This year, I went with some diving friends to the Baltictech conference in Gdynia, Poland, which ran from November 23rd to 24th, 2024. There were three parallel sessions in English (a few in Polish with English translation), so there were lots of diving talks to choose from. It was an […]
PHOTOS BY MARTIN MAPLE On the 30th of October, Marlin Sub-Aqua Club turned 25! To celebrate the club’s anniversary, on Saturday, September 28th, 19 members attended a club dive at Stoney Cove. We all arrived throughout the morning. Sometimes, it’s best to get to the Cove early in the morning […]
July saw a technical triumvirate of Marlin divers heading to Portland on the south coast of England for a weekend of deeper diving. Driving down on Saturday morning, Martin, Rob, and Ian joined the Scimitar dive boat and skipper Nick for a ropes-off at 2 p.m. The target was the wreck of […]
After a project I was due to embark on fell through at the last minute, I had a week’s annual leave and no diving! Keen to avoid spending the week at home with my family, I quickly found a substitute, which came in the form of the ‘best of the […]
21st -23rd of June 2024 After a rough start, the trip to Portland was a real gem. A combination oftransport, health, work and personal issues saw the initial group of 8 reduced to 4,one of whom arrived after midnight on Friday night! The weather at the tail end of the […]
As part of his Dive Leader qualification, Barry-John set himself to organise a club trip to Wales.He selected Pembrokeshire for a weekend trip with accommodation at Pembroke Dock and boat launching at Milford Haven Marina. Our dive operator was Pembrokeshire Boat Charters on board the Catamaran ‘Celtic Discovery’ skippered by […]
Two of three members of the Scooter Mafia turned up last night for the night dive, along with about twenty other divers on the whole site! We arrived on site at about half past 5 for a 6 o’clock kick-off. After a dive briefing covering the plan, some safety aspects […]
Swanage is a popular destination for the typical British holidaymaker but more so for UK-based divers, so if you’re booking a club dive trip it’s advisable to book well in advance and ensure the trip is before the school summer vacation. The picturesque coastal town has a reputation for offering […]
50 Metre Dry Dive at the Midlands Dive Chamber, Rugby, Warwickshire. 29th April 2023. Attended by Mike Waddington, Trisha Mason, Bailey Walker, Tristan Martin, Kate Martin. Organised by James duCassé. The Midlands Diving Chamber, aka MDC, is one of the largest volume Hyperbaric chambers in the country and […]
Anglesey has been on my diving bucket list for quite a while. It’s not too far from the Midlands, has good road links and plenty of shore diving sites on opposite sides of the island. The opportunity just had never come up… until now. I’d completed a Seasearch Observer course […]