Shakedown at Vobster

For the past 10 years I had always arranged a shakedown/training weekend at Gildenburgh, usually staying in the luxurious caravans they have down there. However all the facilities at Gildy have now been run down to such an extent that I decided to try out Vobster Quay, having heard nothing but good things about the [...]

A Nitrox ticket for FREE!

On Saturday March 1st there will be Nitrox Workshop in the morning and an Automated External Defibrillator course in the afternoon.

The nirtox workshops are for any qualification Ocean, Sports, Dive Leader, Advanced if they do not already have a Nitrox qualification!

Skill Development

Consider developing your diving with one of these South East Region skill development courses for the remainder of 2007.

Date Days Course Venue Cost

08/09/2007 2 Boat Handling Newhaven £78

15/09/2007 2 Search and Recovery Crawley £60

15/09/2007 1 Diver Cox Preparation Newhaven £20

29/09/2007 2 Combined Nitrox Kingston £83

29/09/2007 2 Advanced Nitrox Diver Kingston £73

20/10/2007 1 Diver Coxswain Award Newhaven £36

27/10/2007 2 Boat Handling Newhaven £78

03/11/2007 1 Oxygen Administration Crawley £43

04/11/2007 1 First Aid for Divers Crawley £35

10/11/2007 1 Rescue First Aid Crawley £40

17/11/2007 1 Equipment Care Kingston £30

18/11/2007 1 Compressor Operation Kingston £38

Book here or contact Joanne Eaton on 07913 232275

Weighty Issues

Buoyancy control is the single biggest cause of in-water incidents. For some time, an interesting culture within K&E with regards to buoyancy control has existed. Whilst there is no right or wrong way, there are ways that are tried and tested and therefore recommended, especially for new divers (say, less than 200 dives).

You should feel [...]

Lost in Vobster

The water was a chilly 8 degrees, and quite clear (to begin with). In between showers we had some sunshine and most of us managed to keep warm.

Two Oiks doin’ an OWIC

Rob Lea and myself received a day’s training towards our instructor qualification last weekend at Wraysbury – specifically we undertook the Open Water Instructor Course (OWIC); the next step following the Instructor Foundation Course and about half-way(ish) towards the final instructor qualification.

New Ocean Diver theory schedules

For all trainees and also PADI crossover divers who have not attended OT1 and OT4

Venue Clubhouse Time start around 21:30 to 21:45

Please ensure you arrive promptly and be ready to actively take part Bring your log books (to be signed by the instructor – on the night) and also bring your student notes – hey – why [...]

Brighten up your diving

Most would agree that the torch is a very important piece of diving equipment so I was thinking of brightening up a Thursday evening in a couple of weeks time by running a torch comparison event.

Kit configuration Evening

Don’t forget the kit configuration evening , this coming thursday 12th April at the club, start around 9:30ish. Everybody welcome

Wraysbury Shakedown – April 1st – Not foolish at all

Early season training and shakedown session at Wraysbury SUNDAY 1ST APRIL Start time 09:00