On a gloriously hot Sunday in August, 8 members of Putney BSAC went to Littlehampton for the day. Ropes off at 10:30 was a welcome change and meant we almost got a lie in compared to our usual 5am wake up call when we do a day trip to the south coast. We dived the …
Putney SAC gets deep and technical… almost! Friday night we had the trio of BSAC clubs meet up in Castletown, Portland ahead of the day’s diving. My Dad – Mike, Jamie & Mark (all from Warrington SAC), and Charles & myself (Putney SAC) risked it all heading to Balti Island for a nice curry before …
Dives planned, tanks filled with the perfect mixes, and a sunny forecast, we were back down to Swanage to complete the plans from a few weeks earlier. After a nice first dive around the Carentan, with plenty of bottom time and good gas switching practice, George and I were well set for a dive we …
We spent our time mostly diving on the South Coast so diving in the Atlantic was certainly an interesting prospect. We had proposed doing this trip with Aquaholics on the Northern Ireland North Coast a year earlier but Covid scuppered those plans. Helen had recently moved to Ireland so we decided to split the plans …
After being asked if there was any diving for Ocean divers in April in the coming months. I rapidly setup up a dive for Ocean divers and above out of Newhaven for the 29th May. With a couple of weeks to go before the dive the Newhaven skipper called to say he had sold the boat, …
After a week’s delay due to high winds, eight Putney BSAC members drove to Selsey East beach for a day by the sea and two shore dives. We based ourselves just east of the existing lifeboat centre and walked the kit from the road to set up ready for the first dive. After a dive …
Second week of April seen our club on first sea diving trip to Swanage. Weather forecast was not great, and temperatures were low, weather changed and we had a lovely sunny weekend, temperature not so much and we had to scrub the ice on car windscreens in the morning… 4 dives conducted – Valentines tanks …
Long time no see Stoney! PSACs last quarry dive before getting salty saw a few more divers come out of hibernation to make sure all gear was functional before Swanage next month. This trip saw an extension to a full weekend with a stay booked at Casa del Mary-rose courtesy of Helen back over from …
Freezing February is where proper divers are made and three brave souls risked frostbite for a dip in Stoney cove. Originally planned for NDAC, but with the sad news of its closure to the public the venue was changed to Stoney Cove… a first for me since watching my parents dive there many moons ago. …
In July 2021, just as Covid looked like it was starting to go away, Egypt opened up its borders again to divers. With it, a wide array of liveaboards, inaccessible for so many months, looked an enticing way to kick start the 2022 diving season. With a week of leave locked in for me over …
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