9th September 2012 by Richard Booth With the club RIB complete with its new Suzuki engine away up in Scotland along with some of the more regular diving members exploring the waters of Uist, Ray was left with the dubious honour of rallying the remaining troops for a hard boat dive out of St Abbs. […]
19th – 28th August 2012 by Richard & Belinda Booth Having visited North Sulawesi in 2008 and experienced the superb and varied diving to be found in the Bunakin marine reserve and the muck diving of the Lembah straits, I was all too well aware of the amazing diving opportunities to be found in this
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5th August 2012 by Richard Booth We headed out of the Tyne with bright sunshine and a relatively flat sea powering around the South pier and across the bay towards the wreck site of the Oslofjord. Slowing down and with eyes peering at the sounder screen it was not long before a solid trace appeared
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28th-29th July 2012 by Richard Booth The aims of the weekend were two fold; maximize the opportunity for club members to dive St Abbs whilst also providing training opportunities for individuals to complete qualification ‘drills and skills’. On the Friday evening various members headed up the A1 to St Abbs to book into the accommodation
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17th July 2012 by Richard Booth Perhaps it was the extended bank holiday weekend that had encouraged many of the Capenwray regulars to seek sites further afield, but whatever the reason our arrival at Jackdaw Quarry was greeted by a half empty car park and easy parking relatively close to the water. First dive focussed
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8th July 2012 by Richard Booth After all the recent rain and with a northerly swell running nobody was exactly quite sure what to expect when the dive party assembled at Seahouses harbour to launch the club RIB Seawitch. We anticipated some swell and were not surprised by the waves breaking against the harbour wall.
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30th June – 2nd July 2012 Written by Kevin Thompson Photography by Richard Booth, David Hyde, Kevin Thompson and Tiago Moreira With the North East of England having just experienced a major super cell storm; thunder, a months worth of rain in a single day, the Tyne Bridge struck by lightning and floods meaning thousands
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17th June 2012 by Richard Booth It was Bob’s 1000th dive! W would the waters off the Tyne deliver that special celebratory experience? With an overcast sky and the threat of yet more rain, Spellbinder II headed out of the Tyne before heading north for deeper waters off St Mary’s lighthouse. As we headed further
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10th June 2012 by Richard Booth With the club RIB Seawitch back from pre-season repairs/servicing and the recent poor weather it was with a certain level of apprehension that club members assembled at Seahouses harbour. The closed slipway barrier and absence of other dive RIBS, plus the odd wave breaking over the outer harbour wall
5th June 2012 by Richard Booth The day saw a good turnout of Tyneside members, and we were rewarded for our efforts by good underwater visibility of several metres, excellent by Ellerton standards. For some of the newer members, Ellerton offers a good sheltered open water environment in which to experience their initial open water
27th May 2012 by Richard Booth The original plan was to launch from South Shields and head out of the Tyne to dive some of the numerous wrecks that litter this area of the northeast coastline. We duly assembled at 7:00am to catch the high tide only to be greeted by the sight of a
Fog on the Tyne…..Browns Bay, Cullercoats Read More »
8th -15th May 2012 by Richard Booth In search of a bit of spring sunshine we took up Steve Russell’s offer to visit and stay with him in Malta and explore some of the underwater sites that this island has to offer. The aim however was for our little group to be independent; we would
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18 March 2012 by Richard Booth Dropping into the churned up waters off the Black Carrs it was evident that the recent bad weather had taken its toll on the underwater visibility. We headed down through the gloom locating the southern edge of the reef before following it down into deeper water. At 25 m
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25th February 2012 by Richard Booth Driving over the Pennines and down the M6, distant blue skies heralded the prospect of blue skies and a good day’s diving. Entering the 6°c water, it was soon evident that we were going to be greeted by excellent u/w visibility, more tropical in appearance than you would expect
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30th January 2011 Despite the calm winds since Thursday we arrived at St Abbs harbour to note that there was a still a noticeable surge running into the shore. After a quick recce of the entry/exit point off the far harbour wall, we opted for the better shelter offered by the lee of Seagull rock.
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15th January 2011 Earlier in the week, with ideal neap tides predicted for the Saturday, the plan had been to dive the Glanmire off St Abbs head. Waking early on Saturday morning and listening to the wind howling outside the window it looked initially like the dive could be blown out. Rolling over and going
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This year’s reunion of ex-Tyneside members again took place at the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne. As in previous years, the event continues to prove popular with an excellent turnout of current and former members. This year we were joined by Bryan Donnelly who had travelled over from Australia . Another first time attendee
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27 Sep 2009 The original plan had been to head out of Beadnell for the wreck site of the Somali but a combination of a very stiff westerly breeze and a few reliability issues with the RIB electronics soon put paid to this plan. Instead, after a quick revision of plan, we headed down the
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13th Sept 2009 by Richard Booth With a dull overcast day and a brisk onshore breeze our initial plans to visit some of the more out lying dive sites off the Farne Islands had to be changed, as we headed out in the club RIB powering up and over the short chop. After a rapid
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12th September 2009 With a beautiful blue sky, a calm sea and a favourable flooding neap tide it was an ideal day for an early morning shore dive in Browns Bay. We arrived at 7:45 AM to find that numerous other North East divers had had exactly the same idea as us. Taking considerable care
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31st August 2009 Launching the club’s RIB from the public slip at Berwick, we headed rather gingerly down the harbour channel before opening up the throttle and heading south down towards the distant silhouette of Holy Island . Our aim, to explore a number of dive sites that lay to the north of the island.
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29 Aug 2009 With a light offshore breeze and a blue sky, things were looking up for a good days diving. Members of Tyneside and Durham City diving clubs loaded their kit aboard the Aquanaut, Eyemouth Sub Aqua clubs venerable old dive boat. From Eyemouth harbour it was a gentle journey out and down the
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25th August 2009 The plan was to dive on the wreck of the Chandris. Alan Lopez, skipper of the M/V Spellbinder, on the previous weekend had dropped a group onto a bit of wreckage where all manner of interesting objects had apparently been seen. His aim was to drop us off on the same area
22nd August 2009 On arrival at Wuddy Rocks it was very clear that we were in for a good days diving on account of the exceptional underwater visibility that was all too evident from simply looking over the side of the boat. Wuddy Rocks is a site situated not far from the entrance to St
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