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After a quick surface interval, it was clear the weather wasn\u2019t going to improve. As Matt, Steph and Sophie settled in on shore, Will and Ellie braved the elements to run through some CBLs. Despite the murky water, choppy surface and record breaking 5 minute training dive, Ellie exited as a fully qualified Ocean Diver! We all packed up and celebrated with some well-earned grub at a nearby caf\u00e9, where we started plotting the next day\u2019s adventure (Thurlstone!).<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Ellie, Matt and Sophie Five of us headed to Brixham Breakwater \u2014 four divers and a shore marshall \u2014 with Matt and Steph jumping in for a fun dive whilst Will and Ellie focused on training. Conditions were relatively calm at first but the wind soon picked up. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":6711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-6710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trip-reports","tag-brixham-breakwater"],"yoast_head":"\n