If you're the instructor, dive school owner or the training officer of a club, you'll know all too well just how difficult it can be to find dive sites that suit your training needs. Few locations tick all the right boxes above and below the water but we like to think that Vobster Quay is one of them - whether you're putting trainee divers in open water for the very first time or running a cutting-edge tech course, there's plenty of good reasons to give us a try...

Since we first opened our gates in 2003, thousands of divers have learnt to dive at Vobster Quay. From humble beginnings to advanced technical training, Vobster's unique blend of varied diving and excellent facilities have made it the choice of instructors from every training agency. What Vobster lacks in sea salt, it more than makes up for in terms of pure logistical simplicity...

TEACH AT VOBSTER AND SAVE MONEY! Whether you're teaching professionally or within a club, we appreciate that every pound counts. To make life a little easier on your wallet, we offer instructors FREE ENTRY to the site providing they're accompanied by four paying students (see conditions). For every four additional students you bring along, one member of your staff also gets in for free...

There's a lot more to running a successful diving course than what goes on in the water. At Vobster Quay, we're geared specifically to ensuring that everything you and your students need is on hand and at your convenience...

• Parking - With two large car parks including one close to the waters edge, keeping your group together has never been so easy. We even offer reserved parking for your dive school van!
   
• Fast Track Entry - Time is precious so the speed at which your students get signed in and through the gate is all important. To speed the process up, we provide a Group Booking Form which you can download, fill out and bring along with you on the day...
   
• Changing Facilities - The days of getting changed in the back of a damp old van are well and truly over! Our changing facilities are clean and spacious and we even offer free hot showers and a loo for disabled divers.
   
• Food Catering - A well-fed student is a happy student! Offering a full range of hot and cold food and drinks, our catering facilities offer a fast and efficient way of keeping your students fed with minimal disruption to your training schedule.
   
• Equipment Hire - There's nothing worse than turning up at a dive site only to discover that you're short of equipment! At Vobster Quay, that's not a problem as our hire department offers a full range of equipment for hire at competitive prices including BCDs, regulators, masks, fins, semidrys and even drysuits.
   
• Cylinder Fills - Whether you need air, nitrox or even trimix, our onsite filling station can pump tanks up to 300-bar. Breathing Air and Nitrox cylinders are also available for hire.
   
• Classroom - Need somewhere warm and dry to run theory sessions or just to debrief your students? Why not hire our classroom? Standard equipment provided includes a large TV with a video and DVD player. Our classroom is available for hire at full or half day rates.
   
• Shelter - Getting wet on a dive is all part of the fun but that's certainly not the case when you're on the surface! We've provided a large marquee with seating to keep you and your students dry should the weather decide not to play ball.

Running dive courses in the UK can be hit and miss at the best of times. Even in the middle of summer, a little bit of wind in the wrong direction is all it needs to scupper your training plans before they even get started. At Vobster Quay, though, weather is never an issue - come rain or shine, the diving is guaranteed...

• Weather - No more cancelled dives due to bad weather. Our sheltered position means you can put students into the water regardless of what the weather is doing...
   
• Training Platforms - With training platforms dotted around the lake at depths from 6m to 36m, group control and running skills becomes so much easier...
   
• Varied Diving - With a range of dive attractions spread out across a range of depths between 6m and 36m, Vobster can be used to run a wide variety of courses from basic open water, deep diving and nitrox specialties to technical and even wreck penetration training!
   
• Safety - Our highly trained staff are on hand to provide assistance should you get into difficulties. With boat cover and personnel trained in first aid and oxygen administration on hand to provide back up to your own safety cover, there's no safer place to conduct open water training...