Puffin Dive CentreDive center

Puffin Dive Centre in Oban keeps everything on a single three-acre waterside site: training rooms, shop and service workshop, with further facilities spread around the grounds. It is a PADI 5 Star IDC Center, and three PADI Course Directors work there full time.

Most of the team carries a second skill besides diver training, such as RYA boat skipper instruction or repair work on gear. The shop is staffed during the day, so you can ask about local diving and get pointed to whoever knows your question best. Courses run in English, Dutch and German, and the center also runs conservation programs.