It is with great sadness and not a little nostalgia that we commemorate the life of Eddie Beagley, one of Clidive’s co-founders, who passed away on 24 August 2021. From Clidive’s winning Heinke Trophy Submission (2020) ‘Eddie took up snorkelling…

I recently came across the text of a trip report I wrote in February 2009 – too long ago to still be on the Clidive website, but very appropriate given the weather we’ve just been experiencing. Enjoy! “Golly”, said Olli,…

By Elaine Hendry Friday 20 November saw Clidive holding its first ever remote Annual General Meeting, with 26 members gathering online to hear from  the outgoing committee, elect a new one and congratulate this year’s award winners. Despite the year…

By Elaine Hendry & Alasdair Green Should we or shouldn’t we? Clidive has had several attempts to organise a weekend diving out of West Bay on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. Historic wrecks litter the chart, including the famous M2 submarine, the…

By Mark Kelly & Elaine Hendry Keeping the momentum going When lockdown started at the end of March, we had just completed an Ocean Diver course but our Sport Diver trainees were only part way through their theory training. We…