Whats Diving in the Dive Centre....?

With the summer in full swing with good weather and great vis we thought it was about time for the annual dive centre summer BBQ.  This year we'll be returning to the Blue Anchor pub in Teignmouth on Saturday 10^th July for a night of fun and amusement and lots and lots of food to keep even the hungriest of divers happy.....

We will also be having a bit of a send off for Russ who is leaving us as full time member of staff, but he will continue to teach on a part-time basis (he'd miss us too much otherwise!).  So come along to buy him a pint or two.

The fun and festivities start from 7pm and are £5/ticket.  Please contact the centre to reserve you ticket.

Hope to see you all there......

 

 

 

Divers have had good vis over the past few days, with 6m off the shore at the waterfront on Wednesday and Thursday as well as 8m at the Eddystone Reef on Monday, they even had a dolphin put in an appearance jumping out of the water.  With the weather looking good for the weekend now is the time to get in the water. 

We have number of dives from our school in Plymouth:  Glen Strathallen (9am) and Scylla (2.30pm) on Saturday 5th June and then on Sunday 6th June the Scylla (9am) and as well as the Medoc (3pm) for all your technical divers out there.

From our school in Teignmouth we have: Bretagne (10am) and Orestone (1pm) on Saturday 5th June and then Sevilla (9.30am) and Long Quarry (2.30pm) on Sunday 6th June.

To book onto any of the dives or for more information please feel free to contact either centre on 01752 263900 (Plymouth) or 01626 773965 (Teignmouth). 

Hope to see you all in the water soon.

Happy Bubbling.........

   

After much anticipation we have the dates for the centre dive trips for both Egypt and ice diving.....

Firstly, after the success of trips last year will we be returning to Egypt this September.  We will be flying at on Saturday 18^th September and returning home the morning of Sunday 26^th September 2010.  We will be staying in the Falcon Naama Start Hotel just a short walk from Naama Bay and a 5 min walk to the dive centre.  For more information and to book your place please contact the dive centre.

Our second trip calls for a slight change of environment, we will be heading to the slightly cooler climate of the White Sea for an Ice Diving trip, leaving on Sunday 13^th February returning on Sunday 20^th February 2011.  For more information and to book your place please contact the dive centre.

 

 

Divers had an amazing dive at Hatt Rock this morning.  With 10-12m visibility they were still able to see the surface at 15m.  The top of the Hatt Rock was covered in many different coloured Jewel Anemones as well as number of Plumose Anemones, Sea Cucumbers and Sea Urchins, now is definitely the time to be in the water. 

There are still some spaces on the trips over the Bank Holiday weekend so why not give us a call to book your space so you don't miss out.  Let's just hope the good vis is here to stay :-)

Happy bubbling.....

Thank you to everyone who turned out on Saturday 10 April for our Easter Egg Hunt Dive.

 It was a beautiful day with sunshine and blue skies and the diving didn't let us down.  The in water temperature was being recorded at a tropical 10 degrees centigrade and the vis was averaging about 5-6 metres.   It was a great pleasure to be in clearish water with sunlight dappling on the sea bed.

 The marine life decided to come out to play with sightings of a large male lumpsucker guarding a clump of eggs, a little cuttle, a large cuttlefish,  great quantities of masked crabs and mud runners.

The money raisedwill be donated to DDRC.

The regular Thursday night dive went ahead as usual last week on 25th March and we were pleasantly surprised with a good 4 metres visability at Babbacombe Beach.

 To allow for low water we headed east behind the breakwater to find lots of life, long spined Scorpion fish, butter fish and top knot to name a few.  According to my computer the temperature has risen 1 degree to a balmy 7 degrees :)

The weather may not have been spectacular at the weekend but the sighting of a pod of 7-10 dolphins made for an excellent day on Sunday.  The pod was spotted on the way back in from the first dive around the breakwater and one popped up about a metre from the boat and then stayed around in the wake for a few minutes.  The group on the second dive also got a chance to see this pod as they were still out around the breakwater as the dive boat to Fairylands' headed out. 

Here's hoping that dolphins will become a regular sighting on the trips over the summer :-)

With settled weather over the past week diving this weekend proved to be excellent with 5-6m off the boat, and a good 4m from the shore.  Divers had good vis at Hillsea Point and Tinker Shoal and round to the Scylla as well.  With flat sea even I wouldn't have been sea sick!!!

Diving for this weekend is on the website so have a look at http://www.plymouthdivingcentre.co.uk/schedule/view_month-5146.html or give as a call at the centre.

Hope to sea you all in the water soon.....

 

Just got back from a great night dive at the waterfront in Plymouth, visability ranged from 2-4m.  Loads of marine life too, apart from the usual of velvet swimming crabs, edible crabs and sea anemone also saw two sole and a 'little cuttlefish' never seen one of those at the waterfront before.  Just wish I had my camera with me!!!

Thursday evening dives are a regular thing in Plymouth too now, so give us a call if you fancy diving next week.  Meeting at 6pm at the dive centre.

Hope to see you all in the water soon.

... all the usual suspects plus a pipefish. Fairly calm at the moment however easterlies are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday ...