation in ocean conservation and have the opportunity to experience four main aquatic adventures: snorkeling, scuba diving (age 8 and over), freediving, and swimming like a real mermaid. 

Besides fun for the whole family, your children will learn important life skills. These underwater adventures will enable young underwater enthusiasts to acquire important water skills, water confidence, key marine knowledge as well as improve their  self-esteem, and sense of responsibility. 

Click here for more information.


Stoney Cove Weekend - Saturday 18 Oct & Sunday 19th October, 8 am - 4 pm

18 Oct
Stoney Cove Weekend - 18th & 19th October 2025

Join us for a weekend scuba diving for fun or come and do a course with us!

Join us for both days or just for one day.

Courses we can offer over this weekend are the Open Water dives of the Open Water Diver, Dry Suit Course, Deep Diver and Wreck diver or just come join us for some social dives.

Contact us to book your place or register your interest.