Founded on a passion for all things underwater, with military attention to detail, Dive With Jimmy was created to elevate divers to where they wish to be, challenging them to try new things and develop their skill set but always in a safe and enjoyable way.
After serving in the British Army, Jimmy our founder, took the idea of running a dive centre and thought how can it be better...
We are conveniently located in Kempston, Bedfordshire which provides easy access and travel to many UK diving sites. Whether you want to learn how to scuba dive or develop new skills, we pride ourselves on giving our students the best training and knowledge to help them in their scuba diving journey.
We run a pool night on a Tuesday evening at Robinson Pool in Bedford and offer a Membership scheme which is offers a fantastic deal for those of you that want to join the Dive With Jimmy community.
At Dive With Jimmy we feel scuba divers should be equipped with the tools they need to enjoy scuba diving, whether here in the UK or in a tropical location, and so we offer many specialty courses to help you along your journey from Drysuit to Marine Ecology to Wreck Diving.
We believe in quality over quantity and only run small classes; our maximum recreational scuba diving courses are 4 students to 1 instructor and our technical diving classes are a maximum of 2 students to 1 instructor, and we run courses even for one student. As standard in our Open Water / Ocean Diver classes, we also include the Enriched Air Nitrox course, a great safety tool for any diver.
Our compressor facility is up and running for your gas filling and blending needs including breathing air, enriched air nitrox (EANx) and trimix. We even fill PCP Air Rifle cylinders and AirSoft cylinders.
We have a showroom on site which stocks all the essentials for diving and, through our dealer network, we are able to source almost any diving equipment you need. We are a Shearwater computer dealer, offering the latest dive computers.
With years of knowledge and experience, we are here to give each student the best experience to get the most from their diving journey.
After learning how to dive while serving with the British Army out in Cyprus, James never looked back. Continuing his diving journey in the UK and on attachment in Brunei and back to Cyprus.
In 2019, James completed his BSAC Open Water Instructor course and continued to excel by becoming a twinset and accelerated decompression instructor while diving the world famous Zenobia wreck.
In 2022, James completed his Closed Circuit Rebreather course and after a summer of diving, completed his CCR MOD 2 course.
In 2023, James was the Cruise Director on Pacific Master in Truk Lagoon and Bikini Atoll. James also completed his SSI Instructor crossover, Extended Range Instructor crossover, CCR MOD 3 and CCR Instructor assessment and is now a CCR Instructor for the AP Inspiration.
Adventure at his core, James is qualified to 100m on both Open and Closed Circuit diving techniques and loves diving wrecks, whether small swim throughs to technical wreck diving.
Get in touch at jimmy@divewithjimmy.com
James diving over the Betty Bomber, Truk Lagoon. Photo by Adam Beard Photography.
Partner and female scuba diving advocate.
After doing a try dive in 2019 with our very own James, she was hooked and completed her Open Water course the same year. She hasn't looked back since.
Emma has dived in some pretty amazing places including, Cyprus, Jordan, Barbados and the Philippines.
A SSI Blue Oceans advocate, Emma is very enviromentally conscious and regularly takes part in beach clean ups.
Get in touch at emma@divewithjimmy.com