Its Techy Time

Well the day as arrived we landed in Malta on our quest for the Tech Deep Cert. the hotel is not bad and Dave's broken out the sandals! 1st day tomorrow, we are going to be completing all the paperwork and setting up all the gear. Ron

Day 2: passed first part of the exam today and we finally hit the water, local shore dive near the dive centre off the beach. So we enter the water from the shore with a 10 litres under each arm and two 12's on your back and gave the people looking from the beach a good laugh as we floundered around in the surf, once in the water i could not get down so i had to add 2kgs of weight to the belt. Dive's 1 and 2 out the way more exams tonight and three more to do tomorrow..

Day 3: Well today we set up the kit and finally got in the water.

Dive One: we did a weight check Dave and i needed extra to hold the hover, skills included on this one was a 1 min hover, a shutdown, which was a complete mess, i spent most of the time with my mask in the sand! but i did it, a bit of long hose sharing and team assisted shut downs.

Dive Two: full shutdown, stage removal and putting back on, SAC check, SMB deployment the right way, this time the shutdown went much better!

Tomorrow we start the no mask stuff Great i cant wait

Ron

RIB Dives MAC D

UPDATED 13 October 08
Please contact Alan On 07796170787 or NSC, the shop no is 01273 612012
To book a place.

Sat 8th Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet @ 08.30 O/W £10
Sat 8th Nov Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £25
Sun 9th Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10
Sun 9th Nov Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 11.30 Adv £25
Sat 15th Nov Wreck Dive (Local) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £20
Sat 15th Nov Drift Dive (Seven Sisters) Meet @ 10.00 O/W £15
Sun 16th Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet @ 09.00 O/W £10
Sun 16th Nov Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 11.00 Adv £25
Sat 22nd Nov Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 10.30 Adv £25
Sat 22nd Nov Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet@ 13.15 O/W £10
Sun 23rd Nov Drift Dive (Seven Sisters) Meet @ 09.00 O/W £15
Sun 23rd Nov Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 11.30 Adv £25

N.B. ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTTING

PLEASE ENSURE THAT EACH DIVER MUST HAVE HIS/HER OWN SMB, REEL, TORCH, TIMING DEVICE OR DIVE COMPUTER - THESE CAN BE HIRED FROM THE SHOP
Please allow time for your Air/Nitrox fills as it gets a bit rushed in the shop before dives.

Safe Diving Alan Mac

Weekend Diving Looking Ahead

That does help getting you on the boat.
Times for the next few weekends are as:
Sat 27th: HW Dive Time at 10H15 Meet at 09H00
LW Dive time at 16H30 Meet at 15H00
Sun 28th: HW Dive time 11H00 Meet at 09H30
Mid tide drift at 14H00 Meet at 13H00
Sat 4th: LW Dive Time at 08H00 Meet at 06H30
HW Dive Time at 14H00 Meet at 13H00
Sun 5th: LW Dive Time at 09H39 Meet at 08H00
HW Dive Time at 14H30 Meet at 13H30
Sat 18th: LW Dive Time at 07H37 Meet at 06H30
HW Dive Time at 13H27 Meet at 12H30
Sun 19th: LW Dive Time at 08H20 Meet at 07H20
HW Dive Time at 14H13 Meet at 13H00

Meet times at FANNY'S 1 Hour befor dive meet time pls.

Please contact me for spaces etc.
SMB's, Reels and DIVE COMPUTER are required for all dives.

Safe Diving
Alan Mac

We going Technical

On the 29th Nov Dave Aldridge and myself (Ron) are heading off to the Malta to do our DSAT Tech Deep course. the course covers gas switching, accelerated decompression and more, so wish us luck and make room on the boat for our two stage tanks.

Ron

http://www.lunadiving.com/

Weekend Diving

Well just finished off with another great weekends weather and some interesting diving from the RIB, MacD.
A few new faces among the divers some moving on up the PADI ladder with their AOW doing the Drift, Boat and DEEP dives in one weekend, great stuff. I hope next weekend is as good so the other dives may be completed.
Thanks to Scott and Richard for looking after the divers and the RIB.
There are quite a few bookings taken already for the next few weeks so give me a call to book on the boat.
Please don't forget your SMB and Computers.
Alan Mac

4 Meter Club gets more Members !!

Unwittingly the CLUB has gained more members but alas they don't seem to follow the rules and failed in there HSE regs. The marina entrance has to be Buoyed off to fulfill the HSE requirements stipulated in the Risk Assessments carried out for this site.
Possibly they should not of been there in the first place...any one's guess.
New members need to be vetted and follow the correct protocol to join.

Vice President 4 Meter Club

Deep Dive Boys/Girls

Yes here we go again for those that like to GO DEEP and are able to go to 50m or so!.
Twins and side slings are a must have if you are a serious diver!
Drop me an email if you are intested in joining in on the Malta DEEP trip.
Email: info@newhavendivers.co.uk
or give me a call
Alan Mac

MacD RIB Dives

So a few more dates and times for your diarys:
* N.B. ALL RIB DIVES ARE WEATHER PERMITTTING*
Sat 13th Sept Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 08.45 Adv £25
Sat 13th Sept Drift Dive (Seaford) Meet @ 12.00 O/W £10
Sun 14th Sept Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 09.00 Adv £25
Sun 14th Sept Drift Dive (7 Sisters) Meet @ 12.30 O/W £15
Sat 20th Sept Drift Dive (Seaford) Meet @ 09.30 O/W £10
Sat 20th Sept Wreck Dive (Local) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £20
Sun 21st Sept Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25
Sun 21st Sept Drift Dive (Seven Sisters) Meet @ 12.00 O/W £15
Please give me a call to book. 07796170787.
We meet at Newhaven Scuba Centre so if you need Air/Nitrox or other goodies please leave a bit of time for this.
Safe Diving

RIB Dives Looking Forward

The following dates are up for grabs and hopfully the weather will get better!!
Should you wish to book please give me a call on 07796170787

Sat 23rd Aug Wreck Dive (Local) Meet @ 8.30 Adv £20 1 place left
Sat 23rd Aug Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 12.30 Adv £25 3 places left
Sun 24th Aug Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25 2 places left
Sun 24th Aug Drift Dive (S'dean/Rottdean) Meet @ 13.30 O/W £15 2 places left
Mon 25th Aug Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 09.30 Adv £25 3 places left
Mon 25th Aug Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10 6 places left
Sat 30th Aug Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25 Full
Sat 30th Aug Drift Dive (S'dean/Rottdean) Meet @ 13.30 O/W £15 Full
Sun 31st Aug Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 10.00 Adv £25 2 places left
Sun 31st Aug Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet @ 13.30 O/W £10 4 places left
Sat 6th Sept Wreck Dive (Local) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £20 6 open
Sat 6th Sept Drift Dive (Seaford Bay) Meet @ 11.30 O/W £10 8 open
Sun 7th Sept Wreck Dive (Off Shore) Meet @ 08.00 Adv £25 6 open
Sun 7th Sept Drift Dive (Seven Sisters) Meet @ 12.00 £15 6 open
Open is still available to book.
SMB/DSMB and reels are required pls.
Safe Diving
Alan Mac

Role of Honour
Well done to the following:-

Deborah Mackenzie - Rescue Diver & MSD
Jo Rogers - Rescue Diver & MSD
Tim Rogers -Rescue Diver
Nicola Allan - Rescue Diver
Libby Bernard - Rescue Diver
Kevin Alderton - Rescue Diver


Alan Mackenzie - Divemaster
Steve Phillips - Divemaster

Well done to you all.

Special thanks to my fellow instructors Simon and Gordon for their help over the pasted two days.

Ron

And a WELL done from me Alan Mac as well to those who completed this strenuous course.

Decompression Chamber London

November visit is on and with our own HSE Dive Doc attending to this PADI Specialty.
There will be a bit extra as our Doc can give additional advice and info as she has had training with the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
Date will be confirmed shortly.
Please contact me for futher info and bookings.
Alan 07796170787

New Open Water Divers

I want to congratulate the following divers that completed their Open Water training this weekend:

Scott Parker (one of our own skippers on MacD)
Shaun Brewer (aka Mince meat)
Will Morris (Bruce)

This has been one of the easiest courses i have had to run so far and the fact that no one had any problems with the skill requirements meant there was plenty of time to get another short dive in.

Special thanks to our two DM Trainees Alan & Steve that worked hard to make ensure that Simon and myself could get on with the task at hand, this as been an exhausting weekend but a worth while one.


one last message of thanks goes to Newhaven Scuba Center who kindly allowed us to use their open water site for our teaching.

Ron OWSI soon to be MSDT

Fanny Lulu's Cafe Newhaven

Fanny Lulu's cafe a new meeting place before dives etc.
They are open from 06H30 on Saturday's and Sundays.
This will now be our new meeting place pre dives.
Situated as per the photo, bellow the fly over going into Newhaven over the swing bridge.
There is parking around the back...loads of it to!!

Latest Role of Honour

Here are a few of the latest Newhaven Divers achievements

Tim Rogers - Advanced Open Water

From the RedSea Trip:-
Dave Aldridge - Master Scuba Diver and PPB
Steve Phillips - Master Scuba Diver
Aaron Prowse - Master scuba Diver and Boat/Drift and Deep

Catherine Casolani - PADI Advanced Open Water

Deborah MacKenize - Boat and Deep specialty
Kevin Alderton - Boat and Deep specialty
Nicola Allan - Deep specialty

I am sure you will join with me in congratulating them on a job well done

Ron

Maldives Trip 2009

Please take note that there are now only 4 places left for this trip so don't miss out on this trip.
Contact Alan 07796170787 for details and bookings.

PADI Rescue Diver Course

Date for this will be 12/13th July 08 at Laybourne Lakes. Please contact Ron/Simon or Alan for further info and bookings etc.

EFR Course and Red Sea Video Showing

There will be an EFR Course run in Newhaven on the 5th July 08 at Mac's place starting at 11H00 followed by the Red Sea trip Video and then a trip off to the Hope Pub for food and a good watering down.
Please contact Ron/Simon or Alan(me) for further details and booking.
Safe diving.

Boat Dives June and July 08

Saturday 21st LW at 07H43 Ropes off 07H30
HW at 13H43 Ropes off 13H00
Sunday 22nd LW at 08H19 Ropes of at 08Hoo
HW at 14H19 Ropes off at 14H00
Saturday 28th LW at 13H00 Ropes off at 12H30
HW at 19H15 Ropes off at 18H45
Sunday 29th HW at 07H47 Ropes off at 07H10
LW at 14H10 Ropes off at 13H50
Saturday 5th July EFR Training and Trip video then Pub.
Sunday 6th LW at 08H26 Ropes off at 08H00
HW at 14H34 Ropes off at 14H00
Saturday 12th LW at 13H10 Ropes off at 12H30
HW at 19H20 Ropes off at 19H00
Sunday 13th HW at 08H04 Ropes off at 07H30
LW at 14H17 Ropes off at 14Hoo
Saturday ans Sunday 12/13 Rescue Course.

Please contact me re dive sites etc for these dates.
Alan Mac

Mamouds Revenge - Blue Pearl

Another liveaboard over, seems everyone enjoyed the trip.

There where some highs and and some lows, the lows for me was not diving the Rosalie Moller! i had preped long and hard for a trip to the engine room even working out the decompression stops and gas switches for various mixes of Nitrox, never mind I will dive it again, Highs, well that has to be the Thislegorm, spending a whole 48 Min's looking around before the 12 Min's of stops needed to get out the water, also going inside the El Mina and then running out of tape on the video while inside! and racking up another 6 Min's of Deco.

The group where great, everyone got on very well with each other which made the trip more relaxing.


On a ending note it seems that most ended the trip with a bug of sorts resulting in people spending a lot of time in bed feel ill on their return.

Ron

Blue Pearl Here we come!

The T-shirts are ready the bags are near as dam it, packed in less than a week we will be sitting on the Blue Pearl boat, in the red sea somewhere. Everyone is keen to get out there I'm sure a few will have trouble sleeping for all the excitement.

This is our (Ron & Dave & Anita) second trip on this boat and if this lives up to the previous trip we should have a scream, I am looking forward to returning this time as an instructor and i will also be taking along mini me (Aaron) on his first liveaboard.

There are some courses going on during the course Cathrine is doing her Nitrox and Advanced, there are many others doing their Deep and Drift Specialities. Also we are going to push as much though for the trainee DM's that are going along too, who we might get them to do their swim test!

Two new PADI Open Water Students

Today in fabulous sunshine two students passed thier PADI Open Water course.

We have been running the course over the last few months and finally today with the sun on the lake we managed to finished the finall two dives for the open water course.

Both Rebecca and Cathrine passed with flying colors, so well done ladies your now free to dive the world.

I think this says it all....

Newhaven Divers meets FACEBOOK

For all those people out there on Facebook, you'll be glad to hear that we have gone "Facebook". We have created a Newhaven Divers Group. Just search for the group and away you go.

This is so everyone can see what we are doing, when we are doing it and whos doing it with who.

We also plan to have a monthly newsletter for those of you not up to speed on Facebook - email us your address if you wish to go on the mailing list for the Newsletter. First one is due out mid april once we return from Nemo.

Look forward to seeing all those going to Nemo next weekend, so be good fun

BLACK PEARL Maldives 2009

BOAT BOOKED for 14 Divers
FLIGHTS BOOKED for 14.
I have had a few divers put there hands into there pockets and the spaces are running fast so
if you would like to join in please don't waste any time as you will be a bit disappointed.
7 Days diving on the BLACK PEARL in February 2009, yes next year.
If you would like to add a week or a few days on an Island please contact me asap.
Flights are direct departing on Sunday 15Th.
Dive madness in the making.
Safe diving
Alan Mac

NEMO 33

Nemo 33 only 1 week awaiy, i have emailed the menu to all concernd so if you have not recived one please contact me and i will send it out to you. Please could you fill it in so that we can have a smooth transision from the pool to the dinner table.
Next is, i need your PADI,BSAC etc cert no's and levels as well as your Nemo 33 member no for next week for the paperwork. For the students there is no need to worry as i will do them for you.
Safe trip over and see you there at around 11H00 Nemo 33 TIME!!
Alan Mac

May Liveaboard

Just had confirmation that the last place as just been booked for our may trip to Egypt.

Catherine is going to be joining us taking the remaining space.

with just over 40 days to go it can t come round too quickly as the weather is crap and Ive got withdrawal symptoms from not getting in the sea!


Ron

PADI DM's

After starting a successful training season,our 2 new training DM's Steve and Alan are excited by the challenges that lay ahead.This Easter weekend kicked off with 2 new students doing their PADI OW course under the watchful eye of Ron,their instructor.
A visit to NEMO 33 and NDC at Chepstow,in April will further their training,closely followed by a weeks liveaboard to the Red Sea.A full boat of 18 'Newhaven Divers Ltd.'divers will give them ample experience to extend their knowledge towards their qualification.
I wish them well and am ready for medical queries etc that may arise!

Deborah Mackenzie(Dr Sharp) AMED HSE recognised

PADI OW

The start of a new dive season has started on a good footing with 2 newcomers to the Newhaven Diving family. Starting their PADI OW on friday, followed by 2 days in the pool and now awaiting for more favourable weather temperatures to do the 4 qualifying dives. Rebecca and Catherine have faired well under the watchful eye of Steve and Alan and their instructor Ron.
Teaching in perfect water temps, 30c, is a lot better than freezing out in the open to start the diving adventure. Their journey will take them to Nemo 33 for 2 dives then 2 more dives off the RIB MacD running out of Newhaven, giving them their PADI OW certs.
We wish them all the best to complete their PADI OW and onto greater diving adventures.
Newhaven Diving Team.

New Updated Website

The website as been undergoing soem re-development this past week and we finally went yesterday.

Ron

Nemo 33 Video

Aaron (webmaster) managed to reduce the size so that we could upload it at last

Ron

MALDIVES Trip February 2009

So we have had a good feed back for this planned trip for next year in Feb09, 8 divers and 1 non diver showing interest, boat has 14 places so don't dilly dally.

For those that are interested please drop me a line/email and we can then take it further.

Trip details are are for 1 week diving and for those wanting to stay on longer on an island, this can be arranged.

Alan Mac

RED SEA TRIP

Get all your dive stuff at LDS this weekend for the trip in May. Trip looks to be a good one with only 1 place still out there for grabs so if you know a taker please contact myself or Ron asap. Flights are a bit on the high side though.

Alan Mac

Nemo 33

Anyone want to buy a watch!

Young Tim

Debs enjoying the dive

Steve where's your dive gear gone!

What a great time we all had, this is a great place and i would bet that we are going back!
Ive done the video but it too big to put on Youtube so when i work out how to reduce the size i will upload it.
Ron (reposted due to html error)

Newhaven divers are off to LDS on Saturday, Alan has a few complimentary tickets so if your interested in going let us know, Tickets are on a first come first served basis.





Ron

Nemo 33 April Trip

All, there is a planed revisit to NEMO 33 for the weekend of 5th/6th April for those interested. We know that its is close to the last trip but we all had a great time so well we are of again this time 3 dives on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. No time to visit the Russian Sub again though.
All in favour send in and add your names:
1. Alan
2. Deborah
3. Tim
4. Ron
5. Aaron
6. Kevin A
7. Steve
8. Simon
9. Dave
10. Gordon
11. Grdon's daughter
12. Libby
13. Rebecca
14. Catherine
15. Kim..
16. Ted..
17. Carol..

NEMO 33 Booked Dives at 13H00, 16H00 and 19H00 3 dives in all.
Eurotunnel Booked
Hotel Booked
NEMO 33 food orders booked.

Alan

Blue Planet live Sat 5th April @ Wembley Arena, London.

For those that watched the TV series, this will be of interest to you. Playing on a screen of three stories high, the biggest ever screens erected in the UK, an edited version of the proclaimed BBC's 'The Blue Planet' will be visiting various cities throughout England during April. Imagine feeling the full impact of seeing a life size killer whale approaching towards you, made possible by the huge screen and use of many projectors, this will be just one magical moment in what promises to be a spectacular show.
Tickets are available through ticketmaster and are £34.50 each with normal booking fees.
The 24 hour The Blue Planet Live! hotline is 0844 847 1665.
http://www.theblueplanetlive.com/beThere.php
So get in on the action.

NDC 26-27 April 08

We are off to the NDC for the PADI Deep Diver Speciality. Meet time arround 10H00 at NDC for briefing and butties. Deborah/Tim/Kevin and i(Alan) will be there from Friday 25th.Check out their web http://www.ndac.co.uk/ for temps etc.
Safe Diving Alan Mac