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08/08/17
The weather continues to be a little challenging. Our visitors last week learned the valuable lesson that 12 knots of wind combined with the large Manx tides can really mess up dive plans. Thankfully, we know our club members have learned a little more dive planning and we regularly publish links to weather stations and forecasts to help you understand. The local weather stations at the harbours are available through a new website, www.iomweatherstations.im. If you open this page, each of the stations will open as a new tab in a browser. The weather stations give live information as well as the previous 6 hours of data as a graph, so it's possible to see how the weather is developing too.
It's never easy when we have to cancel or change dive plans. If we are concerned about conditions, we will be having a look at things in detail from about 3-4 hours before the dive time (and yes, that can mean very early starts!). This usually involves driving to several look-out points to check what is actually going on around the coast, plus frequent checking of several weather forecasts and up to the minute reports. If we do cancel plans it is because safety is our paramount concern. Dive decks can be slippery when wet, kitting up is difficult on a pitching boat, and getting back out of the sea when it's rough can be a real challenge. Falling over while wearing dive kit can cause serious injuries (to us as well as you!). We hope you understand that we never take these decisions lightly as we know you want to dive as much as possible.
Outline plans
Friday evening: boat dive - Thracian
Saturday morning: shore dive - Port Erin
Saturday afternoon: boat dive - Kione ny Halby
Saturday afternoon: boat snorkel - Sugarloaf Caves
Sunday morning: Mixed gas wreck dive - Liverpool (or Ringwall)
Sunday afternoon: boat dive - Gibdale Bay
Sunday afternoon: shore dive - Port Erin
Wednesday evening: pool session
Thursday evening: pool session
TO BOOK ONTO ANY OF THESE SESSIONS PLEASE CONTACT MICHELLE ON 300090
Lastly, we are pleased to include details about a dive trip to Lanzarote in January. Some of the diving will be to the underwater sculpture museum. Details can be found further down the email.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
The weather continues to be a little challenging. Our visitors last week learned the valuable lesson that 12 knots of wind combined with the large Manx tides can really mess up dive plans. Thankfully, we know our club members have learned a little more dive planning and we regularly publish links to weather stations and forecasts to help you understand. The local weather stations at the harbours are available through a new website, www.iomweatherstations.im. If you open this page, each of the stations will open as a new tab in a browser. The weather stations give live information as well as the previous 6 hours of data as a graph, so it's possible to see how the weather is developing too.
It's never easy when we have to cancel or change dive plans. If we are concerned about conditions, we will be having a look at things in detail from about 3-4 hours before the dive time (and yes, that can mean very early starts!). This usually involves driving to several look-out points to check what is actually going on around the coast, plus frequent checking of several weather forecasts and up to the minute reports. If we do cancel plans it is because safety is our paramount concern. Dive decks can be slippery when wet, kitting up is difficult on a pitching boat, and getting back out of the sea when it's rough can be a real challenge. Falling over while wearing dive kit can cause serious injuries (to us as well as you!). We hope you understand that we never take these decisions lightly as we know you want to dive as much as possible.
Outline plans
Friday evening: boat dive - Thracian
Saturday morning: shore dive - Port Erin
Saturday afternoon: boat dive - Kione ny Halby
Saturday afternoon: boat snorkel - Sugarloaf Caves
Sunday morning: Mixed gas wreck dive - Liverpool (or Ringwall)
Sunday afternoon: boat dive - Gibdale Bay
Sunday afternoon: shore dive - Port Erin
Wednesday evening: pool session
Thursday evening: pool session
TO BOOK ONTO ANY OF THESE SESSIONS PLEASE CONTACT MICHELLE ON 300090
Lastly, we are pleased to include details about a dive trip to Lanzarote in January. Some of the diving will be to the underwater sculpture museum. Details can be found further down the email.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
01/08/17
Hi EveryoneOur amazing/daft idea for a 24 hour dive marathon last weekend went well/exhaustingly. By the end we were all elated/knackered, but we did manage the 24 hours underwater. Some divers bravely/stupidly did 2 hour dives, and lots of divers joined in. Our shore support was amazing/fabulous, lots of transporting people and kit, lots of cake and coffee, and warm showers and beds too. We spent lots of time talking to the public about the Underwater Search Team and have had some good publicity from it. We have a debrief meeting on Friday evening to find out how much we raised. Depending upon the feeling of the group, this may be repeated next year/chalked up as one of life's unrepeatable experiences!
The weather since then has been less than kind. Apologies to anyone who contacted me to find out if they had missed the email. You didn't, because we didn't send one. Conditions weren't good enough to do much anything. We are hoping this weekend coming is better, but as always plans are subject to change if the conditions are suitable.
Outline plans
Friday evening: 24 hour dive debrief
Saturday morning: boat dive - Clan McMaster
Saturday: shore dive - Port Erin
Saturday afternoon: boat dive - The Burroo
Sunday morning: boat dive - Inner Bowse
Sunday late morning: boat SNORKEL - The Puddle
Sunday afternoon: shore dives - Port Erin
Monday evening: shore dive
Tuesday evening: shore dive
TO BOOK ONTO ANY OF THESE SESSIONS PLEASE CONTACT MICHELLE ON 300090
Lastly, the Isle of Man Government has a consultation open until Friday concerning inshore Marine Nature Reserves. You can access it via this link. There is an online form to complete. This proposal is of interest to most divers and will help protect the marine life we value. You need to scroll down the page to find the actual document before you try to complete the survey.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
Hi EveryoneOur amazing/daft idea for a 24 hour dive marathon last weekend went well/exhaustingly. By the end we were all elated/knackered, but we did manage the 24 hours underwater. Some divers bravely/stupidly did 2 hour dives, and lots of divers joined in. Our shore support was amazing/fabulous, lots of transporting people and kit, lots of cake and coffee, and warm showers and beds too. We spent lots of time talking to the public about the Underwater Search Team and have had some good publicity from it. We have a debrief meeting on Friday evening to find out how much we raised. Depending upon the feeling of the group, this may be repeated next year/chalked up as one of life's unrepeatable experiences!
The weather since then has been less than kind. Apologies to anyone who contacted me to find out if they had missed the email. You didn't, because we didn't send one. Conditions weren't good enough to do much anything. We are hoping this weekend coming is better, but as always plans are subject to change if the conditions are suitable.
Outline plans
Friday evening: 24 hour dive debrief
Saturday morning: boat dive - Clan McMaster
Saturday: shore dive - Port Erin
Saturday afternoon: boat dive - The Burroo
Sunday morning: boat dive - Inner Bowse
Sunday late morning: boat SNORKEL - The Puddle
Sunday afternoon: shore dives - Port Erin
Monday evening: shore dive
Tuesday evening: shore dive
TO BOOK ONTO ANY OF THESE SESSIONS PLEASE CONTACT MICHELLE ON 300090
Lastly, the Isle of Man Government has a consultation open until Friday concerning inshore Marine Nature Reserves. You can access it via this link. There is an online form to complete. This proposal is of interest to most divers and will help protect the marine life we value. You need to scroll down the page to find the actual document before you try to complete the survey.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
29/06/17
Hi Everyone
This windy wet weather just doesn't seem to be shifting at the moment. What happened to summer? Happily, July starts on Saturday and we are hoping it brings more settled, drier, less windy conditions. So, as we warn every week, please read the dive plans as a hope and aspiration, and make sure you check in with us about whether the activity is actually going ahead.
Outline plans
Saturday: Seasearch course (all day)
Saturday morning: shore dive
Saturday afternoon: shore dive
Sunday morning: rib dive
Sunday late morning: rib dive
Sunday afternoon: shore snorkel
Monday evening: boat dive
Wednesday evening: shore dive
Friday evening: boat dive
A few dates to look out for:
Friday 7th - Sunday 16th July is our trip to the Azores. Many of our team are away so there will be a reduced level of dives during this time. Steve can be contacted on 482002.
Sunday 15th July is Port St Mary lifeboat day. If anyone is free to do a stint on the dunk tank in return for donations to support the lifeboat, please let me know. Set up is about 11.00 and the event runs 12.30-4.30.
Saturday & Sunday 22nd & 23rd July is the Festival of the Sea. This is the revamp of the Queenie Festival and will be held by the old marine biological station in Port Erin. During the week before we will be doing evening collection dives for the Manx Wildlife Trust touch tanks. Over the weekend, the Underwater Search Team members have changed their plans and are now doing a 24 hour underwater relay, starting at 12 noon on Saturday and running through the night.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
Hi Everyone
This windy wet weather just doesn't seem to be shifting at the moment. What happened to summer? Happily, July starts on Saturday and we are hoping it brings more settled, drier, less windy conditions. So, as we warn every week, please read the dive plans as a hope and aspiration, and make sure you check in with us about whether the activity is actually going ahead.
Outline plans
Saturday: Seasearch course (all day)
Saturday morning: shore dive
Saturday afternoon: shore dive
Sunday morning: rib dive
Sunday late morning: rib dive
Sunday afternoon: shore snorkel
Monday evening: boat dive
Wednesday evening: shore dive
Friday evening: boat dive
A few dates to look out for:
Friday 7th - Sunday 16th July is our trip to the Azores. Many of our team are away so there will be a reduced level of dives during this time. Steve can be contacted on 482002.
Sunday 15th July is Port St Mary lifeboat day. If anyone is free to do a stint on the dunk tank in return for donations to support the lifeboat, please let me know. Set up is about 11.00 and the event runs 12.30-4.30.
Saturday & Sunday 22nd & 23rd July is the Festival of the Sea. This is the revamp of the Queenie Festival and will be held by the old marine biological station in Port Erin. During the week before we will be doing evening collection dives for the Manx Wildlife Trust touch tanks. Over the weekend, the Underwater Search Team members have changed their plans and are now doing a 24 hour underwater relay, starting at 12 noon on Saturday and running through the night.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
12/06/17
This weather still doesn't seem to be settling much, but we think there might be a chance to get out on Wednesday evening, and we are hoping the weekend will be more settled than currently forecast. So here are the plans, but as always these are subject to suitable safe conditions so please ensure that you check in that diving is going ahead before you set out from home.
On June 17th there is a chance to see Plastic Ocean, an award winning documentary about the impact of plastic in the marine environment. The showing will take place at the Centenary Centre in Peel at 7.30pm. You can book tickets via the event website. Tickets cost £5 (plus booking fee) and the profits go to the Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch charity.
On Saturday June 24th we are having a BBQ for all club members and their guests. Details are below, hope you can join us.
Outline plans
Wednesday evening: boat dive
Saturday morning; shore dive
Saturday afternoon: shore snorkel
Saturday afternoon: boat dive
Sunday morning; shore dive
Sunday afternoon: 2 boat dives
This is the start of our Small Groups week and we are delighted to welcome divers from 4 different clubs to join us. We have a few spaces on the boat and are intending to offer 2 dives a day throughout the week. If you would like to join us, please ring or text Michelle on 300090 to see what plans are for the following day and to book on.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
This weather still doesn't seem to be settling much, but we think there might be a chance to get out on Wednesday evening, and we are hoping the weekend will be more settled than currently forecast. So here are the plans, but as always these are subject to suitable safe conditions so please ensure that you check in that diving is going ahead before you set out from home.
On June 17th there is a chance to see Plastic Ocean, an award winning documentary about the impact of plastic in the marine environment. The showing will take place at the Centenary Centre in Peel at 7.30pm. You can book tickets via the event website. Tickets cost £5 (plus booking fee) and the profits go to the Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch charity.
On Saturday June 24th we are having a BBQ for all club members and their guests. Details are below, hope you can join us.
Outline plans
Wednesday evening: boat dive
Saturday morning; shore dive
Saturday afternoon: shore snorkel
Saturday afternoon: boat dive
Sunday morning; shore dive
Sunday afternoon: 2 boat dives
This is the start of our Small Groups week and we are delighted to welcome divers from 4 different clubs to join us. We have a few spaces on the boat and are intending to offer 2 dives a day throughout the week. If you would like to join us, please ring or text Michelle on 300090 to see what plans are for the following day and to book on.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
01/06/17
Hi Everyone
First of all, we need to thank Sally and the team from Isle of Man Underwater Search and Recovery for an excellent evening last Friday. Sally's talk was informative and entertaining, with video of the accident and the recovery, and computer simulations to reconstruct the demise of Bluebird. The fish and chip supper was great, and there was a raffle with some amazing prizes from Pokerstars, Miflex and Discover Diving. Over £400 was raised to help purchase specialist equipment. We hope they organise another one soon and you can come along.
Before we get as far as dive plans, we need to do a plug for Seasearch Isle of Man, who train marine life surveyors and record the underwater ecology around the Island. Organiser, Tony Glen, is looking to recruit more volunteers and is hoping to run the introductory Observer Course on 1st July. However, it's only worth doing the course if enough people commit to going. Seasearch training is an excellent way of improving your marine ID skills. We promise you that you will start to see things that you would previously have swum over, but with a little training you will see so much more. Full details are below. Please contact Tony to book your place.
During the next 10 days we will be running charter trips to Ardglass with TT visitors, but we also have some visiting divers who would like to try and dive around the Isle of Man if possible. Plans are obviously subject to the weather....and the practice/race schedule.
Our snorkellers have done their final pool session, and once we are clear of TT we will be getting them into the sea for their first sea snorkels of the year. Happily the water temperature is currently about 11 degrees, so the move to the sea shouldn't be too traumatic!
Plans for the next few days:
Saturday morning - Shore session
Saturday afternoon - Boat dive
Sunday morning - Shore session
Sunday afternoon - Boat dive
Monday evening - Boat dive
Tuesday evening - Shore dive
Full details below - you'll have to scroll to find them....
If you are a visiting diver and are planning on hiring kit, you should be aware that we will require you to do a shore based 'check out' dive before booking onto any boat dives. Boat dive plans for the next few days are to sites with less tidal constraints to accommodate our visiting divers as much as possible.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
Hi Everyone
First of all, we need to thank Sally and the team from Isle of Man Underwater Search and Recovery for an excellent evening last Friday. Sally's talk was informative and entertaining, with video of the accident and the recovery, and computer simulations to reconstruct the demise of Bluebird. The fish and chip supper was great, and there was a raffle with some amazing prizes from Pokerstars, Miflex and Discover Diving. Over £400 was raised to help purchase specialist equipment. We hope they organise another one soon and you can come along.
Before we get as far as dive plans, we need to do a plug for Seasearch Isle of Man, who train marine life surveyors and record the underwater ecology around the Island. Organiser, Tony Glen, is looking to recruit more volunteers and is hoping to run the introductory Observer Course on 1st July. However, it's only worth doing the course if enough people commit to going. Seasearch training is an excellent way of improving your marine ID skills. We promise you that you will start to see things that you would previously have swum over, but with a little training you will see so much more. Full details are below. Please contact Tony to book your place.
During the next 10 days we will be running charter trips to Ardglass with TT visitors, but we also have some visiting divers who would like to try and dive around the Isle of Man if possible. Plans are obviously subject to the weather....and the practice/race schedule.
Our snorkellers have done their final pool session, and once we are clear of TT we will be getting them into the sea for their first sea snorkels of the year. Happily the water temperature is currently about 11 degrees, so the move to the sea shouldn't be too traumatic!
Plans for the next few days:
Saturday morning - Shore session
Saturday afternoon - Boat dive
Sunday morning - Shore session
Sunday afternoon - Boat dive
Monday evening - Boat dive
Tuesday evening - Shore dive
Full details below - you'll have to scroll to find them....
If you are a visiting diver and are planning on hiring kit, you should be aware that we will require you to do a shore based 'check out' dive before booking onto any boat dives. Boat dive plans for the next few days are to sites with less tidal constraints to accommodate our visiting divers as much as possible.
Hope to see you soon
Michelle and Steve
