Saturday 19 January 2013

Gozo Aqua Sports is now a BSAC Resort Dive Centre


New for 2013:
Gozo Aqua Sports has had many accomplishments over the last 30 or so years, building up a great safety record, expanding in to Technical Diving and now we officially cater for BSAC divers.
We have had thousands of BSAC divers over the years and they have always been happy with the service that we have provided. We haven't shouted about it before and some divers who are BSAC qualified may not have realised that they could dive with us being a PADI 5* IDC Centre.

So we have decided to finally shout about it!

Patrick started out as a BSAC diver so under his guidance we have always been able to easily cater for BSAC divers and their  different requests. But now is the time to acknowledge our dedication to all divers from other diving agencies.

What do we do when we aren't diving?

All of our staff are busy with our annual maintenance of all of our Scuba Equipment.
Jason and Mark have sanded down all of our scuba tanks, given them a couple of base coats and a couple of coats of blue, then spraying on the tank numbers before putting them back in the protective nets and boots ready for the season to begin.
Its tedious work but vital!
They are just finishing the final ones, much to their relief.
Photo: Got to keep the boys busy when they aren't diving!

Mean while... John has the task of servicing all of the shop regulators, 30 in total, this involves taking the first and second stage apart, cleaning and replacing any worn parts. It is very fiddly work, and John has has been pulling his hair ;-) out over the amount of tiny O rings he has dropped or left in the sink, but rest assured all regulators are thoroughly checked before being hung back up.

Photo: John looking a bit bleary eyed, 1 regulator serviced only 30 or so more to go.....

Once the tanks and regulators are done, next job will be BCDS and then checking all the suits and other pieces of kit.
And who said diving was a glamorous job???????