Check out some of our recent trips!
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
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