Check out some of our recent trips!
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
Indonesia – Anna’s first tropical diving! UBUC-ers featured: Carla Greco and Abby Dent The day after finishing uni this year I hopped on my first ever long-haul flight and headed out to Indonesia. I was staying on Gili T for most of my trip, which despite being known as a 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
On Saturday 4 of our divers headed down to Plymouth for brunch and diving. Firstly, we visited the most important spot! Elveras café is about a 10 minute walk from this site and will fill you with mighty breakfasts for very little money. The diving was spectacular, with visibility between Read more
On Saturday 3 of us headed down to Chesil Cove to see if the viz was as good as everyone has been reporting that it is, we were not disappointed! On the surface there was mist, and a bit of swell meant that there were reasonable waves breaking on the Read more
We had a go at getting to the Royal Adelaide. From information you find online it sounds like this should be easy enough to get to – but that is not quite the case. Finding the site is not bad – all the info on it can be found here. Read more
Myself, Tom, Ollie and Chris set off for the drive down to Chesil Beach for an evening of diving! After escaping the Bristol traffic, we made good time, and with minimal faff were kitted up and ready to dive with tens of minutes of arrival. Lois and Nicole had already Read more
The UK’s 1 day of summer arrived today at Chesil Beach with an outrageous 15m of vis. Cat-sharks, lobsters and sholes of mini fish partied with us all day, I personally high-fived a crab. Our underwater moves were so fire that 2 people finished sports diver & Die Hard 9 Read more
8 UBUC’ers headed down to Babbacombe last Thursday for an evening of diving with the cuttlefish! We left Bristol just before 5pm and managed to get down to the beach before 7pm! There were a few divers heading out of the water when we arrived, most shaking their heads saying Read more