The map above gives you an idea of the many places our club members have dived over the years, it’s centred on the last dive report but you can zoom out to see more Each Dive Report on this website has been plotted on the map, where there are many pins you can use the…
Chris & I headed south early Friday afternoon & a relatively event-free four hours later (despite the strong winds forecast) we pulled up at the Prince of Wales pub in Newtown for opening time! We were advised to pitch in the lee of the large bank at the top of the field for shelter from…
After a week of mid 30s temperatures the mercury (fortunately) dropped for our weekend trip to Plymouth (whew!) – just low 20s & sunshine to cope with for us 6 divers (Tim, John, Geoff, Pete, Colin & myself) and loyal supporter & rambler, Jan 🙂 Our trusty boat, the Assault was duly retrieved from the…
It was a very early start (5:45), to get to Pembrokeshire (from Bristol) before the bank holiday crowds but with the motorway & subsequent roads clear we arrived at the appointed meeting place – Dale car park before 8:30 🙂 A comfort break & then Tim & I started kitting up. Pete, Rob & Geoff…
Back in March 2019 two club members, Chris and Steve, took a 3 week break to combine diving and exploring the wonders of West Papua, Lembeh Strait and North Sulawesi. Here in Chris’ own words (and photos) is a brief report of their adventures! Home to more…
“Got any spare money/time?” That was the subtle opener from our clubs’ resident American mascot Mr. Clayton to entice potential attendees to a week of luxury diving in the Maldives being organized by Geoff It worked too, with 3 club members making the trip in early May this year with Pelagic Magic Here is Johns’ (almost…
It had been a long time since the club ventured to Kimmeridge so Rob organized a reccie to find out how things have fared in our absence. Here follows his report with surface photos from Geoff and subsurface from David… Lessons learnt: We need a new jockey wheel, the old one is no more. The…
‘This was our first major diving excursion of 2019 & so to provide a flavour of the goings on the dive report includes the perspectives of a number of those who attended in their own words (and in many cases their own photos) with some further commentary from myself. Thank you everyone for your contributions,…
All our diving in 2019 as it happened. Saturday 10th-Sunday 11th August, 2019: Porthkerris – Fun (Colin, Claire, Luke, Tim, Chris, Geoff, Kevin) Check out the full report here Saturday 27th-Sunday 28th July: Plymouth – Fun (Tim, John, Geoff, Pete, Colin, Kevin) Full report available here Sunday 23rd June: Cromhall Dive Centre – Training (Tim & a select few)…
With a 9am ropes off it was a very early start from Bristol (for Plymouth) for the 8 hardy souls laughing in the face of the weather gods and trusting their fate in the great sport of UK Diving! The whole party was at the berth TopGun (our ‘chariot’ for the weekend) occupied outside Aquanauts…
By John: A group of 13 club members and guests of the club went to the Seychelles for about 11 days of diving with Big Blue Divers; the main group went to Mahé, the largest of the islands in the northeast of the nation while others stayed longer and saw Praslin and other islands. There…