Tim had organised a trip to St Abbs for our newly qualified Ocean Divers to have their first sea dives up at St Abbs. Unfortunately the weather was not with us, and the sea state was not safe to head out. We had all travelled up on the Friday night with the small possi...
As I was approaching retirement towards the end of last year I thought I would have a go at scuba diving, the plan being to do the training over the winter months and dive properly after that, if I liked it. I arranged a “try dive” at Ponds Forge one Wednesday evening...
A good trip to a favourite spot - now twinned with New Asgard!
Calm, sunny conditions leading up to the bank holiday weekend were promising, and we did indeed get 4 good dives on the Saturday and Sunday. By Sunday night the northerly wind had become 'fresh' and the pre...
We all had a really fun weekend at NDAC, doing some shake down dives with stages before we head off to the Sound of Mull in May. Was great to be joined by some Alumni divers from SHSUSAC.
A group of 4 divers (3 from Sheffield Scuba and 1 from Sheffield Hallam Students Union Sub Aqua club) took advantage of a late booking deal on a Liveaboard departing from Hurghada, Egypt. The trip was booked 1 week prior to departure which wasn’t the ideal preparation...
I love taking underwater videos whilst diving. Recently I also got my hands on a small drone, which allowed me to carefully capture some lovely scenery of around St Abbs and Eyemouth.
I've stitched this together with some under water footage taken on the same trips. Hav...
I always want to sing the Run Rig song “At the Edge of the World” when I think about St Kilda. This was our third attempt to dive St Kilda and this time we got there and had 3 spectacular days diving under huge cliffs. My main memory is surfacing after a dive and l...
Wow. What an amazing wreck the Zenobia is in Larnaca bay, Cyprus. The water was 27 degrees and 30-40m viz. It’s 180 m long and lays on its side. Fantastic for penetrating and plenty to see on the outside. Massive trucks and machinery and lots of nooks and crannies to e...
