May 2nd, 2022
Following BSAC's announcement of the new Advanced Ocean Diver grade as a part-way route from Ocean Diver to Sports Diver grades earlier this year, Mid Herts Divers qualified our first group of 3 Advanced Ocean Divers, Bev Bates, Ben Semple and Kieran McKinna. Shown here are Ben (R), Kieran (C) with Chris Jiggens (L) their Instructor who took Ben & Kieran for their final skills sign-off. ...
May 2nd, 2022
Cillian, one of Mid Herts Divers' junior members took his first dip in open water at Arlesey on the May Day Bank Holiday Monday. Cillian is shown here with his Instructor and the club Diving Officer Richard. Cillian joined the club earlier in the year and has recently completed his theory, pool and pool drysuit training. We'll done Cillian. The Bank Holiday dive saw 12 club members turning out for...
April 26th, 2022
The first fish I saw was a Sgt Major, in fact it was a whole shoal! This was the moment I took my first ocean dive in the Red Sea, Egypt. The time learning and preparing at the bottom of a swimming pool came into perspective. None of that preparation and visualisation could compare to the awesome sights and feelings I was experiencing, fish the size of dinner plates and all colours of the rainbow,...
April 18th, 2022
Mid Herts Divers took the opportunity of an extended session at the Blue Lagoon, Arlesey to get a large group of Ocean Diver trainees into open water for the first time. The visibility was really good and the water had significantly warmed up to 10 degrees, a good sign for later on in the year - even the large pike came out to take a look at the visitors. All the Ocean Diver trainees were in d...
March 25th, 2022
The end of March saw Mid Herts Divers setting off for a few days in the sun to do some warm water diving. There were 14 on the trip, including 3 non-divers. 2 completed their Ocean Diver training and 2 completed most of their Advanced Ocean Diver training, only thwarted by high winds on the last day! Four went for and extended week/10 days package holiday whilst the remainder just went for 5 da...
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Isle of Man
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Swanage Pier
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Maltaqua, Malta
