11th October, 2015

@Eccy Delph

Scuba Diving; Buddied with Phil + Denise & Ian
Water Temp 14C. Mainly around the roped sections.
#1: 29 minutes, max 16.5m
#2: 30 minutes, max 15.2m

First dives since Sept 2014! Phil was the same

21st July, 2013

Diving @ Eccy Delph

2 x Dives with Wayne, Ryan and Jim
- Dive #1… approx 20meters –> 30 minutes
- Dive #2… approx 6-7meters –> 45 minutes

12th November, 2012

Diving @ Dorothea

Advanced Nitrox OW Dives 3 & 4:

Dive #1: 40m descent for 6 minutes; ascend to 26m and circle for 10 minutes then a slow ascent with stops using 50% O2 from stage. Buoyancy issues with twin kit still.

Dive #2: Descend to 22m shelf, then 31m descent. Back up slope by huts and ascend via SMB. Switch to 50% O2 during stops. Added 3kg, still had some issues.

Wasn’t the best dives; cold and had some leaks + problem with hose configuration during the dive. SAC slightly high as stressed

9th November, 2012

Diving @ Eccy Delph

Testing the twin-cyls out. Underweight with 2kg, carrying a rock through the dive.
About 30minutes; 20m max; 10m avg. Only one dive as Wayne didn’t want to do second.

Evening @ Crossfit

Warmup: Rowing Fish Game (645); Inverted Handstands

Then:
Handstand and L-Sit practice. Pulling from wall now, about 20+ seconds on L-Sit paralletts.

Then:
A mini “Diane”:
- 9, 6, 3 Handstand Push Ups (assisted bands)
- 15, 12, 9 Deadlifts (50kg)
Time: 3:21 ish

Evening @ MDG
- Dive exam

13th October, 2012

Pool Diving @ Club

Advanced Nitrox Course – pool training (using normal kit).
- Gas switch-off drills using buddy’s alt air
- 4 lengths swim with mask off staying as a group
- Remove all kit under water including bcd, fins and mask; turn cylinder off & empty reg; turn back on. Mask back on; then fully rekit; then surface (3 minute limit).
- Out-Of-Air swim to buddy who is 1/2 way down pool and swimming away from you; grab alt air
- Perform shut down drill with no alt-air

7th October, 2012

Diving @ Capernwray

Advanced Nitrox Course. Open Water dives 1 and 2:

Dive #1: Training around helicopter / container at ~14m. 44 minutes.
- 10 minutes swim to find RMV. 190->130 = 60 bar used. RMV = 30. SAC = 2.48
- Drop stage’s
- Gas switch drill
- Out-Of-Air swim to buddy (~15m) and take alt air
- 25m swim with mask off and replace
- Pick up stage
- Free ascent to 6m. Switch to stage using 50% O2 for 3 minutes and surface

Dive #2: Training on plane ~13-15m
- Waiting on Ian to complete initial drills (bouyancy control)
- Out-of-air take buddies alt air. Then 3 minutes with mask off on alt-air and replace.
- Drop stage
- Gas switch drill
- Pick up stage
- Mid-air SMB deployment. Ascend to 6m. Switch to stage 50% O2 for 3 minutes.

28th September, 2012

@Dive Club

Pool dive #2 for Advanced Nitrox Course
- using twin 7s + stage bottle
- out-of-air swim to buddy for alt air,
- same again and then swim 3 lengths without mask. Time: 3:19
- de-kit underwater, surface, and then dive and re-kit.

21st September, 2012

@Dive Club

Pool dive #1 for Advanced Nitrox Course
- equipment configuration
- 10 lengths (250m) timed swim with kit and stage cyl in under 7minutes (~6:20)
- shutoff drill / freeflow practice

27th August, 2012

Diving @ Capernwray

Couple of dives concentrating on navigation, planning and timing. Some free ascent practice without guide to 5m safety. We just used 1 cylinder fill for both dives.

Dive #1: Dive time 31minutes. Max Depth 16.5m. Avg. 10.1m. 115 bar used. SAC=20.9
Dive #2: Dive time 20minutes. Max Depth 17.4m. Avg. 11.4m; 60 bar used. SAC=15.7

4th–11th August, 2012

Diving @ Shetlands

A weeks diving on the Valkyrie in Shetlands. 11 dives ranging from wrecks to shorelines.

22nd July, 2012

Diving @ Dorothea

Dive #1: Deep dive practice – 35meters. Buddied with Mel. Swimout to prow by tunnel Descended to 20m+. Then through to huts and descend slope to 35m. Returned up slope and then to landing point for safety stop.

Dive #2: Swim out to wooden platform. Descend to 5m on crane and then swam around back of cliff. Followed diagonal line down to around 22m+ and then swim around. Rose to some cables, swam through van and saw some cars. Returned to landing platform for 5m safety stop.

Lot of algae and dives were cold after thermocline (8C). Pitch black at 35m. Went well.

15th July, 2012

Diving @ Eccy Delph

2 x Dives with Wayne, Mel and Helen

#1 Leading dive around roped area
#2 Mel leading towards shallows, through tunnel and then skills on platform at 3m

6th May, 2012

Diving @ Dorothea, Wales

Dive #1: Practice for a deeper dive. Swam out to White bouy in North of Quarry. Dive down to 30m with Mel (Mike had freeflow issues and surfaced at 20m). Swam along to slope to the wall and then followed line up from peg to top of crane at 5m. 5 minute safety stop and then surface underneath the wooden platform.

Dive #2: Max depth approx 20m. Swam in shallower quarries, Visibility cleared again under about 15m. Followed cliff with it on the right side and then popped over top into shallows. Mel swam through a car, safety at 5m and then swim in further to entry point.

28th April, 2012

Diving @ Capernwray

Dive #1: Waded in with zip undone on drysuit, slight flood. Oops. Wayne leading, down to aircraft, swim through, then to the caves at 85deg, then to the Podsnap at 80deg. Attempted to find African Queen but unable to. So swam bit further along shore until jetty in sight and then Wayne deployed new SMB. Safety at 5m and then surface.

Dive #2: Myself leading with camera. Wayne suffering cold in his semi-dry quite bad. Decided to plan dive just for aircraft with a maybe on the cave. Down to 10m mark and then taking some pictures, both momentarily lost bouancy awareness and ended up at about 2.5m. Back down and through aircraft. Pictures taken. Discussion not to proceed to caves, wayne bit low on air too, so circled aircraft taking pictures and re-entered. Wayne on 100bar, so headed back to cliff @north for surfacing to 5meter safety. Probably better to swim west instead and come through the shallows.

22nd April, 2012

Diving @ Eccy Delph

2 dives at Eccy Delph with Wayne, Mel, Martin and Ian.
First dives of 2012. SMB practice.

18th September, 2011

@Eccleston Delph

Diving with Wayne, Mel & Yuri – 2 dives as a precursor to next weeks boat dive.

Dive #1:
15.9m max depth, 9.5m average - quite warm (15c). Visibility was terrible (0-2m at one point, so we came back to roped lines and swam through and around the Drifter cruiser for a while. Followed line back to the 10m platform where practiced deploying Mel’s SMB (using crack bottle) with Wayne. 3 minute safety stop was around 4-6m but fine. Swam back into ramp for exit.
Bottom time: 25 minutes

Dive #2:
Same as previous dive with a 12.5m max depth and 6.4m average. Wayne deployed SMB from transit van with 3 min safety stop at 5m.
Bottom time: 34 minutes