DIVE 2013- Birmingham NEC 26th/27th of October 2013

The Birmingham dive show is one of the biggest events in the UK for scuba divers each year.  The show is packed full of great new product releases, prize draws, try dives, great deals on new equipment, seminars from many great divers and much much more.

Tickets are priced at £12.50 and can be purchased online here or at the NEC on the day.  Please note if you purchase your ticket before noon on the 23rd of October you'll save £3 per ticket or if you're buying six or more then you'll save £4 a ticket.  The NEC is easily accessible off the M6 and M42 for full travel details follow this link.

I think apart from the really good bargains you can pick up at the show the seminars are brilliant.  There is a couple of must see seminars and you can find the full list of speakers and timings here.

We will be wondering around the show on Saturday if you wish a chat, just get in touch.  Full details of the show can be found on the dive shows website- http://www.diveshows.co.uk/

The Importance of Having Dive Travel Insurance

Today we're going to talk about the importance of having dive insurance while partaking in any scuba diving adventure.  We've teamed up with Westfield Sub Aqua Insurance, who are offering all our customers a discount when booking any holiday or training course with us.  We all think that terrible accident isn't going to happen to us and some of us travel without any travel insurance.  The costs of specialist dive travel insurance in the Red Sea starts of at just £43.91 per person, a very small cost to pay if indeed you need to use a decompression chamber or any other sort of medical attention.

Many people think they can get a cheaper travel insurance policy elsewhere.  Yes, that maybe the case but have you read the small print in terms of what scuba diving cover it provides.  Here is a couple of points from Westfield's website regarding non-related dive insurance travel polices.

• Depth Restriction (as low as 6 metres)
• No Cover for Sea Rescue (this is a bit like selling skiing cover without mountain rescue)
• No hyperbaric chamber treatment cover
• Cover is excluded if the holiday was primarily booked as a diving holiday ( i.e. they're not covering diving holidays)
• Cover for medical cost of a diving accident can be very low
• No cover for Dive Kit, or loss of diving days due to illness
• No Shark Diving, No Wreck Diving, No Night Diving

Westfield have excluded the above points all they ask for is that you're within the current safety recommendations of BSAC &/or SSAC &/or PADI &/or CFT &/or TDI &/or IANTD.

To find out more about what Westfield offer Scuba Duba Dive visit our Dive Insurance page.