Check out some of our recent trips!
Six UBUCers headed down to North Devon for an early Saturday morning start to catch a charter boat to Lundy Island with Wild Frontiers. A few of us camped locally the night before and woke up to sea views and a beautiful sunny day! After an hour’s sail we arrived Read more…
Gruelingly early on Saturday morning, 12 UBUC’ers eeled into their tightly packed cars and headed down to Vobster Quay for a morning of diving. This was the perfect opportunity for Chris and Jase to instruct the two OD trainees and five SD trainees in the art of being a fish… Read more…
Early on Saturday morning, eight UBUCers headed down to Swanage pier for some diving in non-freezing temperatures. Chris, our resident fish, did four dives to train some ODs and SDs, so diving started quickly as Chris loses his powers if he stays on land for too long. The depth was Read more…
After wisely deciding that an early start was unnecessary, Chris, Ollie and Caitlin headed down to Chisel Cove for a couple of dives in the sunshine. The sea was pancake calm but despite this the vis was a bit milky, though still an enjoyable 4-6m. Across two dives we saw Read more…
3 divers went down to Chesil Cove for a day of Sports Diver training! Lots of life around (especially cuttlefish!) and decent vis, plus a warm day, and some good training made lots of happy divers all round!
Day 1 – Saturday 2nd April Welcome to PK, it’s swell! After a late night for some and an early night for others, the campsite was woken by yours truly at 7am for a lovely early start. Of course, not all caravans were ready in time to leave by 8am Read more…
After a run-up filled with worries of covid restrictions, positive tests and the possibility of a cancelled trip, 8 of us finally managed to fly out to Hurghada, board the Blue Melody liveaboard and spend an incredible week diving around the northern Red Sea. Escaping the UK’s winter, we were Read more…
On Sunday morning we headed down with our training officer Chris, Harry and myself to NDAC. After stepping out of the car into a frozen puddle, we instantly realised why late November dives are not a crowd-favourite. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, we were excited to get started with the dive. Read more…
A group of 7 divers set off from Bristol on Wednesday afternoon to complete a night dive at the far East side of the 29km long Chesil beach. After about 2 hours in the car, we arrived at the pebbled coast to find glass like conditions; the stillness of the Read more…
A group of 8 divers headed down to Thurlestone on a Sunday to dive the Louis Shied – a Belgian steamer that ran aground off the shore after a rescue mission during WW2. Neil was first in the water, snorkelling out to locate and shot the wreck, which he managed Read more…