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Yay! the weather is (finally) cooler now which means more comfortable diving conditions as the water is still warm. On the 23rd a fast boat trip went to Musandam with Meryl, Jorg, Nasri, John and Nick. Beautiful diving conditions with little current, clear viz and lots of wildlife to see under the water. Despite reports […]
September
The dive last Friday 25th had to be aborted due to the tow hook falling off Ian’s car 200m from the club gates. Thanks to Sami’s hook we got the boat back to the yard but the weight of the boat almost turned his car into a two-wheeler. However, Friday’s disappointment was compensated by a good […]
August
The last weekend in the month (the 28th) was very busy for the club. We had 12 divers (needing both boats again) for a dive on the Mariam Express and then on to the Neptune. The trip to the Mariam was necessary because when we went there last week, we neglected to bring the anchor […]
July
Those of us who went to Al Sawadi in Oman in the last weekend of July had a couple of memorable dives on the Damaniyat Islands. As well as the monster rays and morays a whale shark came out to play with us put a few minutes. Thanks to Sergey the event was caught on […]
June – the heat is on
The first two dives of the month were on the Dara again – suddenly everyone is interested in this wreck again and why not? A great old wreck with nice swim throughs and lots of fish life.On the second trip the viz was so good and there were a few fish worth liberating. The only […]
May
The first dive of the month was a big day out for our newly renamed Nadar (AKA SP125) – due to last weeks fun and games with the trailer for the big boat – hence a bit crowded. We went to the Neptune and Jumbo. But at least we got there despite a problem on the way. A piece of […]
April – Naming the little boat
The boat naming request via email has obviously struck a chord – this is the biggest response to an email vote Ian has ever had! Anyway, he thanks all those who sent in suggestions! The winning name is “Nadar” with 5 votes. Other suggestions were “Brass Monkey” (3 votes), “The Wanderer” (2 votes), “Dara” (2 votes) and “Faff“, […]
March – the BigPro Dhow adventure
Most of the club diving activites this month have centred around an old wooden Dhow discovered by the club, interestingly named the BigPro Dhow. The diving conditions on the Dhow have varied from crystal clear and coolish at the beginning of the month to low visibility and getting warmish towards the end of the month. […]
Feburary – out and about
Friday the 6th: Had a good dive on Friday which was a bit surprising because a couple of days earlier the weather forecast had been announcing 8-16 ft waves offshore. Fortunately it had calmed down by the time we set off and Karen’s dhow yielded a few candlesticks for the Wanderers. Second dive was another […]
January
The Zainab: Thanks to Dave for marshalling the dive on the Zainab on Friday the 9th. It was a bit bouncy on the way out but fine at the site and calmer on the way home. Highlight was a big shoal of baracuda on steroids circling round. We’ll do a return trip in the not […]