3 DIVING ACTIVITIES

SHARING THE ADVENTURE 3. DIVING ACTIVITIES “ We wanted to mark our 50th anniversary with a dive programme that had something for everyone and drew on our deep knowledge and wide experience as a diving club. We planned trips that benefitted from the depth and breadth of knowledge the club had grown over the years, like the RIB expeditions to remote corners of the UK and to Normandy. We wanted to cultivate further the wide range of interests, experience and expertise in the club.”

“We planned trips to snorkel with blue sharks, wreck trips to Plymouth and Dover and reef trips to Plymouth, Pembrokeshire and Sardinia. We also wanted to continue to grow the new generation of divers with wonderful trips open to all, like our four bank holiday trips, our Croatia trip and classic UK trips to St Abbs and Swanage. I feel that the dive programme really showed the essence of Clidive, our continued vitality and how we constantly strive to Share the Adventure with our members and the wider diving community.” Chris Wilson, Dive Officer

The dive programme is more than just a list of trips, it is a document that guides different diver grades and levels of experience towards the best trips and programme for them, whether it’s a newly qualified Ocean Diver, an experienced Sports Diver or an Advanced Diver looking for something different. Dive planning begins in early autumn with an open meeting to discuss ideas and put together some themes for each year. The Diving Officer then works with people who have ideas for trips and with the Training Officer to come up with the full dive programme, which, as discussed in the previous section, also considers boat logistics. The programme is launched at the Christmas Party every year. The published 2019 Dive Programme is in Appendix 3a.

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04-Jan 30-Mar 19-Apr 19-Apr 28-Apr 04-May 25-May 15-Jun 16-Jun 23-Jun 07-Jul 20-Jul 20-Jul 28-Jul 10-Aug 11-Aug 24-Aug 07-Sep 14-Sep 21-Sep 27-Sep 29-Sep 12-Oct 19-Oct 21-Nov TO

09-Jan 31-Mar 22-Apr 27-Apr 28-Apr 06-May 27-May 16-Jun 16-Jun 28-Jun 12-Jul 21-Jul 22-Jul 02-Aug 12-Aug 11-Aug 26-Aug 08-Sep 15-Sep 23-Sep 01-Oct 29-Sep 14-Oct 20-Oct 21-Nov LOCATION

Red Sea Plymouth Plymouth Croatia Gildenburgh Portland Plymouth Dover Gildenburgh Handa Orkney Stoney Cove St.Abbs Normandy Plymouth Gildenburgh Regional Plymouth Plymouth Swanage Pembrokeshire Sardinia Gildenburgh Lake District Stoney Cove St Andrew’s TRIP

Liveaboard Winter Warmer (Hard Boat) Easter Bank Holiday Training & Diving SD & Rescue Training May Day Bank Holiday Late May Bank Holiday Dover Wrecks (Hard Boat) Regional DL/AD Training NW Scotland Expedition Scapa 100 Expedition Training Marine Park Normandy 75 Expedition Reefs and Snorkelling with Blue sharks DL/AD Training Bank Holiday Wrecks Wrecks and drifts Marine Park & Smalls Marine Park DL/AD Training Lakes and caves Training DL/AD Training GRADE

SD OD All All SD All All SD+ SD SD+ SD+ All OD SD+ SD(30) SD All SD+ OD SD SD SD SD All SD DM

Kate Eleanor Brian Phil Gillian Ian Eleanor Nick B Gillian Chris Phil Richard Phil Nick B Eleanor Gillian Mark Tomek Ian Elaine Giovanni Gillian Nick H Elaine Gillian

All: Minimum grade is trainee. First time drysuit allowed. OD: Minimum grade is qualified OD. First time drysuit allowed. SD: Minimum grade is qualified SD SD (30): Minimum SD progressed to 30m SD+: Minimum ‘dived-up’ and depth progressed SD. Can include more challenging diving.