Not all that long ago, Nitrox was ‘the devil gas’ and BSAC and PADI banned its use. BSAC saw the light fairly quickly and the rest of the world soon followed. Now Nitrox diving is taught as part of entry…

The weather may have been questionable, and the water chilly, but the May Bank Holiday weekend in Plymouth showed the variety of life even on sheltered dive sites in Plymouth Sound. Polycera faroensis No idea, but only its mother could…

This Easter was Sarah and my first outing with Clidive and pretty much our first excursion into British waters. We learned to dive in Sharm back in 2000 and have been keen warm water divers ever since. This year we…

Sometimes, even in the winter, it is sunny in London. The Thames has large tides and strong currents and is a great place to do boat handling training courses. After this course, we’ve got 6 more boat handlers in the…

What better way to spend a Sunday than on a boat cruising down the Thames Estuary to Canvey Island? After a day of navigation theory in the classroom, we boarded Londinium 1, the City of London Maritime Volunteer Service’s motor…