"You won't find a more social dive club anywhere! Anytime you feel like a dive, they will have something running - and they'll find you a buddy if you don't have one. You know to book onto their dive trips (both locally and overseas) as soon as they are announced as they book out almost instantly. I've done a stack of courses with Scuba Culture and couldn't recommend them more highly!"
Mandy McCarter, January 2009
"The SSI training provided by Xavier and his crew made me feel really safe and comfortable in the water. I've gone on and done over 100 dives in the last 12 months with my new buddy and I met her on a drift dive course I did with Scuba Culture. I find diving to be the most relaxing thing I do, and really refreshes me after a busy work week."
Paul Tyrrell
"Just to say thank you very much for a great year with the club, Anna and I only wish we could have gone on every trip, on a personal note, Scuba Culture realised a dream i'd had since being a small lad in bonnie Scotland............to cage dive with great white sharks, the whole trip was brilliant....cheers A (you know who you are). Look forward to loads more diving, beer, sun and teeth in '09."
Anna, Amelie and Dave, December 2008
"I would like to say a big thank you for the recent dive trip to Vanuatu. I had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed the amazing dives over the 5 days and the tour on the last day. I recognise the efforts you went to to ensure everything ran as smoothly as possible, which can sometimes be difficult to coordinate when working with the challenge of ‘Vanuatu time’. For a relatively new diver such as myself, it was comforting to feel safe at all times and have the opportunity to dive the wrecks and incredible reefs around the islands. The night dive on the Coolidge wreck was mind-blowing and an experience I will never forget. A big thank you also to your team who helped during the trip and offered valuable tips and advice to me along the way. Bring on the next trip!!"
Lizz Corbett, August 2008
Thank you all for a wonderful experience in my open water course, and to Marco for persisting with me until I was completely comfortable.
Laura Haywood, December 2008
"Vanuatu 2008 was the best dive trip I have been on so far. The diving was awesome, the company was great, the steak was yumi and somehow I ended up with a tan."
Sarah Skelton, August 2008
"I would just like to send you a big thank you!!! For providing me with an adventure of a lifetime. As this was my first adventure outside Australia, and what an adventure it was from diving the Coolidge, to the bomber, to Million Dollar Point, from tracking through the Millennium Cave to jumping off trees into the spectacular Blue Hole, I could keep going on for hours… I thoroughly enjoyed and embraced every second I was awake on the trip. I couldn’t of possibly done this by myself, you personally made it so easy and enjoyable for me. I hope I made it as enjoyable for you. The memories, experience and friends I have from this trip will last for a lifetime. You provided a caring, safe and professional adventure."
Chris Simmons, August 2008
"Many thanks for a great diving trip, every days diving just got better and better with a bigger “wow – look at that!” Personal favourites were, the underwater obstacle course down to “The Lady” and later the swimming pool to emerge at -54m (with 60bar remaining to complete the wreck dive on a buddy share), the night dive free fall of 20m over the deck lip in the dusk across the ship deck and the mesmerising fish light shows. On the small scale the drift dive to the old plane wreck with the delicate nudibranches was great fun. Learning nitrox and practicing the deco stops also opened up a new type of diving for me. Finally the cave trek and canyon swim a great combination of, friendly locals, Chris the adventurer, bad roads, mud, water, darkness, greenery and slippery ladders. I also appreciate the amount of organisation and coordinating Andrew and yourself put into the trip to make it work. Again much appreciation for the amazing experiences."
David Holder, August 2008
"Both Pat and I really do appreciate all you did in organising the dive schedules and ensuring everyone had a fabulous time the whole week we were away. It was an amazing effort by you and the rest of the team - it did not go unnoticed by us. It was great to see you finally relax towards the end of the trip once all the diving was over. The accommodation, the food, the social events, the dive tours, guides and operators were all fantastic. The tour on the last day was also enjoyable - and Xavier you were right - Champagne Beach is truly beautiful. It was the first club trip for both of us and we have now seen and benefited from your efforts and look forward to being able to enlist for another in the future."
Pat and Carmen, August 2008
