Dive trips

This page contains information about dive trips I have taken, including details of who/when/why etc. Nowadays, I seem to be diving in cool green water far more frequently than in warm blue water...

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U.K. diving

DESTINATION DATE ORGANIZERS DETAILS  
Weybourne (Rosalie) November 2011 Seasearch East Unbelievably calm sea... Rosalie wreck, Weybourne
Overstrand October 2011 Seasearch East Little cuttles! Little cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica
East Solent/IOW October 2011 Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust BIG swell on Hanson site Fossilised Trionyx scute, Ethel Ledges
Poole Bay October 2011 National Oceanography Centre Reef surveys with Dr. Ken Collins Thick cover of mixed algae on the Boscombe surf reef
Lyme Bay October 2011 Seasearch Fantastic weather - sunburned! Phallusia mammilata ascidian
Poole Bay August 2011 National Oceanography Centre Maerl surveys with Dr. Ken Collins Coralline red algae, Maerl
West Runton August 2011 Seasearch East Shore dives on the chalk reef Arch complex on the Norfolk chalk reef
East Coast (Norfolk to Durham) August 2011 Seasearch East Seaweed safari Lots of mixed algae on the Norfolk chalk reef
Sark, Channel Is. July 2011 Seasearch Photography workshop with Sue Daly Rum Pig tractor on Sark
Solent/IOW July 2011 Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Great weekend of IOW diving with HWT Typical sponge/anemone life in the Solent
East Runton June 2011 Seasearch East First dive with Dawn & Rob; surfing waves and crap vis...! Surfers at East Runton, Norfolk
Poole Bay June 2011 Seasearch Seasearch Surveyor course - excellent fun, longer forms! Seasearch logo
West Solent/IOW June 2011 Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Great weekend of IOW diving with HWT Typical sponge/anemone life in the Solent
Boscombe June 2011 Bournemouth University Surf reef surveys Thick cover of mixed algae on the Boscombe surf reef
Plymouth Easter 2011 Southampton University Sub-Aqua Club (SUSAC) Gorgeous weather, great diving, avoided the Royal Wedding James Eagan Layne wreck, Whitsand Bay
Solent/IOW September 2010 Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust First Seasearch dives with HWT Typical sponge/anemone life in the Solent
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European diving

DESTINATION DATE DIVE COMPANY DETAILS  
Gozo April 2012 Gozo Aqua Sports Spring flowers and dive check Colonial jellyfish under the Azure Window
Gozo September 2011 Gozo Aqua Sports Sam's AOW course Shoals of cardinalfish at Reqqa Point
Gozo March 2009 Gozo Aqua Sports Visiting Gail and testing drysuit Shoals of cardinalfish at Reqqa Point
Fuerteventura, Canaries Christmas 2006 Deep Blue Diving Escaping Christmas... Shoaling reef fish, Fuerteventura
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Tropical diving

DESTINATION DATE DIVE COMPANY DETAILS  
San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Northern Belize December 2008 Aqua Dives Unfortunately unavoidable if you want to dive the Blue Hole (but FULL of American tourists) Great Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Sapodilla Cayes, Southern Belize December 2008 ReefCI Absolutely fantastic trip to pristine reef in a marine reserve Hawksbill turtle in the blue, Belize
Northern Red Sea November 2007 Blue-o-Two First visit to tropical waters, on a liveaboard with Scubadoo Divers
Download Google Earth view of the "Northern Wrecks and Reefs" itinerary
Pair of masked butterflyfish, Northern Red Sea