DiversInc

One of my favourite shore dives is Glen Douglas. I know it’s not everyone's cup of tea: too dark, too deep, nothing to see, but it draws you...like an intimate secret others seldom get to explore.  And it's not a hard dive to navigate - just follow the wall, turn, ascend and comeback along the mud slope. Pretty straightforward, but you have to look hard if you're trying to find something to make for an interesting picture. The wall doesn’t lack life. There’s an abundanc...

After reading an article about the PADI 5* Mevagh Dive Centre, Carrigart in 'Dive' magazine in 2010, by chance, I had an opportunity to check it out on a trip to Northern Ireland later that same year.  Unfortunately for me though, I had a dreadful cold which kicked into touch any thoughts of diving, so I just contented myself with a look around.  I had a good discussion with Donald Cullen, the owner about the facilities, equipment and divin...

 

Even the name of Rod MacDonald's latest book has the air of a thriller novel; and if you're a dive junkie like me, then that's exactly what it is.

 

Although I'm not a techy, I love wreck diving within my limits and like many other devotees, I've made pilgrimages to dive wrecks in Scapa Flow, the Sound of Mull, the North Atlantic and a few more exotic l...

What a blast! Literally.

Yesterday (2nd July 2011) I had the pleasure of experiencing (and it is SOME experience) of diving to 50m for a bottom time of  6minutes and deco of 15minutes at Cumbrae on perhaps one of the best diving days of our limited summer period.

Organised by DemonDave (who now goes by the epithet of "Narked-at-Nothing" ) eventually only 6 of us managed to take part, which permitted more room for us all in the already capacious chamb...

Two very nice dives were had in Loch Linnhe on Sunday. For a change, it was just a fleeting single day's visit (which meant getting up way too early on a day off... ). Marion wanted something special to mark her 500th dive (since she missed out so memorably a couple of weeks ago at Sunart...) so we (Chris P and I) took her to Loch Linnhe.

Ha! That's not special I can hear you all saying! Well, it is when you consider it was her first time diving this particular site AND she got t...

I was accompanied on my trip last week by one Tony Brown an East End Geezer from Bethnal Green (Kray Twins Manor), so he keeps incessantly reminding me. However, I prefer to refer to him as a Southern Softie, which is closer to the reality.

Anyway prior to the trip, BigT expressed that he had no desire to even as much as paddle in the same sea where a number of recent shark attacks had taken place. After all we were staying in the Coral Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, where tw...

It'd been a few weeks since I'd gotten wet (diving) due to a sudden rush of riverwork landing my way. That could only mean one thing... this wasn't going to be just a fleeting weekend visit to the west.

However, it was Friday morning before I could head off to the west (I had hoped to leave on Thursday but nevermind). Lindsay (Artist1066) arrived onsite minutes after my arrival and helped me with setting up the camp. Then it was straight off to the Telephone Exchange site on Loch Linnhe...

I had a dip at the Washing Machine on Sunday. One of my buddies phoned up to tell me she had bought herself a new drysuit and wanted to carryout a weight check. Ok, Elie is a bit far and a bit shallow at LW anyway, so we tried Fifeness. Not a site I like,for many reasons (tho' it does have a few, distant fond memories of my Father diving there when I was 8), but it's close(ish).

Neap tides ought not to have too much effect on the water flow, but on this occasion the wind was conspiring...

If I’m not diving, the next best thing for me is reading about diving and today provided just that opportunity. I should have been at Loch Linnhe with my buddy Jim doing Kentallen Wall. However a dreadfully heavy cold, (which my wife insists in mere man flu, she really doesn’t understand), restricted all ambitions of diving over the next few days. Nevertheless, a copy of Mike Clark’s new book, ‘Wrecks And Reefs Of Southeast Scotland’ arrived through ...

Just returned from a week in Ibiza, diving with Puntadive http://www.puntadive.com/ in Es Canar.

Big Nick the Aussie (one of the owners) had agreed to my daughter doing her OW referral dives there & I was just diving to buddy up with her.

Weather was a pleasant 20 -  23 degrees all week, water temp was 20 degrees with about 25m viz!

I dived in a 3mm shorty which was maybe a touch stupid, a 5mm long would have bee...

Ive recently Returned from a trip to Gran Canaria

although often overlooked as a dive destination it was really amazing, The volcanic topography draws in a diverse array of marine life from Turtles to Angel sharks in the south occasional Mantas in the north, and brilliant weather year round,

I dived with Kevin and Nina at Puerto rico Diving centre www.prdiving.com who offer amazing value dive packages and specilise in small groups for an amazing experience (these guys really go t...

the other sunday there a few of us coatbridge ssac had a couple of great dives ,instead of the usual haunts we decided 2 do something a little different,so we drove 2 triple reef and entered the water there down the wee  track from the road,and with a slight drift made our way towards gortein point,myself and funky forraging for some scallops en route!!!!!

wee robert and jim mac were dive buddies and malkie was doing shore cover/taxi'ing cars from 1 site 2 the other!

On the friday morning at 11.30 I began the long journey down to Pentewan , Cornwall where I would be staying for the weekend arriving at Pentewan village at 18.30pm very tired but looking forward to  good weekend's diving .

I checked in at Sal diving centre who were running the hard hat course I booked two years earlier but circumstances prevented me from completing it earlier .

Afterwards I check in at my accomodation before seeking some food and drink before resting up befo...

What a great wee wreck! The SS Paris II was a French cargo ship utilised by the French Navy during WWI. It lies not far from the shore near Kemer in south west Turkey on the Mediterranean side. This area is known as the Turkish Riviera and it's not hard to see why. The beachfront is adorned with 5 star hotels most equipped wi...

It's been a while since I've posted as you may have noticed.  However after a period of prolonged hibernation, I hope I can find the time to contribute over the next year.

Despite being particularly busy over the last few months, I've still managed to get some good dives in.  In January Jim Mac and I drove down to Capernwray, (also known as Jackdaw Quarry) in Kennet.  It's just over a 2 hour drive from Glasgow down the M6 into Lancashire and not far off the mo...