Dive Club

About Club

A Plymouth diving centre isn't complete without a club, and we've got it just right. For those that pass their first course we strongly recommend joining. Our dive club isn't like the others we don't solely promote our own boats, and we're open to all :- BSAC, PADI, whatever... With weekend family days and beach barbecues around the Plymouth area, to frequently organised evening shore dives, our club divers can hire kit and dive for the price of an air fill £1!!! Of course if you do want to boat dive we'll give you a discount on the boats. Our evening boat dives are just £17 to dive club members.

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Membership

Membership fees are £50 per year from 1st April.

Benefits:
£1 Air fills and nitrox 32% at £4 per cylinder
Reduced rate boat dives
Free SCUBA gear hire when diving on our boats (Tank, regs, BCD, and weights only) when not being used by the school.
20% off kit hire rates (when doing your own thing)
Monthly meetings with guest speakers
Club trips UK and abroad
Monthly course and kit specials
Option of buddy list participation
BBQ's and social gatherings
Organised Activities eg Clean Up, Beach Days etc
Club updates via forum, facebook and Monthly Newsletter

CLUB MEETINGS ARE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 8PM IN THE MARINA PUB. IF YOUR INTERESTED IN JOINING PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME ALONG TO ANY OF OUR MEETINGS, EVERYONE'S WELCOME!

Holidays

PORTHKERIS WEEKEND 4th - 6thth June 2010

There are still a few spaces remaining for our longest running annual club trip. Porthkeris's Little Kitten will be booked for 2 dives on the Saturday, with shore diving taking place on the Friday night and Sunday morning. cost is £40 plus camping fees. For more information please vistit the forum or speak to the shop for Derek, the trip organisers contact details

LUNDY ISLAND WEEKEND 31st July - 1st August 2010

Another fabulous trip for the Aquanauts club. Lundy lies off the coast of North Devon, where the Atlantic ocean meets the Bristol Channel with nothing between it and America, a granite outcrop, three and a half miles long and half a mile wide. In the hubbub of the modern world it is a place apart, peaceful and unspoilt.

The Lundy trip still has spaces, so get booked onto this popular weekend. The boat will be leaving on Saturday morning for 2 dives around Lundy and will then drop us off on the Island for an evening of camping. We will then be collected from Lundy the following morning for another 2 fabulous boat dives and possibly the chance to see a seal or two before we head off home.

Red Sea Liveaboard 26th Nov - 3rd Dec 2010

Come along and join us on Aquanauts 2010 Red Sea trip on the luxury Liveaboard M/Y Blue Horizon. The itinerary we have selected is North and Brothers which will allow us to dive some of the most infamous wrecks in the Red Sea. We will be based on Blue O Two's award winning vessel Blue Horizon which is one of the largest most luxurious liveaboards around. With space for 26 guests all accommodated in en suite, air conditioned cabins, each with state of the art tv, dvd and cd players and mini bar. More information can be found on the forum and is also available in the shop. Alternatively why not visit Blue O Two's website for more details on this amazing holiday http://www.blueotwo.com/

PREVIOUS CLUB HOLIDAYS

SWANAGE WEEKEND MAY 27th & 28th (2009) £85 + camping
up to 30m deep wrecks, The Kyrra, Betsy Anne, Aeolian Skye and a drift. Click here for more details

RED SEA Liveaboard, JUNE 1st-8th (2009) £949
A remarkable itinerary allowing divers to experience the most notorious wreck sites in the Red Sea, including the S.S Thistlegorm, the Salem Express, the Giannis D and a couple of wrecks on the infamous Brother Islands. Click here for more details

THAILAND, DEC 2008 10 days £1200
TBA We're looking to take a 4 day liveaboard around the Similan Islands for some Manta and Whaleshark spotting, and then dive day boats from either Koh Lanta or PhiPhi with other activities available like free diving, rock climbing, paraseiling etc. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you're interested in coming along, and Watch this space!

Monthly Specialities 2010

Red Sea Trip Nov 2010

Upcoming Red Sea trip...

North & Brothers Safari
26th Nov - 3rd Dec 2010
Aboard M/Y blue Horizon

Itinerary Highlights:
SS. Thistlegorm – Shaab Ali
Probably the most famous of the Red Sea wrecks. The 129m English Freighter was bombed by German aviation on 6th October 1941. Today she creates an artificial reef on a sandy bottom at 32m max depth. She is home to an enormous variety of marine life and is especially popular with large schooling fish.
Abu Nuhas
Also known as the ‘Ships Graveyard’, this reef is dangerously positioned close to the busy shipping lanes of the Gulf of Suez. This reef has claimed more ships than any other in the area. On the north side are four wrecks laying on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. On the south side is a safe anchorage for liveaboards and two ergs, known as Yellow fish reef.
Ghiannus D – Abu Nuhas
In 26m of water and leaning to port with a fully intact stern section and an impressive engine room packed with glass fish.
Carnatic – Abu Nuhas
A British P&O steamer which struck the reef in 1869. She lays in 29m and now the whole hull is draped in multicoloured soft corals. The wreck is home to glass fish, octopus, morays, jacks and tuna cruise overhead.
Tile Wreck – Abu Nuhas
There is much discussion over the true identity of this wreck. Sunk in 1978 fully laden with stone floor tiles, she now lies from 4m to 30m.
Lentil Wreck – Abu Nuhas
A cargo vessel which sank in 1978 whilst carrying a heavy load of lentils. She rests at 30m on her starboard side. The bow area is completely destroyed but the main section and propeller areas are good to explore.
Big Brother
A 400 metre long island offering fabulous wreck diving and wall diving. The wreck of the Numidia lies on the northern tip between 10 and 80 metres. The north-west side of the island houses the wreck of the Aida. Every section of this reef is covered with corals and life.
Salem Express
A large roll-on, roll-off car ferry which hit the reef off Safaga in 1991. Its size alone makes for an impressive dive and although years have passed since the tragic incident, it can be an intensely moving experience. Now lying on its starboard side (30m max depth), the wreck has been colonised in places by large soft corals, especially visible on the starboard propeller. However, vast areas of the wreck remain clearly identifiable and reveal the sheer speed in which she went down.

All dive sites are subject to weather conditions and cannot be guaranteed.

£999 per person
To include: return flights LGW-HRG, 7 nights full board accommodation on vessel, Marine Park Fees, Egyptian Entry Visa, Transfer from/to Hurghada airport, diving, single 12 ltr cylinder, lead weights, tea, coffee and softdrinks.

Call Aquanauts Dive Centre today on 01752 228825 for more info or to book on this Red Sea safari.

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