This is a two day course with both practical and theory sessions.
The practical sessions will take place at Westminster College just outside Oxford and the theory sessions will be held at our clubhouse off the Abingdon Road, Oxford.
The course is open to snorkel divers or equivalent, aged 16 years and over, who are BSAC members.
The event was attended by the BSAC National Diving Officer, Lizzie Bird and the Lord Mayor of Oxford, Pat Stannard who performed the opening ceremony along with the Oxford BSAC Chairman Richard Johnson.
We couldn’t have wished for more perfect weather. As the 11 of us gathered on the harbour side at 10am ready to meet Ian the skipper of Obsession I, the sun was just burning away the last remaining clouds and mist. Obsession I is a Procharter P3, 40 foot long charter boat that works out of Ilfracombe harbour. Skippered by Ian and helped by his son Dominic we couldn’t have been in better hands.
24th Sept 2011
We arrived at Kimmeridge Bay around midday. For the first time this year the slip way was clear of the usual queue of RIB’s, canoes and other small boats waiting to launch or be retrieved.Kimmeridge bay have just completed an update with new toilet and shower facilities! (continued below gallery)
Meet on Lulworth Beach, Dorset, at 1pm where we will be picked up by Naiad to snorkel dive around Stair Hole. Have a play and chat on the beach while waiting your turn. Each snorkel dive from Naiad costs £5.
Fish and chips on the beach around 5pm
Night snorkel dive, for those who dare, on Lulworth beach starting at 6.30pm.
Bringing all the training materials up-to-date, with new training packs, Instructor Manual and resources, the BSAC Snorkel Training Programme will enable even more of our clubs to provide snorkel training and bring more young people and families into BSAC.
Congratulations to Mike, Fern and Corin who passed their Snorkel Diver Theory Assessment this week.
I’m planning (weather-permitting) to run a survey dive on the Alex on the weekend of the 3rd & 4th December. Plan is to use the ‘new’ RIB out of Casteltown to shuttle to the dive site.
To cover the cost of fuel and any maintenance overheads, the cost of snorkeling in open water from Naiad are as follows:
£5 per person for each open water snorkel dive from Naiad.
£5 per person for each shore based snorkel dive where Naiad is used as safety cover.
Shore based snorkel dives with shore cover are free.
All cost are to be paid to the Snorkel Dive Leader at the end of the event.
Costs are reviewed on an annual basis.
Due to the large amount of interest in the up and coming snorkel diver course, the pool practical lessons will be spilt into two courses, the first for adults and older teenagers and the second for children.