Divernet
www.divernet.co.uk
Comprehensive guide for beginners, including where to get instruction locally, and a list of the equipment you’ll need.

BSAC
www.bsac.com
For a list of BSAC-approved diving schools throughout Wales.

PADI
www.padi.com
For a list of PADI dive centres and schools throughout Wales.

Diving at Encyclopaedia Britannica
www.britannica.com
For details on The Bends, Decompression Sickness and Caisson Disease.

Health & Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk
Outlining legislation and legal requirements for diving professionally as covered in the Diving at Work Regulations 1997 (DWR).

Diver Medical Fitness Certificate
www.hse.gov.uk
In accordance with the government’s Health & Safety Executive requirements, professional divers must undertake a medical examination carried out by an approved examiner every twelve months.

Ship Wrecks
www.divernet.com/wrecks/wrsearch399.htm
For a highly entertaining and comprehensive guide to identifying a wreck. Plus the UK’s '100 Best Wreck Dives'.

Number One attraction
www.divernet.co.uk/wrecks/
For a comprehensive guided tour of the wreck of Salsette, a 5842-ton P&O express mail liner which was sunk during World War One.

Minding your ‘p’s and ‘q’s
www.divernet.com/profs/eti0600
A guide to diving with Charm & Discretion. It’s very informative, and very funny, especially the top 10 'Things Not To Say To The Skipper’.

Public Records Office
www.pro.gov.uk
More advice, this time from the Public Records Office, on identifying shipwrecks, including an extensive bibliography of sources.

The National Maritime Museum
www.nmm.ac.uk
For everything you might ever want to know about the history of ships and shipping.

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport
www.culture.gov.uk
'The Protected Historic Wrecks Guidance Notes for Divers & archaeologists’ booklet can be downloaded. Just type ‘wrecks’ into the search box. Also, you can get details on protected historical wrecks, and how to get a licence to visit them.

Equipment
www.ukdiving.co.uk/ukdiving/info/checklist
The very basic equipment required for a sub-aqua dive. This web site provides a full recommended list.

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