Saturday 21st June 2014 was a glorious day, just perfect for snorkelling. With high tide due just after lunch, it meant a leisurely start with everyone meeting on the beach at Kimmeridge around 11.30am. While lunch was being eaten I talked the snorkellers through their first advanced theory lesson, touching on risk asessement. Getting the snorkellers, especially those new to open water to talk about what is invloved in doing a risk assessment is the best way to make them think about their conduct and actions in and around the water.
Author: Paul Burton
Kimmeridge June 2014
21st June 2014
Saturday 21st June 2014 was a glorious day, just perfect for snorkelling. With high tide due just after lunch, it meant a leisurely start with everyone meeting on the beach at Kimmeridge around 11.30am. While lunch was being eaten I talked the snorkellers through their first advanced theory lesson, touching on risk asessement. Getting the snorkellers, especially those new to open water to talk about what is invloved in doing a risk assessment is the best way to make them think about their conduct and actions in and around the water.
Winter Speakers Nights – Andy Torbet
FREE entry – open to the general public
Oxford BSAC is hosting a special selection of speakers over the winter season.
Join us for an exciting programme and hear about what’s up and coming in the world of diving.
Next Up: Andy Torbet
8pm Thursday 5th December @ Oxford BSAC Clubhouse
Swanage Snorkel Trip and BSAC 60th Celebrations
BSAC Diamond Jubilee celebrations
Sunday 8th September 2013
Well done to all those that came to Lulworth yesterday and a big thanks to those who helped out and parents who drove and hung out on the beach all day.
Now that’s history here’s the next one.
The plan for Sunday 8th September has changed slightly (for the better as I don’t have to get up so early)…
2013 Annual Dinner and Dance
Saturday 23rd November 2013
Oxford BSAC Annual Dinner and Dance
Bookings for this years Annual Dinner and Dance are now open. This will once again be held at the Linton Lodge Hotel in Oxford. Prices remain at £30 per person and spaces may be limited as we may have a number of special guests.
So download an application form, get your friends and family together, fill it in and send it back to Phil as soon as possible!
Snorkel Trip to Penzance 29th and 30th June
Long journey but well worth the trip, hoping to repeat next year. After a long search we found the basking sharks not easy in 2m high waves.
Lovely time watching the seals as well.
Weymouth Weekend – June 29th and 30th
The sea is getting warmer. The visibility is improving. Summer is here and the sun is almost certain to shine. With these thoughts in mind a diving weekend was planned for the last weekend in June targeting dives on the Aeolian Sky and the submarine wreck of HMS Sidon.
July Newsletter – Upcoming Diving/Snorkeling
July 2013
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Oxford BSAC – Kimmeridge July 2013
Kimmeridge in Dorset is a fantastic place for a snorkel novices first ever taste of open water and certainly a favourite with the Oxford snorkelling team.
The Beachcomber Course
Oxford Snorkellers 6th – 7th July Kimmeridge, Dorset
The idea was to make the day at Kimmeridge a family day out, so that all of the people attending, especially those not snorkelling, were involved. The tide was out around midday and armed with the beachcomber packs, identification books and nets we headed in to the rockpools and shallow water around The Flats. Immediately there were squeals of ‘come and look at this’, ‘come and take a photo’. Very quickly we spotted small wrasse, dragonets, shrimps, limpets (which were boring, apparently) and tiny crabs.