Whether purpose sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows to the past. Ships, airplanes, and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying something others have missed. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.
The PADI wreck diver course is the best and safest way to learn about wreck diving covering everything you need to know about safely diving the exterior and then deciding if it is safe to penetrate a wreck to explore for sunken treasure, or just to have a look around.
So what actually is wreck diving? Wreck diving is recreational diving where the wreckage of ships, aircraft, and other artificial structures are explored. Although most wreck dive sites are at shipwrecks, there is an increasing trend to scuttle retired ships to create artificial reef sites.
Wreck diving provides access to some of the most interesting habitat's in the scuba diving world, from sunken world war two wrecks with loads of history to purposely sunk wrecks which were put there to provide either new habitats for marine life, to act as a breakwater for a harbour or some other sheltered site or just has a place of interest for scuba divers to explore. So whether you are into history or marine life, there is something of interest for all scuba divers in becoming a wreck diver, plus they make awesome pictures if the light is right.
The Uk has some of the best wreck diving in the world due to it being an Island with a great maritime past and if you would like to know more about some of the amazing wreck diving we have to offer here in the UK then take a look at this article written by one of our instructors about (CLICK HERE)