Normally, the boat will be on the pontoon at least 30 minutes before we are due to depart. This gives enough time for you to load your gear on the boat, park the car, assemble your kit, have a cup of tea, get an ice-cream, go through the briefing and then get going. I like to arrive on site 15-30 minutes before slack. This gives you plenty of time to prepare for the dive and allows me plenty of time to place the shot on the wreck.

Details of news, reports and forthcoming dives will appear here in due course.

 

Dive and vis reports 2012:

First dive of the season was on Saturday 31 March.  Glorious clear, sunny day, flat sea and no wind.  Dived the Normandy in 47 metres.  Vis was 4-5 metres, though ambient light was lost below 30 metres.  Next day, similar conditions were experienced though with a very chilly easterly breeze.  We dived the Norma in 55 metres, a few miles south of the Normandy.  After another 24 hours of really small neaps, the visibility had improved to 10 metres without a torch, in ambient light. The tide was so weak we were able to dive before slack, and after in-water dive of and hour and a half, we were still within a couple of hundred yards of the wreck. Oh, and water temperature was 7 degrees on the bottom and 9 near the surface.

Forthcoming dive spaces: I have 1 space left to dive the Daylesford in 46 metres on Saturday 21 April.  Meet 0800 to leave 0830.  I have 4 spaces available on Saturday 19 May to dive a wreck in 40 metres – likely to be selected from the Iduna, Simla, Westville, Londonier, Tweed, etc.  Meet 0745 to leave 0815. £46 per head including second dive for those who want it.  Lastly, 4 spaces are available on Wednesday 20 June to dive the ever popular clipper ship Smyrna in 52-57 metres on Wednesday 20 June.  Meet 0830 to leave 0900.

Spaces update: Only 2 spaces remaining for Saturday 19 May and just 1 space left for the Smyrna dive on Wednesday 20 June.

Spaces update: The Smyrna dive on Wednesday 20 June is now full.

Dive/vis reports:  Dived the Messina on Saturday 14 April.  Despite being a gray day, vis was 10 metres without a torch. Water temperature is up to about 10 degrees.  Sloppy ride back and for one of the divers, a quick ride to the chamber after showing signs of decompression sickness. Sunday was cancelled due to strong north east winds.

Spaces update: One space remaining for Saturday 19 May.

Dive/vis reports. Following gales, heavy rain and huge spring tides, inshore vis has been awful.  Needless to say, there hasn’t been much diving. At this time of year the clear May water should be in.  However, on Saturday 12 May we dived the Venezuela.  There was a definite change in water colour once we were a few miles off the Needles.  On the wreck visibility was a passable 2 metres, but dark, but no problem with a torch.  In contrast to that, next day we dived the El Kahira near mid Channel. Vis improved suddenly once we passed about 50 25 north, as we headed south-west.  On the wreck a good 8 metres vis was had in ambient light – and that’s at 60 metres. Water temperature is now around 11-12 degrees. On the way back with the flood tide, the clearer water had moved much further north.

Spaces update: The boat is full for Saturday 19 May.

Spaces available. Diving the WW1 armed trawler Michael Clements on Thursday 21 June. Meet 0900 to leave 0930. £48 per head.