New BSAC Centre Diverstime has gone into partnership with inland aquatic venue Spring Lakes to offer BSAC diver and snorkeller training in the heart of Nottinghamshire.
The brainchild of BSAC diver Mark Griffin, Diverstime operates from the Long Eaton-based centre, which boasts a range of watersports over three lakes.
With its own dedicated lake for training, Diverstime now also has its own dive shop, compressor and training rooms on the 133-acre site, offering BSAC’s Diver Training Programme as well as try dives for those thinking of giving scuba a go.
Mark said:
Diverstime has grown so fast and I would not have been able to do any of this without my awesome dive team.
Having previously ran a BSAC centre in Alicante with his late father Peter before returning to the UK in 2010, Mark continued to harbour plans to open up a new diving centre, this time closer to home. So, when in 2019 Spring Lakes Watersports Centre opened up in a disused quarry opposite his Nottingham home, he quickly recognised an opportunity.
The Diverstime team
Initially teaching scuba diving at the Spring Lakes site at weekends, Mark was approached by the venue to become its park manager. He continued to juggle his weekday job with weekend diver training until May 2023, when he finally decided to take the plunge and run Diverstime full-time.
With a team of four, Mark is currently planning on expanding the service Diverstime offers, including snorkel and SUP safaris, as well as opening up scuba opportunities for the local Scouts and Duke of Edinburgh Awards. There are also plans for Diverstime to host a diving festival at Spring Lakes later in the summer.
Now signed up as a BSAC Diver Training Centre, Mark said he was excited for the coming season:
This journey has just begun for us I can’t thank all of our customers, friends and families enough.
For more information go to www.diverstime.com
