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Scuba Santa dive report by Shaun Steward
On Saturday 17th December, at the crack of dawn, five hardcore divers ( David Allen, Darren Zikmund, Chris Knight, Jo Kelly and myself) set off for a Christmas dive weekend. The first destination was NDAC (‘national diving and activity centre’) near Chepstow. We crossed the Severn bridge and achieved our goal of staying in [...]
Bulgaria 2011 – A tale of two RIBS
A tale of two RIBs
As divers we all like to explore new dive locations so when it was suggested that we run a trip to the Black Sea in Bulgaria the places were snatched up. The itinerary fuelled our excitement with promises of a jet aircraft, a Russian submarine, German landing crafts, torpedo boats, a [...]
Late May Bank Holiday trip to Plymouth
After moving the annual club trip to early May and Portland last year, it was decided to wait until slightly later in the season when it would be warmer and to go back to Plymouth this year. So the late May Bank Holiday saw a mad-dash down the M5 by a good number of K&E [...]
Another Wreck Located
Last Saturday saw a flat clam day with the sun making brief appearances. Ideal conditions to speed out towards the edge of the shipping channel and locate a wreck that we had not dived before. The Nyon looked like an ideal target given she stood up so high and was well suited to the [...]
It’s Easy When It’s Easy
RIB Trip from Newhaven 17/04/2011
I looked on the RIB schedule at the clubhouse. The Doctor (John), Mariusz and I, that’s all! One cox and no dive manager. Dean was probably still stuck in a Malaysian airport somewhere, Dave had ‘family business’ to attend to and Chris Hunka was just busy! Then Kevin mentioned that he [...]
The Season Begins
The 9th and 10th April saw the RIB diving season start in style. Glorious sunshine, 4 to 5 m underwater visibility and some great company all made for a fantastic weekend. Two of the old faithful wrecks were dived to dust the kit off safely (The Lancer II and the City of Brisbane). Of course [...]
Congratulations New Boat Handlers
Congratulations to Kirstie Mitchell, Iain Richardson and Jim Molyneux who all completed their Boat Handling course on Sunday 27th March. The practical introduction to boat handling was held at Newhaven using the club boat Sea King on a day that was far too calm to get any bad weather handling experience. All are now keen to [...]
Farnes Trip 2010
After narrowly missing out on the much-lauded Farnes trip in 2009 it finally came around again on the August Bank holiday, 3 days of diving with the adorable seals to look forward to. It’s a long drive north to Seahouses, but thanks to an early start on Friday we arrived in time to check out [...]
RIB Diving in Newhaven
After a few weeks suffering through the annual plankton bloom on the South Coast, I am happy to report that the visibility this weekend at Newhaven was much improved, with up to ten meters on the Fortuna and the T R Thompson.
Also, with Seaking in it’s seasonal home on site, RIB diving with the club [...]
Ibiza 2010
After several setbacks: people dropping out, Jim Molyneux breaking his ankle, and it snowing in Ibiza the day before we arrived, we finally got the very early Easyjet flight from Gatwick. We were met by a very chirpy talkative character named Jeff Richardson from the Seahorse diving centre, who transferred us to a small resort [...]