Look: Diving pool from shipping containers at Dubai's Dive Garage in Al Quoz

The only indoor pool specifically for diving training

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Dubai's Dive Garage recently opened a flagship store in Al Quoz, with a training pool made from shipping containers. The heated fresh-water fully treated pool has been engineered and constructed from two shipping containers, complete with three plexiglass windows to see what is happening inside the pool and a viewing deck to watch from above. Above from left Ferdi Mar, Padi Dive Master and Michela Colella – Padi Course Director and Operations Manager at The Dive Garage.
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The pool was designed, engineered and built specifically for the needs of diver training courses. It is primarily a training pool; however, divers can come to practice or try new equipment.
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The second level pool will allow on-site instructors to teach people from their first breaths underwater to professional level courses.
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The swimming pool is featured in the flagship store Dive Garage where visitors can find equipment from the leading suppliers in the diving industry
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With a shallower area at a depth of 1.4 metres and a length of 6m and a deeper section at 2.7m with a length of 12m, it is a perfect pool to hone your skills and master your diving performance.
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It is unique as a training pool.
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The shallow part is good for beginners, while the deeper section is necessary for intermediate levels.
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The dive garage is open seven days a week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm.
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Diving is one of the most exciting sports in the world. It involves leaping and springing into water, while trying to perfect a series of perfect body positions. But it is also very strictly controlled.
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Dave Griffiths, Director of The Dive Garage located in Al Quoz, Dubai.
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