Belinda Cox
I am thoroughly impressed by the friendliness, professionalism and dedication of the Subaquaholics team. Learning to dive with them has been a positive and entertaining experience, and they have guided me through the challenges of the courses with patience and good humour! I'm really looking forward to continuing to learn with them. The weekends away are awesome too!!
TimJust wanted to say a huge thank you to Olly and Ash for their excellent tuition (and patience) over the weekend at Vobster Quay. Josh and I had a fantastic time...made all the more satisfying as we passed our exam! Tim and Josh (Guy)
PaulSubaquaholics have restored my faith in PADI having previously joined another club that had badly let me down. Great training that is taken seriously but also fun and a great club that can't do enough for you!
About Us
"Five years on, Subaquaholics is now one of the most highly regarded dive centres in the United Kingdom and especially in the South West and Bristol."
Subaquaholics story began on a beach in Cornwall in 2003 where Spike and Lou first met. Spike was an assistant instructor and Lou was a Divemaster. Spike had learned to dive at the age of 10, back home in Morpeth, Northumberland and then went on to join the university dive club when he moved to Bristol to study aeronautical engineering. Lou started diving in 1998 with a dive club in Birmingham and was soon helping to organise dive trip weekends.
In 2003 an opportunity to organise and run a regular weekly pool session came along, so Spike and Lou set about marketing the idea of teaching people to dive and soon had their first group of students to teach, and in 2005 Subaquaholics was born. From their passion for diving and their desire to pass this enthusiasm on to everyone, initially the dive school and club were running alongside their full time jobs. Spike had his own recruitment business and Lou was a successful medical sales manager.
It was a couple of years later that Spike excitedly passed on the news of the local dive shop being up for sale, and Lou holding their 4 week old baby, stared at him as if he had gone completely potty!
Well, 5 years on and Subaquaholics is now one of the most highly regarded dive centres in the UK and especially in the South west. This has been achieved through plenty of hard work and a strong belief that as a team they have exactly what is needed to inject masses of enthusiasm, and pass on their wealth of experience to everyone who passes through the door.
Spike has used his engineering and technical background to become one of the few service technicians, who really does know everything about servicing all types of equipment. He has gained a fantastic reputation in all areas of the scuba industry, due to his flair and expertise.
The dream for the future is to keep building on these foundations and continue to offer a first class service and inspiration to anyone who is keen to discover the underwater world. The long term goal is to design and build a ‘state of the art’ dive centre.
"Five years on, Subaquaholics is now one of the most highly regarded dive centres in the United Kingdom and especially in the South West and Bristol."In 2003 an opportunity to organise and run a regular weekly pool session came along, so Spike and Lou set about marketing the idea of teaching people to dive and soon had their first group of students to teach, and in 2005 Subaquaholics was born. From their passion for diving and their desire to pass this enthusiasm on to everyone, initially the dive school and club were running alongside their full time jobs. Spike had his own recruitment business and Lou was a successful medical sales manager.It was a couple of years later that Spike excitedly passed on the news of the local dive shop being up for sale, and Lou holding their 4 week old baby, stared at him as if he had gone completely potty!
Well, 5 years on and Subaquaholics is now one of the most highly regarded dive centres in the UK and especially in the South west. This has been achieved through plenty of hard work and a strong belief that as a team they have exactly what is needed to inject masses of enthusiasm, and pass on their wealth of experience to everyone who passes through the door.
Spike has used his engineering and technical background to become one of the few service technicians, who really does know everything about servicing all types of equipment. He has gained a fantastic reputation in all areas of the scuba industry, due to his flair and expertise.
The dream for the future is to keep building on these foundations and continue to offer a first class service and inspiration to anyone who is keen to discover the underwater world. The long term goal is to design and build a ‘state of the art’ dive centre.