Easter Diving

The weather may not have been good for Portland but it was fine for Vobster on Saturday and fantastic for Cromhall on Monday. The diving season has definitely started!

National Diving and Activity Centre trip

The trip to the National Diving and Activity Centre was blessed with great weather although the water was a tad chilly at 7°C on the surface. Two people completed their dry suit course and another had his first dives with South Bristol Divers.

First dives of 2015

The first dives of the year have taken place with a visit to the NDAC where the water was a balmy 6C. Brrrrr!

New Sports Diver

We had a training trip to Cromhall on Sunday. Three Sports Diver trainees came along. All did well at their various exercises. One has completed his training and has been signed up as a Sports Diver. Congratulations!

Vobster Quay

With the weather forecast as fantastic, Vobster Quay proved to be a good choice for a quick spur of the moment dive or two. Vis was a pea soup around Jacquin II and Jester Henge but excellent in the shallows. Even the tunnel didn't seem so dark! Lovely laid back day.

Cromhall diving

Our first proper dive day in the UK this year. Fourteen attended of whom eleven intended diving. Only two divers whimped out at the last minute due to the cold water (3°C). Anna was the heroine being the only person in a semidry suit and completing a 20 minute dive!

First Dives of the Season

Four intrepid members braved the cold waters of Cromhall Quarry today. It just goes to prove that you do have to be mad to join us.

Jubilee Celebrations

We celebrated the Jubilee week end by staying in and around Bristol diving Cromhall and Vobster quarries and having a barbecue.

Visiting Billy and the newts

We had a trip to Cromhall quarry yesterday. The deep end is in use again now that we've had some rain. The newts were out on the top of the axles and the mine. Billy was under the platform and had been seen getting very friendly with Ghost so maybe we will be seeing lots of little Billies in the future!

Warm up dives at the NDAC

We went to the NDAC last week end to get some warm up dives and depth progression ready for the Westbay week end.

UK Diving has started!

We have finally got the season started with two groups going diving. One group took Tenbar and dived out of Mount Batten Plymouth taking in the Scylla and Mewstone. The others did some dry suit training at the NDAC Chepstow.

Training at NDAC last Sunday

Sports diver and Dive Leader training took place at NDAC last Sunday. We did some depth progression to 35m from where we could see the trumpet! New items to explore were a single decker and a double decker bus.

Vobster Night Dive

We had a trip to Vobster for a night dive. It was a little later than planned due to the Dive Manager forgetting his suit and having to go back for it - he decided it was too cold to dive without it! This got another type of dive signed up in various qualification books.

Training

More successful training took place at Cromhall.

NDAC Diving

Although we were blown out at Kimmeridge, we had a great time training at the NDAC this week end. J