SCUBA April 2022 Issue 124 | Page 47

Aquarium scuba experiences in the UK

BLUE PLANET AQUARIUM Cheshire CH65 9LF A range of adult and child Diving with Sharks experiences for beginners + in the Caribbean reef exhibit the Underwater Tunnel . ( Wetsuit diving ) blueplanetaquarium . com
DEEP SEA WORLD North Queensferry KY11 1JR Scotland ’ s national aquarium , sister to the Blue Planet Aquarium , offers Junior and Adult Shark Dives , for beginners + and Shark Night Dives for qualified divers in its temperate-water Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel exhibit . ( Drysuit diving ) deepseaworld . com
SKEGNESS AQUARIUM Skegness PE25 3HH In partnership with BSAC and The Shark Trust , Skegness Aquarium offers : Shark Snorkelling Ranger , a BSAC snorkelling experience with catsharks and epaulette sharks in the Lost Lagoon for 6-11 year-olds ; and Shark Education Experiences , for qualified or unqualified divers in the Coral Ocean tank with sharks and rays . ( Wetsuit diving ) dive . skegness-aquarium . uk
THE BEAR GRYLLS ADVENTURE NEC Birmingham B40 1NT Shark Dive , including for beginners , in a tropical tank including black tip reef sharks , cownose rays , nurse sharks . A donation is made to the Shark Trust for each dive . ( Wetsuit diving ) beargryllsadventure . com
The author ’ s children at Skegness Aquarium
THE NATIONAL MARINE AQUARIUM Plymouth PL4 0LF BSAC Dive Leaders ( PADI Dive Masters or equivalent ) with an HSE Part IV medical can volunteer as part of the dive team that looks after the large array of native fish such as conger eels , sharks , rays and lobsters in the 5.5m deep , 350,000-litre Eddystone Reef exhibit . ( Volunteering ) national-aquarium . co . uk
The Shark Trust ’ s vision is a future where sharks thrive within a globally healthy marine ecosystem . sharktrust . org
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