Check out some of our recent trips!
Bad weather saw us having to unfortunately cancel a weekend trip to Babbacoombe, but we were still able to go to Vobster for Anna, Josh and Sam to complete some Ocean Diver training and me, Emily and Jo to do some Sports Diver training. On our first dive we focused Read more
On the 21st-22nd April a few of us headed down to Plymouth for what ended up being some fantastic diving! The weather reports were not looking all that great, but we ended up having sunshine all the way, and the vis was pretty great. We picked up a van at Read more
On Sunday Chris, Simon and I went for a day of training at Vobster Quay. The plan was to complete Simons last OD lesson and try and complete the remaining lessons of my SD. Our first dive was the distance line SD combined with the OD navigation lesson. The quarry Read more
11 UBUC’ers headed down to Chesil cove for a shore dive and to complete some more OD training. We were blessed with beautiful sunshine which was a relief for those of us who had previously been training in the snow. With three instructors and 8 trainees we split off into Read more
On Sunday 8th April, four members of UBUC drove to Chesil Cove in Dorset to do some shore diving. It was a typical British Spring day, with clouds obscuring the Sun and April showers drizzling gently down from above. Unbeknownst to us, a storm had shook the shore a few Read more
Saturday – Luke Our first full day of the annual UBUC Porthkerris trip involved quite a lot of driving – and no, unfortunately that is not a misspelling. Having arrived at PK en masse at 8am, bad weather conditions meant that it was too rough to get the boats in Read more
15 hardy UBUC’ers descended on Cromhall for a day of training. And wow, was it cold! We were being hit by Easterlies this weekend meaning a bitterly cold day (it started at 2 degrees and hit minus figures later on). Even better, there was light snow for most of the Read more
With freezing strong easterlies blowing, 5 UBUC’ers decided we’d head down to Hope Cove to shelter out of the wind. With clear blue skies it seemed like a beautiful day to go diving! Once we arrived at Inner Hope, we spent around an hour getting the boat and kit ready Read more
On Saturday last week a few of the dive leader trainees went down to Cromhall with instructors to complete the practical rescue management. With a water temperature of just 4 celsius the time spent in the water was minimal. (All photo credit to Henry Semenenko)
7 hardy divers travelled down to Plymouth for a day of shore diving at Eastern Kings. Unphased by the 8 degree water and an array of leaky drysuits, we managed 2 dives on the wall, following the cables from the shore and then heading west along the wall at around Read more