New Inland Dive Site

We have found a new diver training site in the Portsmouth area – and it’s right on our doorstep! For years we have been going past Canoe Lake without realising that it was actually 7m deep (ish). We always thought that it was just an ornamental pond, but how wrong we were. The lake has a huge amount of wildlife living on and around it, not least some ducks and swans who congregate together in the evening for feeding (see picture above). Ian and Zara went for a recce of the site (see other picture below) and they reckon we can use it for a whole range of training programmes in the future including Deep (Ian took his shovel and thinks he could have a hole down to 18m by this time next year), the Wreck speciality (we know several model boats have been sunk over the years) and Fish ID (it has some crabs at the moment but we hope to throw in a few haddock and cod - without the wrapping).

This is a fantastic addition to the local inland dive sites available and one that some divers might enjoy. If you want to dive it please let us know.