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Booking software for Dive centres
Twelve places on the boat, four divers per instructor: two limits that cross before you have even cast off.
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The challenges facing dive centres
Two limits cross on the same trip
The boat has twelve places, the instructor takes four. The trip is full neither when the boat is nor when the groups are, but where the two meet.
A try dive does not board without its questionnaire
History, medication, fitness. Those are questions for booking, not for the pontoon with a wetsuit half on.
The weather cancels the trip, not the day
When the sea gets up you have to tell twelve people at once. Twelve calls is the morning.
A place booked without a deposit is not a place sold
A diver who does not come leaves a gap nobody fills on the morning, and the trip goes out with its costs anyway.
Qualifications are earned across several dives
An open water course is not an appointment, it is a series. Booked in one go it holds; picked up week by week it spreads across the season.
The phone rings when the centre is at sea
Two trips a day and nobody in the shop. What books itself online in the meantime is not lost.
How Kagenda helps
The problem
Two limits cross on the same trip
With Kagenda
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
One central calendar
The problem
A try dive does not board without its questionnaire
With Kagenda
Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.
Custom fields
The problem
The weather cancels the trip, not the day
With Kagenda
Confirmed, moved or cancelled — both you and the client are told.
Email notifications
The problem
A place booked without a deposit is not a place sold
With Kagenda
Take a deposit at booking time and get paid online before the session.
Deposits and payments
The problem
Qualifications are earned across several dives
With Kagenda
Book a whole course of sessions at once, one after another.
Recurring appointments
The problem
The phone rings when the centre is at sea
With Kagenda
Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.
24/7 online booking
The features that matter to you
24/7 online booking
Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.
One central calendar
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
Custom fields
Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.
Deposits and payments
Take a deposit at booking time and get paid online before the session.
Email notifications
Confirmed, moved or cancelled — both you and the client are told.
Recurring appointments
Book a whole course of sessions at once, one after another.
Client records
History, preferences and follow-up notes gathered on one record per client.
Automatic reminders
Texts and emails go out before every appointment, with nothing to remember.
Practical guide: Dive centres
- The boat declared as a resource with its number of places, and a capacity per trip. Both limits hold together.
- A medical questionnaire in required fields on try dives and courses. What is not completed is not booked.
- A deposit on trips and courses. At twelve places, two absences change the balance of the day.
- Weather cancellation from the diary: everyone is told at once, and you keep the record of who was.
- The course as a series of dives booked in advance, not isolated appointments.
- A "wetsuit size and fin size" field: the kit is ready before arrival.
Frequently asked questions
How much does diving cost in the UK?
Around £50 to £100 for a try dive, £60 to £120 for a two-dive boat trip with air, and £350 to £600 for an entry-level open water course. Set your own prices.
What regulations apply to a UK dive centre?
The one that surprises people is that your instructors are at work underwater. The Diving at Work Regulations 1997 apply to diving carried out at work, and recreational instruction falls within them: the HSE's Recreational Diving Projects Approved Code of Practice sets out the diving contractor's duties, a written diving project plan, a competent supervisor, a first aider, oxygen and emergency arrangements, and medical fitness certification for the working divers — your customers are not divers at work, your staff are. Alongside that, a boat carrying passengers for reward is a small commercial vessel requiring MCA coding and a qualified skipper, cylinders fall under the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 with periodic testing, and compressor air must be tested.
Can I manage boat places and instructor ratios?
Yes. The boat is a resource with its places, and each trip carries its own capacity.
Can I ask for a medical questionnaire at booking?
Yes, with required custom fields.
How do I cancel a trip because of weather?
From the diary. Everyone booked gets their message at once.
Can I ask for a deposit on a trip?
Yes, with the terms shown before payment.
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