The Club
Wednesday Pool Evenings:
Wednesday Skills Clinics
We will be arranging occasional Wednesday evening pool sessions, which will focus on particular areas of diving in order to keep your skills fresh or give you the opportunity to sample something different!
Recent clinics have included Fish ID, Navigation, Buoyancy, Underwater Christmas, etc. We often offer special offers on Specialty courses related to the Clinics!!!
Coming soon:
Pool Wreck Spec!! Practice penetration skills, frog kick, reeling off and mapping. If you enjoy wreck diving and wish to take it further, come and practice in the pool, then come out and dive a couple of wrecks off Plymouth!
Club Night Schedule
We will continue to hold Club Nights when we will arrange talks that hopefully will be of interest to local divers - and non-divers!
Basking Sharks
we are planning for local Basking Shark expert, Dan Burton, to come to talk to us about Basking Sharks, where and how to find them and show us some of his pictures and video footage! Dan has been working as a professional photographer for more than 20 years, during which time he has taken many outstanding shots by bringing together his other skills as a technical diver, freediver and paramotor pilot. His photos have been used by a huge number of publications, and he has also worked on many film and television projects. Have a look at Dan's website to get an idea of what he gets up to!! www.underwaterimages.co.uk
Plastic Oceans Foundation
This is a UK-based charity dedicated to protecting and improving the environment. through a wide range of activities the Foundation will educate, campaign for improvements in legislation and policy, raise funds for development of solutions and develop a worldwide social media network aimed at achieving the mission of 'significantly reducing plastic pollution in the environment by supporting and funding targeted solutions'. www.plasticoceans.net
Recent Club Nights
The Seahorse Trust evening was fascinating insight into the lives of these elusive creatures! I think we were all amazed at the size of them! The model was about 7 inches from snout to tail, and Neil had pictures of one that had been caught in a trawl net that was 12 inches long! They can be found at many of our regular dive sites, so I suspect that many of us have swum over the top of them, without knowing! We will arrange a trip to Studland Bay next year, to meet up with Neil and, hopefully, find some seahorses! Be prepared for a two hour dive in about two metres of water, covering an area about the size of our classroom!! This will be strictly limited to 8 divers, so get your name down early! There is no charge for this, but the Seahorse Trust would obviously welcome any donations! The charity is based at Escott House, where you can see some of the work that they do!
Club Member benefits
Standard Membership - £45.00 annually, £20 per additional family member
Gold Membership -£80 annually
Platinum Membership - £20 per month
All Club Members are entitled to range of benefits, which make it really worthwhile becoming a member!
For the majority of Club members, the key benefits are cheaper air & Nitrox fills and half price kit hire!
In addition you will receive Club Newsletters with details of upcoming events, Dive Centre news and Special Offers, and can attend the monthly club meetings with guest speakers, BBQs, skittles and all the latest dive news, views and gossip!
Instead of offering discounts off equipment we have a range of package that deals that should be attractive to someone wanting to buy some dive kit. For example, when buying a full price dry suit, you will be entitled to the PADI Dry Suit Specialty for a very reduced price. We will also still offer 10% off kit to members if the offers do not suit you! Click here for our offers.
If you're buying your kit bit by bit, why not join as a Gold Club Member? Gold Club Members are entitled to hire scuba gear for free (BCD, regs, cylinder, weights and weight belt) - you will only pay £10 for mask, snorkel and fins, boots and suit.
Right at the top is our Platinum Level of membership, which has all the benefits of Standard and Gold, plus the following:
