Are you looking to join UBUC this year, whether it’s to learn to dive, or if you’re already qualified, to come and do some awesome diving with us? Head down to Steam, Bristol at 6:00pm on the 2nd October 2018. All of the UBUC Committee will be there, and we’ll Read more…
We are running our 2018 Try Dive session on the 29th September, at the SU Pool (meet in the SU Foyer). Check out the details and sign up here: https://www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/underwater/events/try-dives-b710 Check out a video from one of our previous Try Dives:
Foreword – Chris 12 UBUC’ers headed to Gozo, Malta for 10 days of fun in the sun. With no winds pretty much all week, 20m+ vis, and a great bunch of people, it was an awesome trip! For anyone planning to go in the future: We stayed at Dar Tan Read more…
We headed down to Babbacombe for some Ocean Diver training on Saturday. The vis was OK at high tide (4-5m), although at low tide this was somewhat reduced. Still, training was productive and well done to Freya who completed her Ocean Diver qualification! Currently all the spider crabs seem to Read more…
Foreword It all started with ‘can we run a UBUC trip to the Philippines’. We spent weeks trying to work out how this could happen. Unfortunately, we felt that due to logistics we had to keep the group size small. Turning up in a new place without booking anything can Read more…
We headed down for a quick Ocean Diver training trip at Brixham to finish 3 Ocean Diver qualifications. Although the vis was terrible and there was quite a current at Shoalstone, we managed to do everything that we needed to get done. Congratulations to everyone for finishing OD and welcome Read more…
One of UBUC’s Assistant Instructors, Iain, requested on Thursday if he could run a trip to complete his Dive Leader qualification. Thus on Sunday, Josh and I headed down to West Bay to dive the Baygitano with Iain and Godfrey from NORAD Sub Aqua. We launched their RIB out of Read more…
Foreword – Chris 11 UBUC’ers headed down to Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire for long weekend of awesome diving. Here’s what we got up to! Saturday – Ollie Not letting the rainy Pembrokeshire morning dampen our spirits, we set off for Martin’s Haven to launch the boats, which – somewhat surprisingly Read more…
With the weather and visibility reports at a high, 4 new UBUC’ers and 2 older members headed down to Babbacombe Beach for a relaxing day of diving. After much faff the night before (sorting dive gear out), and an early morning leave from Bristol, we arrived to a pretty much Read more…
14 UBUC’ers left Bristol bright and early at 6:30am on Saturday morning, only to reach Lyme Regis and discover a very choppy sea. Even the harbourmaster was warning us not to go out, so in the end after a discussion we decided to postpone diving activities until the next day. Read more…