May Catch Up!

CATCH UP!

After not writing a blog for the last few weeks, we thought we'd give you a big catch up on what we've been up to!
We've so far certified 22 Open Water divers, 100 DSD's, 36 specialty courses and 12 continuing education courses(AOW,Rescue,DM) as well as 8 EFR's! Our Master Seal Team of 8 have all completed their course and will be missed! The new Seal Team started last Thursday and they're all looking forward to the aqua missions!

Over the weekends, we've done:

• Full Face Mask
• Drysuit
• Wreck
• Deep
• Search and Recovery
• EFR

The week days have also been jam-packed as we've been working with Purleigh Primary, Cold Norton, Basildon Academies, South Essex College, Writtle College and we've been to meet a few new schools including Castledon Secondary! As well as this, the US Air-force have also been working hard to complete their Open Water courses! 

We went to the Red Sea to do Reefs and Wrecks liveaboard! Gary, Rhonda, Pete and everybody else had a lovely time. The dives were beautiful and the staff were very nice. We're now looking forward to the Maldives trip in August! There's still space if anybody wants to book onto it!

We've been to Scuba Fest in Cornwall and had an amazing time, the visibility was better than ever! 12+ metres on both days! We say lots of Cuckoo Wrass, Spider Crabs, Lobsters, Octopus', Starfish, Sun Starfish and even some Lesser-spotted Catsharks! As usual, we all went out for dinner on the Saturday and congregated at Gary's caravan on the Sunday! The weather was great on both days but there was a fair bit of rain on Sunday. So after a fantastic weekend of good food, even better diving and great company, we all headed back home on the Monday, ready for work the following day!

As the season is starting, a lot of people have been starting to buy new kit so we're always getting deliveries! We've now sold 2 Bare dry suits discounted from £1200 to £700!! We still have some dry suits on sale at all different prices so for more information, give the centre a call!

The new Carbon Black regs from Scubapro have also been a hit! They do look very nice and are some of the best regs on the market. They're designed for cold water but can also be used in warm water.

What have we got coming up?

July 9th/10th- For all of our staff and volunteers, we'll be heading up to Gillwell 24 to do DSD's for the whole 24 hours! We need as much help as possible so anybody willing to lend a hand, give Janie a call!

July 16th- we've got PADI's international women' day! Which means that we'll be in the pool from 12-5pm doing DSD's and plays with a twist! We're using the underwater speakers to have a little boogie underwater! As well as this, Chrissie is going to prepare some girly themed refreshments for afterwards! All proceeds go to Cancer Research Uk! So book your space today!

August 6th-14th- MALDIVES! We'll be jetting off to the beautiful Maldives on a boat of 7 so far! Where we're hoping to see plenty of sharks!

August 19th-21st- SWANAGE!! We're travelling up to Swanage to do some pier diving and boat diving! There's definitely a lot to see at Swanage, from wrecks to reefs, from Spider Crabs to Nudibranches!