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Diving Services UK was established by Dave Shaw in 1993, and over the past 30 years steady and sustainable growth has lead us to become the UK’s premier media diving company.
We are a commercial diving company specialising in the supply of diving and marine support, with experience on thousands of films.
We pride ourselves on being a small niche company with a reputation for safety, values and service.

UNDERWATER STAGE - PINEWOOD STUDIOS

Designed by Dave and built in 2004, and now home to Diving Services UK, The Underwater Stage at Pinewood Studios was the world’s first, studio based, permanently filled underwater stage. It contains 1,200,000 litres of warm (32°C) water. The pool is 20 meters long, 10 meters wide and 6 meters deep, has 3 viewing windows, 60 wall fixing points and two structural steels in the floor. The Underwater Stage is on two levels with a production office, makeup and wardrobe rooms, and a workshop downstairs, and changing rooms and a first aid room at pool level upstairs.

SERVICES

DIVING

We provide highly trained and experienced HSE dive teams for both location and studio based water sequences. Our diving coordinators, supervisors and divers have years of experience in both commercial and media diving. We liaise closely with production departments, both prior to and during shooting to ensure that the sequences are completed in a safe and controlled manner.

MARINE & LOCATIONS

Our teams work around the UK, Europe and across the globe, and are able to supply marine and event support at remote locations. From ponds and rivers to the open sea, we can organise the correct level of marine logistics to conform to relevant codes of practice including MCA, PLA, EA, CRT and others. We have Rescue 3 SRT (Swiftwater Rescue Technicians) available and can support any size of production whether small, medium or large.

SPECIAL EFFECTS & STUNTS

The team at Diving Services UK work closely with Stunts and Special Effects Coordinators and technicians on the floor, assisting in the development, design, installation and testing of underwater rigs.

EQUIPMENT

Diving Services UK have always invested heavily in equipment. Whether you are looking to hire a wetsuit or drysuit, life rings and lifejackets or simply a pair of waders, we have plenty of options available. We also have a number of solutions for temporary water heating, from a portable 50kg spa heater pack through to two 10,000kg containerised portable water treatment systems. We have a number of unique vessels including rapid deployment HP inflatable boats, mud sledges and 2 landing craft type camera boats.

Exterior tank equipment includes water tractors, walkways and rostrums. We have an extensive range of special effect tip tanks and chutes, and portable tanks available to hire, from 10 litres to 40,000 litres capacity.

Health & Safety

Diving Services UK are a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) registered diving contractor, No 1356. All of our diving conforms to HSE Diving Operations at Work Regulation 1997 2nd edition. As artiste safety is absolutely paramount to us, we organise diving medicals and carry out training in house. This ensures that the artistes are competent to carry out the task in a safe and controlled manner.

awards

In 2016 Dave was awarded the Colin McLeod Award for “promoting diving safety in the international film industry”.

In 2017 Dave was awarded The Holder Cup from the Society of Underwater Technology for “Outstanding Contributions to Underwater Operations”.

Our moto…….“never complacent”

consultancy

We have designed and consulted on a number of diving marine facilities.

2003 - 2004 - Designed the world’s first permanently filled studio based underwater stage
2010 - 2014 - Consulted on the build of the marine facilities in the Dominican Republic
2015 - Consulted on the build of the exterior tank at Origo Studios in Budapest Hungary
2015 - 2018 - Designed and consulted on the build of diving and marine facilities at Wanda Studios Qingdao China
2020 - Present - Designed and consulted on a new European studio project

CONCEPTS & IDEAS

We understand that the best ideas start with a scribble……

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CREDITS

FILMS

Meg 2: The Trench
The Batman
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
007 - No Time To Die
Jurassic World: Dominion
The Nevers
People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan
Come Away
Horizon Line
The Rescue
The Midnight Sky
Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Blithe Spirit
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Infinite
The Dig
Wonder Woman 1984
Rocketman
Judy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Dolittle
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Terminator: Dark Fate
6 Underground
47 Metres Down: Uncaged
Mission: Impossible: Fallout
Two for Joy
Aladdin
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Christopher Robin
Dumbo
The Snowman
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Tomb Raider
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The Mummy
The Flood
Mamma Mia 2
Close
Paddington 2
Blade Runner 2049
Hunter Killer
King Arthur
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Mechanic: Resurrection
Assassins Creed
The Promise
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Stratton
Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation
Now You See Me 2
Jungle Book
Pan
007: Spectre
007: Skyfall
007: Quantum of Solace
007: Die Another Day
007: The World Is Not Enough

TV

Lockwood & Co
Eastenders
The Essex Serpent
Gangs of London: Season 2
This Is Going To Hurt
Willow
The Peripheral
Grantchester
The Void
Vigil
The Witcher: Season 2
Enslaved
The Innocents
Whiskey Cavalier
Silent Witness
Jack Ryan
Trigonometry
The Nevers
The Crown: Season 4
Money Heist
Midsummer Murders
Holby City
Succession
Game of Thrones
Nuclear
The Innocents
Lucky Man - Series Three
Outlaw King
This is Axiom
Swimming With Men
The Keith & Paddy Picture Show
The Tunnel
Riviera
Hard Sun
Loaded
Duck Quacks Don’t Echo
MTV – Ex on the beach
Emmerdale
Zapped
Lucky Man - Series One
The Terror
The One Show
Humans
The Bastard Executioner
Casualty
Hollyoaks

Promo/COMMERCIALS

English National Ballet
Vogue
Coca Cola
Calvin Harris
Sky TV
Google
O2
Havas Medicom
Tesco
Lidl
RNLI
Natural History Museum
Esprit
Max Factor
Pulse
Elston Bay
Adidas
Save The Children
Activia
Twin Atlantic
Hyundai
Aviva

CONTACT US

Dave Shaw / Lisa Birch

Diving Services UK

Underwater Stage
Pinewood Studios
Iver Heath
Bucks
SL0 0NH
T: +44 (0)1753 785401
E: info@divingservicesuk.com