Check out some of our recent trips!
Kicking off UBUC’s 2025 with a winter dive! 6 divers made the trek to Baddacombe, to brave the cold water conditions, despite the air temperature being relatively mild. The plan was to conduct a single dive in the day in order to introduce some rookie members to the necessary dry Read more…
Friday 13th (Tom) Some people were so excited to get to Egypt that they came a whole day early! Anna, Ben, Alex, and I, all left bright and early on the Friday morning to get an extra day of sun in. Upon landing at the airport, we were met by Read more…
Skomer August Trip Report Written by Phil Dobson, Kaden Elsey, and Alex Elwood. Photos by Kaden Elsey. Wednesday After loading kit into cars and the club boats into the van the group departed from stores in the early afternoon to arrive at the campsite and pitch up. With plenty of Read more…
Six divers arrived at a wet and windy Swanage pier on Saturday morning. The plan for the day was a pier dive in the morning, followed by a drift dive in the afternoon. Questions surfaced as to whether the drift dive would go ahead due to the weather conditions reducing Read more…
Day 1 – Saturday After an exhaustingly long drive, with Sam, Meg, Lewis and Dan coming from Bristol and Hayley and Alex from other parts of Scotland, we met in Oban just in time for dinner. We all went to a fish and chip shop and ate while trying to Read more…
Friday 12th July The group convened at Stores and scratched our heads about how to fit 7 people and 9 lots of kit (scuba and camping) into 2 average sized cars… Turns out, with epic tetris skills and an early go on the air cylinders for the passengers squashed into Read more…
A group of four left for Chesil on Sunday 30th June bright and early, leaving at 7:30am and arriving at around 10:30 am. The most direct route there went through many small winding roads through little villages; a very scenic journey but perhaps not the easiest to drive through! We Read more…
Departure and Arrival: We embarked on our scuba diving adventure on Sunday, June 23rd. The day started early, with our group leaving Bristol at 7:30 am. The drive to Chesil Beach was smooth, taking approximately two and a half hours. We arrived at our destination around 10:00 am, eager to Read more…
Trip to Louis Sheid Written by Chenjun Liu On the 21st of April 2024, four divers from UBUC completed a fantastic dive trip and trained as sport divers with three instructors. We explored the wreck of the Louis Shied. In the early morning of 7 December 1939, the Louis Shied, Read more…
In January a small group of UBUCers headed to Mauritius to see their diving dad – Chris. How did they get on? See below! Sunday 14th (and the beginning of Monday 15th – days all merge into one when you’re traveling!) by Georgia On Sunday the 14th, all five Read more…