SCUBA DIVING
Diving at Leybourne – Covid 19 - Professional Dive Schools Only
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Please bring anti-bac wipes, hand sanitiser ,or gloves for disinfecting of all locks
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and hands
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Submit the Out of Hours booking- in form via email prior to your visit
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All payments via bank transfer
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Dive operators must have an amended RA that complies with PADI or Other NGB Training Agencies
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Standards regarding Covid -19 recommendations and requirements.
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Dive operators can only access the back lake
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Dive operators have their own signed for key
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Use of the contained toilet-only one person at a time
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Social distancing - pre dive safety check (as per organization guidelines)
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You must follow the normal safety protocol issued by your training organization, and any special guidance
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provided by them regarding Covid-19
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Underwater, social distancing is not needed
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The use of alternate air source (as per organization guidelines)
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No buddy breathing is allowed
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Maximum of 21 people using rear car park and divers lake at any one time complying with social distancing
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East entrance to the water’s edge maximum 4 persons at any one time
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North entrance to the water’s edge maximum of 4 persons at any one time
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Disinfecting of equipment (as per organization guidelines)
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In water rescue (as per organization guidelines)
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All Staff should have rescue breathing masks (reduce Covid-19 transmission)
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Divers and staff must accept that responding to a real-life emergency may elevate disease transmission risk
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All dive schools MUST notify by text or phone call to confirm safe exit and site is secure
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Shore cover to make sure the gated entrance to the divers area is secure at all times and lock disinfected before and after use
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Resources and References – Covid 19
PADI – Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI EMEA)
BDSG- British Diving Safety Group
DAN – Divers Alert Network
NGB – National Governing Body
