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First UK trip of the year

After three blown out trips so far this year, it was a with great relief that I was able to say “Portland is go!” on Thursday morning. Following weeks of gale force winds battering the south coast, the winds were easing

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Accelerated Decompression Procedures at NDAC

I had wanted to do the BSAC Accelerated Decompression Course for quite some time, so when Nick suggested doing it at the National Diving and Activity Centre in  Chepstow, I jumped at the chance. BSAC Wales region were running the

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Gran Canaria – Days 5 and 6

On Day 5 we headed to Las Palmas to dive the Arona which sank following an engine fire in 1972. We followed this up with a trip to a beautiful cavern system called the Cathedral. For our final day we

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Gran Canaria – Day 4

Today the wind completely disappeared. Some of us headed to Sardina on the North side of the island while others took a day off and visit Las Palmas The visibility in the North was excellent with large numbers of schooling

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Gran Canaria – Day 3

Day three saw Ben complete his open water training while we visited some shallow wrecks surrounded by shoals of roncadores, followed by a gentle drift dive on which we saw a couple of beautiful sting-rays, an octopus out in the

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