Check out some of our recent trips!
11 divers descended to swanage bright and early, except Joe, of course, who was blissfully in bed ignoring our calls. The goal of today’s diving was a lot of drysuit training in preparation for Skomer and some well needed fun diving! We started the day off with a miraculously shallow Read more
Written by Marnie After UBUCs AGM night, 6 divers dragged themselves into consciousness ready for a day of diving…well except for James, who demonstrated an admirable dedication to sleep by completely ignoring his alarms and briefly existing in a parallel universe where diving simply wasn’t happening. Eventually retrieved, the team Read more
On the first week of Easter break, nearly 70 UBUCers journeyed down to Cornwall for wonderful week of diving and adventures. Read about the chaos we got up to 🙂 Friday 20th – Jack Clothes (and beverages) are loaded into cars at Bristol before heading off the journey to the Read more
Written by Lewis CRUNCH BEEP “LEWIS”! A nice evening of packing cars began with potential for multiple divers to get trained but with sadly one fewer instructor than needed, some fun diving in the winters cold of Vobster was required. 6 am alarms go off. Divers clamber out of bed, Read more
In early January of 2026, a group of us ventured to the sunny island of Mauritius for 13 days to see Mr. Chris B himself. How did they get on? See below! Sunday 4th by Olly Like all great things, the trip started off with a pint at spoons Read more
Written by Tilly, Georgia, Marnie and Sophie They say late nights lead to great ideas and last weeks post curry social was no different. Sophie and Tilly, desperate to be underwater, accosted Lewis to approve a night dive. After some feedback from windy.com, babbacombe was clearly the best option. As Read more
Written by Sophie On a sunny Friday morning, 4 UBUCers made the journey down to babbacombe for some fun dives. Upon arrive conditions looked calm although high tide was slowly slipping away so we quickly got kitted up and into the water. James and I went exploring around the pier Read more
Written by Steph Upon arrival, conditions looked considerably better than the previous day. The water looked calm, the sun was shining and the wind was absent. YIPPEE!!! Like the absolute lads they are, Will and Briony swam out to the Louis Shied wreck and dropped an SMB directly onto the Read more
Written by Ellie, Matt and Sophie Five of us headed to Brixham Breakwater — four divers and a shore marshall — with Matt and Steph jumping in for a fun dive whilst Will and Ellie focused on training. Conditions were relatively calm at first but the wind soon picked up. Read more
Friday – Dan In Bristol, divers loaded into cars which took to the highway. The winds were still and the sun was high. Good viz was waiting, the ocean will not catch a break this week. 18 divers in total shine their flips ready for Skomer, imaging puffins, crabs and Read more