Celebrating 70 years

MDG

About Us

It’s an amazing club … beautiful bar … it’s brilliant.

Cathy Bailey

Local Reporter, BBC Radio Manchester Interview

We are an inclusive community of scuba divers based in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester. We are united by our love for ocean and adventure.

70th anniversary party and Club OPEN DAY

Big thanks to everyone who helped make the open day and 70th anniversary celebration a huge success. 

It was great to see so many members both past and present. Here’s to many more years of scuba diving!

BBC RADIO MANCHESTer interview

We were interviewed by BBC Radio Manchester – listen to Steve, Lety and Andy talk about Manchester Diving Group and what we get up to!

UPCOMING CLUB lecture

September Club Lecture - Kerry Rennie of Seasearch and the Marine Conservation Society

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Any dive can be a Seasearch dive!

Seasearch website

Marine Conservation Society
Date: Monday 1st of September 2025
Time: Around 7:45pm
Food: TBC

Kerrie Rennie, Seasearch North West coordinator and tutor is kindly giving us a presentation by videolink on the history and mission of Seasearch and information on how to incorporate citizen science into scuba diving.

Places we go

St. Abbs

Eccleston Delph

Ireland

Isle of Skye

Arrochar

Capernwray

Farne Islands

Wales

We plan our adventures and travel around the country – around the world – to do diving trips and it all starts from here.

Andy

MDG Club Secretary, BBC Radio Manchester Interview

VISIT US

Fridays 7:30pm until 11pm

Unless the following Monday is a bank holiday

THings we do

Scuba Training and Certification

Boat and Equipment Training

Annual Dinner Dance and Awards

Navigation Competition

Talks and Seminars

Annual Open Day

Food

have a go

Lovely group and great experience. I’m certainly thinking about joining.
Jon

Now a clubmember, Google Review

We offer try sessions at Hough End Leisure Centre on Fridays between 8pm and 9pm. If you want to see what the fuss is about, rekindle your experience in diving, refresh your skills or want to get a bit of practice in before you go on holiday, we can help you.

All equipment is provided and each session is a one-to-one scuba experience with one of our qualified and experienced clubmembers.

16+ age requirement.