At the end of October, 11 of us headed off to Malta and Gozo for a long weekend of diving, driving and drinking. It was the perfect way to finish what has been a great year of scuba diving in the club. This was the first time diving abroad for some of the group and it didn’t …
A group of Putney divers went up to the Farne Islands for a weekend of diving! They had an amazing time diving with playful seals in the kelp forests. Great fun, adventure, and food for everyone! [foogallery id=”2091″]
We returned to the Medes Islands in Spain for the second year in a row. Last time we were there our skipper said the best time of year at the Medes is in September, the water is warm and peak holiday season is over. So that’s exactly what we did, we came back in September. …
On a sunny day in July a group of instructors, students and those roped in to help went to Vobster for some open water training. As well as teaching ocean and sports diver lessons, we were able to run the ‘rescue management scenarios’ for some of our dive leaders. A good day was had by …
Despite the windy weather, 12 keen members of Putney SAC headed out for some diving just off the coast of Brighton on the 31st March 2019. A nice late start for a change and a quick stop off at Newhaven Scuba to pick up some rental cylinders got us to Brighton Marina at about 12:30pm …
On 23rd February, 8 students and 6 instructors were joined by Resussi Annie and friends for our annual oxygen administration course. As part of diver first aid training, the course is hugely important and the club encourages all members to keep up to date with these skills. The day included a mixture of practical and …
Keen to get the diving season started early in 2019, six members of Putney Sub Aqua Club, headed up to Vobster Quay bright and early on 17th February for a straightforward (but cold) first dive of the year. At a brisk 5 degrees Celsius, drysuits were the order of the day for all, except Pradeep …
And now attention all divers, here is the Plymouth dive trip report for Saturday and Sunday 6 and 7 October at 1800 hours GMT. Visibility: good to extremely good. Skipper, Red Alert: cheerful; pasties and hot drinks, frequent; cream tea later. Wind: North easterly, moderate to strong; sea calm, (sheltered). ‘Newish’ divers: super to very …
On September 2nd we headed down to Swanage to take some of our Ocean Divers for their first dives in the sea. Luckily we had great diving conditions; calm seas and blue skies. We also lucked out with the diving conditions under water.
Pembrokeshire is one of my favourite places in the UK, so to dive there has always been on my wish list. The area hosts some great reefs, thanks to being home to one of Britain’s Marine Conservation Zones, and a load of interesting wrecks thanks to the historic boat traffic associated with Milford Haven being …