Whats Diving in the Dive Centre....?

The rumours are true!!!  Viz at Babbacombe last night was a good 2 - 3 metres.  Those of you who have dived this month will recognise this as a significant improvement and for those of you who haven't - come on, it's getting better!!

There was lots of life on the reef last night, a very large lobster, squat lobsters, tompots, gurnards and more.  

.... still a bit cloudy but the best it has been for a month.  6 ºC !!

Despite the poor weather of late the Thursday evening dives are running as planned.  So far this year we've had pretty limited visibility above and below the surface and cooler than average temperatures but with the right preparation this shouldn't stop us from diving.

 We are finding the need to wear warmer clothes for the pre dive and post dive period  and whilst the temperature in the water is a little lower than usual for the time of year heavier thermals and gloves are allowing us to continue to dive.

 If you fancy a shore dive after work ring the centre to let them know.  We can arrange to transport cylinders and/or kit to the dive site for you if you can't get to the dive centre first.  A quick call will ensure that you know if conditions are suitable, where we're diving and at what time. 

Dispite the poor weather and biting cold good diving is still out there. The Waterfront shore dive located on the seafront in Plymouth provided us with an unexpected six metres viz!!!! The only down side was being called insane by the passing strollers as we were getting changed on the ice covered pavement.

 

Over 40 people braved the weather to attend Decembers Club Night and hat a fun night it was!

Paul Naylor who is the author of 'Great British Marine Animals' was our guest speaker and gave a fasinating talk about all manner of sealife and their behaviours. He took us on a vertual dive starting in the shallows by the shoreline with some amazing information on anemones and limpets. It continued into deeper water describing the mating habits of Crabs and Sea Hares!

He had some amazing photos of Gobies, Spider crabs, Nudibranch, Pipefish, A very friendly Seal.... I could go on!

 He ended the evening with a quiz based on his talk which was very entertaining to all, seeing who remembered the most! The winning score was 21/24!! Congratulations to Mark Hooper and Co!!

A big thanks to Paul Naylor for such a Informative talk with a twist and thank you to everyone who came!

Our next talk will be the beginning of February!! See you all there!

 

Helen

Despite the limited visibility diving still took place today at Longquarry and on the Perrone.  The weather forecast is varied for the next few days and we're hoping things will calm down soon.  Don't assume diving isn't taking place, ring us and see.

 

Big Thanks to Jude for helping me with the stand we had at the Healthy Living Fun Day at Broadmeadow yesterday! I think it was a very sucessful day considering the weather so thank you to everyone who came and to all the organisers!

If you didn't get chance to get up to the sports centre you missed out on some interesting stands ranging from Magnetic Healing to Hypnotherapy, there were smoothies to try, belly dancers... yes belly dancers to watch, and even some chaps from the army doing a fitness demonstration! ooo err! Overall a great fun day!

Remember to keep checking the website for offers and diving schedules, also make sure you get your tickets for the christmas party!! £20/ticket includes a three course meal and some wine on the table! Santa may even make an appearance! :)

The Club Night for December is on Tuesday 1st and our guest speaker this month is Paul Naylor who is the author of 'Great British Marine Animals'

Hopefully see you all diving soon!

Helen.

 

 

 

Well the conditions in this part of the world have held up remarkably well considering the recent weather!! Viz in Babbacombe was reported yesterday as 3-4m and likewais on Thursday night.

We will be trying to keep this up todate as much as possible over the winter!!

Halloween came early this year to the Teign Diving Centre and was celebrated on Thursday (29th October) with a fancy dress night dive at Babbacombe Beach.  A huge amount of effort went into the costumes and it was a sight behold watching gouls, warlocks, dracula and even giant pumpkins entering the water.  Although the viz was limited a good dive was had by all with reports of a wide variety of marine life in the bay.   Many thanks to all of you who took part and for your contribution towards DDRC, a worthy cause that we all hope we won't be using.

Night dives will be taking place on Thursday evenings throughout the autumn and winter months, weather permitting, details of which can be obtained through the dive centre.

As many of you will already know there is a major concert in teignmouth on Friday and saturday night, the band Muse are coming home to perform on the Seafront!! So we will be restricted in our diving on Saturday...... however we now have some parking arrangements with Teignbridge so if you are looking to dive in the morning on saturday let us know..... we will probably sort the site to suit the divers who are coming!! Cheers Mark