This weekend saw us take our latest 5 students to The National Diving and Activity Centre in Chepstow to complete their PADI Open Water Diver qualification after they completed their referral dives in Hebron Hall, Cardiff earlier in the year. We're pleased to say we had a 100% pass rate. The final qualification dives took […]
Scuba Diving Conditions Report for Cardiff, Swansea & South Wales The weather is looking quite good for this time of year this weekend and the swell has eased up, particularly over the weekend, meaning the diving conditions could be acceptable in the regions of Swansea and South Wales over the next few days. We are, however, […]
Scuba Diving Conditions Report for Cardiff, Swansea & South Wales The weather isn't looking too bad for this weekend and the wind and swell has eased up, meaning the diving conditions could be acceptable in the regions of Swansea and South Wales over the next few days. Watch for poor visibility due to the sea […]
Scuba Diving conditions report for Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales - The weathers certainly not great for diving in South Wales at the moment. The wind is high Westerlies and South Westerlies which will affect all the beaches along the Southern region. The swell has also been big over the past few days so to sum […]
The third and final part of my PADI Open Water Diver course was the actual open water dives. My open water dives took place at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC) over a weekend. NDAC is a large quarry in Chepstow, Wales that at it’s deepest is 80m (which I believe is the deepest inland dive […]
Part One: Self Study After booking onto the PADI Open Water Diver course I was sent through the PADI Open Water Diver manual, Dive Planner (and booklet) and a DVD. The manual is just under 300 pages in total. Whilst this may sound like a lot, it is well laid out and split into 5 sections, with useful […]
Scuba Diving conditions report for Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales 25.03.2016 Well its the Easter weekend and the weather has been fantastic. Hardly and wind or rain over the past few days so everything looks perfect for diving accross the region. However this is not the case for the next few days, high winds, big swells and […]
Scuba Diving conditions report for Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales 11.03.2016 - The weather has definately settled over the past few days and looks clear for the next few days after. The wind has dropped and the swell has eased with settled conditions along the coastline. There could be a possibility of diving conditions being acceptable […]
Scuba Diving Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales, conditions report 26.02.2016 - The wind has dropped and the swell is down but unfortunately the visibility is poor around the South Wales coast including areas around Cardiff, Swansea, Burry Port and round to Tenby. The water temperature is high for the time of year at 8 - 10 […]