Goeff’s farewell to the UAE, a bit of club history and a welcome to the newly qualified divers!
A bit unusual to be talking about last Tuesday rather than last Friday but it was a rather good night. The vets reunion duly took place and we were able to welcome back some former members that in some cases we haven’t seen in quite a while. It was mainly Geoff Taylor’s night as he […]
13-16 foot waves, no diving & a 50 years anniversary in April
Last Friday had to be called off due to some seriously strong winds causing some seriously big waves. The forecast was 13 – 16 foot offshore at one point and although it moderated a bit on Friday morning it was still too much to contemplate taking the boat out. Next Friday will probably be Dara […]
Training off Hamriyah Beach and traffic jams
Last Friday was a training day for Matt, Aaron, Jules and Jen. Being an instructor short, I opted to give Karen’s dhow a miss and concentrate on getting the drills out of the way. We moored the boat just off Hamriyah beach and the shallow water was ideal for the mask clearing, alternative air […]
Barbeque and diving at Martini Beach & students first open water dive
After a two week hiatus, we were back in the water last Friday – on the east coast as promised. A total of 13 people made the camp out on Martini Beach on Thursday and a further 7 joined us on Friday morning. The journey over was not without incident. Just short of Masafi, a […]
The weather, no diving, beached boats and artefacts
No diving again last Friday. We had a boat load ready to go but the weather was decidedly changeable and no-one fancied taking chances after the events of two weeks ago. As it turned out we would probably been OK as Friday turned out to be the lull between two storms but we can all […]
A bit of club history
After the drama of the previous Friday, nothing at all happened last weekend. A shamal blew in causing 9 – 11 ft waves (10 – 15 ft on Saturday) rendering any discussion about where to go diving entirely academic. At least we had some warning this time. Thanks to those who read last week’s email […]
Stormy First Experience as Dive Marshall
This is quite a long account for reasons that will become apparent as you read it. Friday was not an experience that any of us will forget in a hurry and any lessons that can be learnt should be. Debutant Dive Marshall Peter begins: With a full boat booked out for Friday, Mike was first […]
Dolphins, Sharks & seasnake
The plan for last Friday was to visit the last set of co-ordinates from the Notice to Mariners where there could be some interesting wreckage. The weather was marginal but we set off anyway. It soon became clear that 35km was too far in the conditions so we went to Karen’s Dhow instead. This is […]
New Wreck Hunting.
This was a good start to 2011. We had both boats out – a total of 10 divers. It might have been 11 had PJ not pulled out with a touch of the “Brian’s” (of which more later). One reason for the enthusiasm was that Mike had obtained some co-ordinates from a recent Notice to […]
Karen’s Dhow and the one eyed electric ray, really!
31 December We managed to get a dive away on New Year’s Eve – the last of 2010. Bearing in mind the party later, we decided it would be prudent to do nothing too strenuous so we did a single tank dive on Karen’s dhow. The viz wasn’t wonderful but it was still much better […]