Swanage Day Trip

A Day in Swanage Steve Marchant and I set off on an early season trip to Swanage today to dive the Carentan, a 407-ton French submarine chaser, taken over by Royal Navy at fall of France, built 1939. 116ft x 18ft. Armed with 75mm field gun, one 2-pounder, two 20mm Oerlikons, four machine guns and depth charges. Position: 50 34.95N;…

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A Day in the Cayman Islands

Diving in the Caymans by Piers Boileau Goad On the 12th February the girls and I all went to the Cayman Islands Turtle Centre which turned out to be an absolutely wonderful day out for the family! After we left we went searching for lunch, lo and behold we drove to a place called Macabuca where my wife suggested we…

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Read more about the article A Very Cold Vobster – 6°C – Give Or Take A Shiver
Bill and Chris at Vobster

A Very Cold Vobster – 6°C – Give Or Take A Shiver

Six frost-defying members of Swindon’s Seahorse Dive Club—Bill, Chris, Pete, yours truly, Tom, and Glen—braved the Arctic-esque charms of Somerset’s Vobster Quay last weekend. Armed with drysuits, grit, and a questionable sense of adventure, we plunged into water so cold it made penguins reconsider their life choices (6°C, give or take a shiver). Visibility? A generous 5 metres… if you…

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Suit Inflation Gas – Use A Big Bottle!

Meeting up at the pier for 08:45 ish my buddy and I agreed on a plan. Pretty much the same as the day before, aiming for 100m on that little ledge we found the day before.Today however we were on the big boat which was great for space but bad because this meant that we would have less space due…

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