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Rescue Training Day at Cromhall by David Parker

Members from Newbury Scuba Diving Club had a great day at Cromhall Dive Centre on Sunday 2nd Sept practicing diver rescue techniques. We had seven trainees (six Sports Diver and…
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Club Focus article in SCUBA magazine

It was a great testament to the hard work put in by all the members of Newbury Scuba Diving Club when SCUBA magazine wanted to run a feature on the…
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Diving in Sardinia by Richard and Sarah

For those who have not dived this Mediterranean island before, it offers some beautiful scenery both above and below the water (and coincidentally SCUBA magazine had only just run an…
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Red Sea Diversity – surprised even after 18 years of diving in Egypt and 398 dives logged dives there. By Hilda Crockett

M/Y Blue Fin ‘Simply the Best’ itineraries live aboard to the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone – so the more remote sites, best enjoyed when you have a good few dives…
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‘This brings back memories’ by Mike Beherrall

Diving on the Black Hawk on Saturday, August 4, was a pleasure in two senses. Firstly because it was such a good dive in itself and secondly because it was…
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Alex van Opstal and a drift on the Lulworth Banks, dive report by David Parker

Conditions on Saturday 7th of July were perfect for diving out of Portland, wall to wall blue sky, a F1 northerly breeze, neap tides and slack at 11.00. After leaving…
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Swanage Pier – Newbury beginners take the stage

Swanage Pier – Newbury beginners take the stage by Owen Price Matt, our newly qualified Dive Leader (dive manager) and Roger and me (Owen), recently qualified Ocean Divers hit Swanage…
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Diving on the British Inventor – June 9th by David Parker

Conditions were perfect for a day’s RIB diving on Sat 9th June out of Portland with light winds, neaps and broken sunshine. Phil was Dive Manager as part of his…
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Gertrude & Chesil coves

By Ben Heymink, Ocean Diver Diving Sunday 27th May 2018 My first wreck dive, and I was was lucky enough to have some perfect conditions!  Early Sunday morning, (6:30 to…
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Champion diving conditions on cup final weekend

By Matt Walters, Dive Leader and Assistant Instructor. Diving Saturday 19th May 2018 There are times when a weekend leaves you absolutely buzzing, this was one of them. Myself, Roger,…
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