I had wanted to do the BSAC Accelerated Decompression Course for quite some time, so when Nick suggested doing it at the National Diving and Activity Centre in Chepstow, I jumped at the chance. BSAC Wales region were running the…
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Gran Canaria – Days 5 and 6
On Day 5 we headed to Las Palmas to dive the Arona which sank following an engine fire in 1972. We followed this up with a trip to a beautiful cavern system called the Cathedral. For our final day we…
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Gran Canaria – Day 4
Today the wind completely disappeared. Some of us headed to Sardina on the North side of the island while others took a day off and visit Las Palmas The visibility in the North was excellent with large numbers of schooling…
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Gran Canaria – Day 3
Day three saw Ben complete his open water training while we visited some shallow wrecks surrounded by shoals of roncadores, followed by a gentle drift dive on which we saw a couple of beautiful sting-rays, an octopus out in the…
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Gran Canaria – Day 2
Today was windy so it was too rough for some of the shore-diving options. We found a sheltered access location for the two-caves site and braved a bit of swell to see spider crabs, slipper lobsters, a lot of fish…
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