Check out some of our recent trips!
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…
On a lovely Saturday morning, a group of UBUC’ers rose at dawn to travel to the picturesque seaside town of Lyme Regis. For a lovely bootcamp warmup, we carried the boats and equipment what felt like miles to launch them into the water. We then set off into the beautifully Read more…
A small group of UBUC’ers headed down to Babbacombe as after Monday’s storm, there weren’t many sites diveable. Although the visibility was a bit pants, we still saw lots of crustaceans including lobsters and crabs, and we even managed some open water training too!
On a rainy Sunday October morning 5 divers headed down to NDAC for some training. After taking the minibus down to the shore we started out with a rescue dive for Matt’s training and a forward roll entry for Bryony’s to finish their Sports Diver. Vis was pretty good at Read more…
UBUC welcomed 37 new trainees as part of our Try Dives (during Bristol SU’s Give It A Go week). Thank you to all that attended, including trainees, instructors and helpers – we hope you had an amazing time and we hope to see you again in the water soon!
