Visitors to this year's Dive Show will find more than 300 exhibitors taking part, and whether you're a beginner or seasoned pro; tekkie, wreckie or fish-fancier; cold- or warmwater diver, there will be no end of things to interest you.

Take the chance to inspect the newest dive kit and leisurewear around or to meet representatives from more than 50 countries who will help you reach a decision about your next trip. If you're a new or established underwater photographer don't miss the show's Digital Clinic for a useful exchange of views and tips. Alternatively, take a break from walking the halls in the presentation theatres where top marine life, wreck and cave-diving gurus have been lined up to share news and images of their often-extreme activities.

More and more people like to get wet at the Dive Shows, and this year both would-be and existing rebreather divers can take advantage of the fact that MR Diving, which supervises the Technical Pool, will have the biggest selection of makes and closed-circuit models yet for you to try. Book early to sample not only perennial favourites the APD Inspiration and Evolution but VR Technology’s Sentinel, Sentinel Travel Frame and Ouroboros, and the Poseidon Discovery, claimed to allow even newcomers to diving the chance to breathe without bubbling.

And if your friends and family are not quite ready for rebreathers yet, but fancy splashing in with a regulator nonetheless, the closely supervised Try-Dive Pool is the only place to be.