Scuba gear repair is done here, in-house. The kit you buy from us is the kit we look after. We also service gear you bought elsewhere.
Scuba gear repair and servicing
Regulators. A regulator should be serviced on schedule. Not when it starts breathing badly. By then you are already diving something you should not be.
Our regulator servicing covers the first stage, the second stage, the octopus and the inflator hose. We strip it down. We clean it. We replace the service-kit parts. Then we reassemble it and bench-test it before it goes back to you.
The bench test matters. We check intermediate pressure and cracking effort against spec. A regulator can look fine and still breathe wet or stiff at depth. The numbers tell you before the water does.
We are an authorised Cressi dealer. Cressi units are serviced with genuine parts.
BCDs. Inflator valves, dump valves, bladder leaks and power inflator rebuilds. Every job gets a full leak test afterwards. Most BCDs that people think need replacing just need a valve service.
Dive computers. Battery and seal changes, and a pressure check afterwards. A battery swap done without a fresh O-ring is how computers flood.
When scuba gear repair is not worth it
Sometimes it is cheaper to replace than to repair. We will tell you when that is the case.
A twenty-year-old regulator with no parts support is not worth a service. Neither is a BCD with a bladder that has gone brittle all over. We would rather say so than take your money for a service that buys you one season.
Bring it in and we will look at it with you. You get an honest answer either way.
Cylinders: refills and testing
We do air tank refills for your own cylinders. We also do hydro testing and visual inspection, so your tanks stay in test.
This matters more than people expect. A cylinder out of test cannot legally be filled. Most dive centres will refuse it, and they are right to.
It is also the thing divers forget most often. Check your test date before the weekend. Not on the morning of the dive.
If yours is due for replacement rather than retesting, browse our tanks and cylinders.
Rental
We offer rental of tanks, dive gear and dive computers.
It is worth using in three situations. A first trip, before you commit to buying anything. A visitor who did not bring kit. And trying a dive computer for a few dives before you choose one.
That last one saves people real money. Computers differ more in how they feel to use than in what they do. A weekend with one tells you more than any review.
If you rent a computer and then buy it, we will set the new one up the way you had it.
PADI courses
We are a PADI facility. We run PADI certification from entry level through to Divemaster.
Not sure which course you are ready for? Tell us what you have already done. We will point you at the right one rather than the next one up.
Everyone who teaches here dives here. That is why we would rather talk it through than sell you a package off a list.
What to bring in for scuba gear repair
Bring the whole set, not just the part that is misbehaving. A second stage that breathes badly is often a first stage problem.
Tell us when it was last serviced, if you know. Tell us what it is actually doing, and when. Breathing wet only at depth, free-flowing on the surface, a slow sink in the BCD overnight: each one points somewhere different.
If you have the original service records, bring them. If you do not, it is not a problem.
Getting your gear to us
Drop it in and we will go through it with you at the counter. That is faster than any amount of messaging.
If you cannot get to us, contact us first. Tell us what it is and what it is doing. We will tell you what is likely involved before you make the trip.
Looking for parts rather than a service? We stock spare parts and service items. You can see the full range in our shop, or start with regulators and BCDs.
