Lakeside Diving and Watersports Centre offers the most exciting range of activities in Essex. The 22 acre lake adjacent to the Lakeside Shopping Centre provides a great range of water based activities including Sailing, Windsurfing, Kayaking, Powerboating, Rowing Boats, Pedalos and Fishing.If you need the best in Diving or Watersports advice, service or equipment then get in touch.We match genuine internet price's 'Have a go' at Sailing Windsurfing and Kayaking, sessions are running most days and evenings in the summer. You can try one of these exciting sports. Book your place in advance, all bookings on a first come first serve basis. Regular courses also running throughout the summer, just follow the Royal Yachting Association and British Canoe Union Courses link. Drop in and take out a Pedalo, Rowing Boat or Kayak from the NEW Boardwalk at Lakeside this weekend.. Brilliant fun while your partner is enjoying the exciting shopping facilities. Free parking adjacent to the centre. The centre also offers the following courses.Please click below for detail's:
The shop has everything you need, from weights-clothing-wetsuits & dive cylinders. New equipment from top suppliers - Scubapro - Mares - Poseidon -Apeks - Typhoon- O'Neill- Bowstone - Lumb Bros - Suunto - Bodyglove - Musto - Fourth Element - Weezle- Seven Tenths - Sea & Sea - Ocean Kayak's - Robson Kayak's - Crewsaver - Yak - Beaver - Citizen watches - Custom Divers - Dive Rite - Bare Wet & Dry Suits - Analox O2 & Helium analyser's - Faber - AP valves - OMS -Dirty Dog - Northern Diver - Aquatec - Delta Vr3 - Camaro - Gul - Pontoon Boats etc all at very competitive prices. Click to see Helium -O2 and Sofnolime Delivery We supply Air Fills to 300bar for Air Gunners & Divers also Nitrox - Trimix - Argon and Sofnolime.Gas price's O2 0.9p ltr - He 1.4p ltr , eg 16/40 Twin 12ltr 230bar £40 we also do top off's and fill J size cylinders with Helium 1p ltr & O2 0.6p ltr - Sofnolime £65.00 for 20 kg tub.Services to Regs, Repairs to dry suits and cylinder testing is carried out "In House" by top service technicians. We Match Genuine internet price's
The shop is open 7 days a week Monday to Saturday 10.00 am to 5pm Sunday's 10.00am to 3pm ( winter times ) Diver Training Bubblemaker to Advanced Trimix Diver Training. Our Lake is FREE to Clubs & Instructors Mon-Fri for training or Weekends at a cost of £5 per diver. LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE FOR ONLY £225.00 OPENWATER REFERRAL inc £349.00 COMPLETE OPENWATER course ( includes Crewpack and all equipment for course ) Lakesides Predator lake is now re - opened for fishing, after a makeover all the swims ( 20 in total ) have been reconstructed and made safer . Boats are available for hire which enable you to fish places that are not accessible from the banks. |
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Lakeside Diving & Watersports Centre opened with the shopping centre by junction 30/31 of the M25 over eleven years ago. The Centre has developed into a major diving & watersport's retail and educational Facility with many additional activities. The extensive 22 acre lake is ideal for training courses and has been used for thousands of Open Water Dives and other courses in the past ten years. |
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Firstly, we have all of the facilities of Lakeside shopping centre literally on our door step. choose to eat from one of over 50 different restaurants and cafes, join us in the floating pub and go to the cinema after a busy day Diving, Sailing, Windsurfing or Canoeing. As far as the diving goes, our dive store is one of the largest in Southern England, we have good quality changing and showering facilities. Excellent classroom and easy access to 2 local swimming pools.
In the lake we have the UK record pike as well as a whole array of fresh water course fish. If you're lucky you'll see old floaty the pike. One of the oldest fishy residents, floaty has a swim-bladder problem and can be found listing at an alarming angle. He usually looks pretty dead until you get up close. March 2006 see's the introduction of over 1000 new fish being released. keep posted for the introduction date.
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Diving - Sailing and Kayaking are some of the most exciting and leading edge sports in the UK - they are also some of the fastest growing. All our courses are great fun, with a necessary emphasis on safety and of course there is a social side - many, many people get into diving & Sailing to make new friends why not join our Club or just Come on down and enjoy yourself!
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If scuba diving is not for you and you prefer the tranquillity of sitting on the banks of the lake fishing, we offer purpose made swims (20 pegs) allocated on the northern part of the lake. Parking is convienently close by. A huge range of fresh water fish are available, from the record breaking pike to the more common perch, roach, rudd and crusian carp.Our bailiff will periodically visit the swims checking you have a vailid envioromental agency rod licence and will issue a day ticket or you can call into the centre. £10.00 per day per person for two rods or take a small boat 1 person £20. No night fishing and No live baiting. Please remember to consider the enviroment and take your Rubbish home with you. |
Telephone +44 (0)1708 860947 mobile 07768 840230
FAX +44 (0)1708 890801 please e-mail lakesidediving@btconnect.com or write to