Trip Reports
Chesil Cove
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!
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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…
On Saturday, 7 divers headed to NDAC. After staring at the freezing water for a while, we finally got in for our first dive. Visibility was really good, and we managed to see a few fish. We did a pretty quick CBL and a seemingly endless tow (sorry will), and Read more…
Day 1 On a bright Saturday morning a group of tired and hungover divers arrived at the SU for the first day of their boat handling course taught by the not so hungover Chris and Sam. This day involved theory lessons of the need to know with boat handling. This Read more…
A group of 8 UBUCers left Bristol at noon on Friday for a long journey up North. The three-car convoy arrived at Budle Bay caravan site just after 8, and, after a burger dinner cooked by the committee, settled in for an early morning diving the next day. After a Read more…