Summer seemed to forget South Wales this week and we've had some very interesting weather throughout. One minute bright sunshine, the next torrential rain followed by more sunshine! There's also been a fair bit of strong wind, all of which means visibility is going to be pretty poor along the whole of the South Wales coast for any Scuba Diving.
Swell on Saturday will also be pretty big and make any shore entries / exits very challenging, although both the swell and wind drop on Sunday. Our advice is to either look further west in Wales or find yourself a last minute flight to sunnier climbs along Europes Southern coast.
Your last option for a bit of Scuba Diving in South Wales this weekend is to head to the inland site at Chepstow which will offer you almost guaranteed diving as it less affected by the conditions; although again you may get some reduced visibility due to the run off of rain water over the last couple of days.
We're up at Chepstow, South Wales this weekend with a number of students completing their PADI Open Water Diver course open water dives; the final step in achieving their PADI Open Water Diver certification which will allow them to dive anywhere in the world up to 18m. This is the first step in their Scuba Diving adventure and will open the door to a number of other courses and certifications, including the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and a number of specialities.
Our usual venue for the PADI Open Water Referral course, Hebron Hall in Cardiff, is closed in September for maintenance and upgrades so they'll be no course running this September but we'll be back in the pool in October.