Check out some of our recent trips!
As one of our boats has never left stores yet, and the boat fettling had mostly been finished, we decided to get them out on the harbour for a test run and to check everything was working. Aside from missing fuel bulbs on the new fuel lines it went pretty Read more
With OD and SD trainees nearly finished it made sense to pop across the bridge to NDAC where we could get the depth required plus see some wrecks that none of them had seen before. Lots of good training was done and congratulations to Jethro and Emily – our two Read more
The conditions (well, tides anyway) were perfect for an Eastern Kings shore dive so we headed down for a deep dive and some training dives in the shallows. Lots of boats had the same idea as we were joined out there by at least 2 other groups. Unfortunately the vis, Read more
Brixham and Babbacombe had very bad vis reports so we decided to try a new site – Newton’s Cove, which is very close to Chesil Beach. Be careful of the big sucky thing in the middle of the site, marked by a buoy, as well as swimming too close to Read more
With winds reasonably strong we took a gamble and went to Swanage Pier. The visibility wasn’t too bad at all, and was perfect for some students who had never been in the sea before, plus drysuit training, although it was pretty windy on the surface! Many pollack and bib under Read more
We took advantage of the good vis reports to head down to Chesil Cove for a day of diving and training. The vis was much better, a good 6m+ and beautifully sunny with flat sea. Cuttlefish galore with many spotted, as well as ‘terminal sunburn’.
Summer training kicked off with a simple trip to Brixham Breakwater for a couple of easy shore dives. Of course, the UK being what it is, the weather was pretty grey but seas were calm. Vis was sadly poor, but still we managed to find lots of life and introduce Read more
We had fair weather for most of the weekend and the diving conditions were good. Saturday we dived the JEL and the Glen Strathallen. On the JEL the vis was around 3-6m and with the sun out made for a beautiful dive. We can confirm that despite the recent deterioration, Read more
On Sunday 6th September, a group of 6 UBUCers, including two newly-qualified ocean divers, headed down to Babbacombe on a beautiful sunny morning. Babbacombe was seriously busy and no surprise as the sun was shining, the vis was ~5m and there was plenty of life to be seen. Conga eels Read more
On Saturday, 4 Ocean Diver trainees and 2 instructors headed over to Cromhall (as it is now reopen, under new management) for a day finishing their OD qualifications. Although the vis was not great, many of the underwater attractions had not been put in yet, and a horrible thermocline at Read more