From then to now… our dive centres

About us

Welcome to North Wales only PADI Five Star Instructor Development Centre!

2022 Statistics

Our History… So Far

March 1, 2015

Duttons divers born!

Clare, our director purchase a trailer and travelled around the UK teaching PADI Courses as a feelance instructor.

March 1, 2015
February 1, 2016

Vivian Dive Centre

Jean, our second director joined the buisiness and the purchase of Vivian Quarry was made.

February 1, 2016
April 1, 2016

Little Viv

Our 7.8 meter dive boat was purchase from Southhampton and work began to turn her into a bespoke dive boat.

April 1, 2016
January 1, 2019

Course Director

Clare was accepted as the youngest UK candidate to join the PADI Course Director programme in the Dominican Republic… she passed!

January 1, 2019
September 1, 2017

PADI IDC Centre

The dive centre was awarded the highest level of PADI Centre…. 5* IDC status, the only one in North Wales then… and now.!

September 1, 2017
March 1, 2021

Hafan Marina Dive Centre

The second location in in Pwllheli was purchased. With a shop and indoor pool added to the site. Our dive boats are also here.

March 1, 2021
January 1, 2022

RYA Accredited centre

The team completed the RYA instructor training courses and the centre was awarded the title of RYA training centre to offer Level 1 & 2 powerboat courses..

January 1, 2022
November 1, 2022

SeaQuest

Our second dive boat came to Pwllheli! A hard boat offering more distant dive trips both guided & unguided, equipped with toilet facilities and kitchen.

November 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

Anglesey Dive Centre

Our third dive centre was announced, offer a base on Anglesey with a fully stocked shop, servicing, training and guided dives.

December 1, 2022

Our facilities & equipment

Dive equipment

High quality equipment is important to us, which is why we only select the best brands. At all of our centres you will find Santi drysuits, Mares BCD’s & Regulators, Fourth Element wetsuits & ancillary equipment. All of our equipment is regularly serviced, and fully replaced every 2 years.

Quarry

We have our own quarry site, Vivian. The site is well maintained and boasts a historic element to explore during your training or dives here, with the underwater slate ruins. Having our own training site is important to us, to ensure we can offer bespoke training, smaller groups and with no time constraints.

Training pool

Our own training pool is on site at Hafan Marina Dive Centre to allow us to flexibly offer your course, and cater for all levels of experience. 

Dive Boats

With our own dive boats, we can select the dive sites that we go to, we cater for both small and large groups and go when ever you ask us to. It is important to us to keep our boats well maintained which is why so much effort is taken in their upkeep. See Little viv and our new 2023 dive boat, SeaQuest.