Monthly Archives: June 2014

Training in Portland

The weather couldn’t have been better this past weekend with 1mph (gusting 3!), flat calm seas, sunny days and the longest days of the year.  It started Friday night in the Cove watching the sunset.  Loads of people were shore

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Scillies Day Six

Day 5 saw the winds continue to drop to almost nothing so we decided to head for Bishop Rock. There was no sign of the ever-present Atlantic swell.  We could have pulled the boat up to the rock and stepped

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Scillies Day Four

So ever since we arrived, it’s been windy. This hasn’t stopped us doing some great diving, but has limited our options a bit. Despite this, we’ve enjoyed a tropical beach picnic every day – British diving really isn’t like this!

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Scillies Day One

Clidive expedition Scilly Wave 1 is officially operational. Our advance party was a little more advance than originally planned, with Neil and John having to dash down to Penzance two days early to take the boat across before strong winds

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Combined Advanced Lifesaver and AD Training

On Saturday, four trainees headed off to Gildenburgh for some combined Advanced Diver  + Advanced Lifesaver (ALS) training.  Joli is an advanced lifesaver instructor and an AI so is able to deliver both the advanced diver rescue training as well as ALS. The

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