About Us and Contact

Oyster Diving Shop is the retail division of Oyster Luxury Travel and Diving Ltd. As the UK’s largest PADI scuba diving centre, Oyster Diving is proud to have earned over 500 5-star Google reviews. We are a small, friendly, family-owned business committed to exceptional customer care. Our team of professional scuba diving and freediving instructors, who regularly dive and use the equipment, are here to provide expert advice on the latest gear to suit your budget.

Our mission is to be scuba divers’ first-choice one-stop dive centre offering comprehensive and good value services where you can learn to dive, enhance your diving skills, purchase top-quality equipment tailored to your needs and budget, and enjoy the best diving holidays worldwide. We strive to achieve this by providing outstanding customer service and care.

Located in Brighton, our fully stocked shop welcomes customers to try on gear and receive free advice. We also bring equipment to any of our seven training locations, and offer a range of demo items including masks, regulators, and BCDs, allowing you to test them before making a purchase. Customers spending over £100 on a single item are invited to one of Oyster Diving’s six pool locations to familiarize themselves with their new gear, ensuring safety and confidence before diving in open water.

Meet the Office Team

PADIMaster Scuba Diver Trainer and Owner

Mark Murphy

Mark founded Oyster Diving in 2006 with
just six sets of equipment stored under the stairs. His hard work and
dedication, along with a great team, have transformed Oyster Diving into the
UK’s premier PADI scuba diving and travel centre. Mark continues to teach
regularly and has logged over 3,500 dives in destinations around the world.

PADI Staff Instructor Freediving Instructor and Operations Manager

Tom Inett

Tom started his diving career by leaving his 9 to 5 job in the UK in favour of a Coral Conservation project in the Seychelles. Later Tom moved to Thailand where he completed his professional training and worked as a lead instructor in a busy dive school. Tom is passionate about introducing new divers to the underwater world.

Shop Manager and PADI Freediving Instructor

Kwang Pitcha

Kwang is responsible for our social medai, online website, shop and sending out your orders. She is also a PADI Freediving instructor.

PADIMaster Scuba Diver Trainer and Dive Site Manager

Ian Constantine

Having been a holiday scuba diver for many years, Ian eventually took the plunge and completed his PADI Divemaster and Instructor courses with us. Ian now runs our diving sessions in the pool and open water dives to ensure things run smoothly and safely.

Travel Consultant

Samantha Davey

Sam joined our team two years ago to
support our growing diving holiday market. With extensive experience in travel
since 1998, including roles at American Express Corporate Travel and Lunn Poly,
she specialises in arranging holidays to Egypt, the Maldives, Mexico, Malta,
and the Caribbean. You are welcome to consult Sam for quotes or ideas without
any obligation to book. Currently, she is undergoing her open water training,
which helps her relate to the experiences of new divers!

PADI Instructors

Our office staff is supported by over 10 PADI instructors, all ready to provide advice on
the best scuba diving equipment and global diving destinations.