2011 Events Calendar
The 2011 events calendar is here!
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Events at a glance
Saturday 18th June - Chepstow
Darren Hawkins is arranging a trip to Chepstow on the 18th June. Fairly informal but a great way to get some dives in in a nice controlled environment.
The guys are meeting from about 9am onwards and would love it if you would care to join them. Diving from 8m to 80m (yes really!)
£15 for the day and the viz is usually pretty good. There is plenty to see and the underwater layout means that you will see most of it.
Sunday 26th June - Selsey Lifeboat Station
Darren is also arranging a trip to Selsey to Dive the Lifeboat Station
This is a really easy shore dive with plenty of critters to see and if you are lucky you will see the family of cuttle fish!
Its free to park, free to get in and only a short walk from the place where you will park. You can dive as many times as you like and its easy to dive for an hour or more regardless of how good or bad your air consumption is!
Thursday 7th July - Club Quiz Night
Now that Summer is well and truly here its time to finally get in the water and club night is a great place to find some inspiration and a buddy
And what better way to vet your buddy than to check out just how clever they are!
All money raised from the event will go to the RNLI and the winning team gets to hold the Golden Snorkel for the next year.
Any Weekend!
We want to get in a lot more local cheap diving so keep an eye out to see who is up to what.
We will be organising some days out to dive Swanage Pier, Selsey Lifeboat station, Chesil Cove, Chepstow, Vobster and Stoney Cove. We may even venture over to Kent and try out Buckland.
If you fancy organising a trip (which simply entails you telling some people that you are going) then please jump in!
Facebook
There are plenty of people diving regularly with open invites coming from all angles!
Check out the facebook page to see what's going on and when...
Wednesday Evenings - Wraysbury
Don't forget the house reef! There are Wednesday evening dives going on most weeks as well as weekend splashes for anyone who fancies it.
Refresher
If you haven't been diving for a while or simply want to brush up on your skills then a PADI scuba review will get you back in the water and will sharpen your knowledge and skills.
About the Refresher
The scuba review consists of two parts.
First there is a classroom session where you will go through an interactive review of some of the theory that you learnt during your open water course.
This includes using the Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) again but we always look forward to hearing the 'ohhh' as it all clicks back into place!
Then it's off to a local pool for the confined water skills.
The confined water skills include things like kitting up (which saves a lot of embarrassment when you next come to dive!),
buddy checks (BWRAF), regulator recovery, mask clearing, 5 point ascent and descent, fin pivots and hovering.
See? It's coming back already!
The scuba review is fun and will get you back under the water with confidence.
There is also the option to include an open water dive which will allow you to get below the dizzy depths of our 2m or 3m pools and could also be the start of your UK diving career.
In the words of Melvyn (DIVE360 PADI Instructor) "it's a lot better than you might think!"
The course fee is all inclusive
This includes use of knowledge refresher materials, instructor or divemaster, hire of all necessary equipment and pool entry fees.
Minimum Requirements
PADI Open Water Diver or Confined Water Referral
Cost Options
Scuba review: £45 (Includes everything)
Open water review: £60 (Includes everything except for a small entry fee into a local inland dive site)
What Next?
Go out and dive! Diving regularly keeps your skills and knowledge sharp and is a sure fire way to make you look like a pro in the water.
If you are currently a "blue water" diver then perhaps you may want to try UK diving.
Worried about the cold? Why not do a
Dry Suit orientation
and open a whole new world of diving... a world that will keep you diving all year round!
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