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Letter from an ocean diver trainee to the training officer

I’ve had a great day with JD today.  Lovely weather also helped and there were lots of carry on/ Benny Hill moments trying to fit me up into a wet suit! We kitted up, planned the dive, buddy checked and

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Clidive visit old haunt – Torquay!

In mid-may, 18 Clidivers returned to an old favourite – Torquay.  Only 40 miles around the coast from Plymouth (our summer residence), some dive sites can be dived from both – ie the Persier.  However, whilst Plymouth claimed 40m vis on

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Wreck Diving in Sweden

Not content with merely ice diving in Sweden, on Joli’s recent visit back to Stockholm for work, she met up with other fellow Clidiver, Ozgur, after work for a wreck dive to take full advantage of the long scandinavian summer days.

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Training at Gildy in April – mad fools!

3.5 months after the trainees started ocean diver, I could no longer hold them back anymore – they were eager to go to open water. I tried to persuade them that it was much warmer in Spain or Gozo, but

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Ice Diving In Sweden

4 hardy (or is that foolhardy) souls braved the Scandinavian winter to have a go at ice diving this winter. Unfortunatley, it was unseasonably warm and so the ice was too thin to dive in through the ice-hole. (snigger). But

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