Ian in Nasty Swimwear Scandal........

After weeks of interrogation Ian has today confessed to having a tight red Speedo fetish. We've discovered that once wet they are completely see through. The offending article has been confiscated and will be destroyed in due course........That's after we've all had a good laugh at them.

Mange tout Rodders, fabrique en Belgique ...

Nous avons retourne from Francais, mais oui, mais oui. Nous avons eu de bonne vacances plongee sur la WWII wrecks. A report from le visite sur la bateau de pique Whitehorse est published dans la trip report section dans la website. And mon dieu, the franglais was appalling! Zinadan Zidan and Zout allors! Click ici for plus d'information!

We've Taken Over Horsea.........

On Tuesday 29th August we have Horsea Island all to ourselves from 10am until 3pm. Kit hire is available for anyone who needs it. If anyone would like to come down and make use of this then please contact the Dive Center.
The price of this will be £10 for club members and £12 for non club members. It would be nice to see some familiar faces and also some new ones.

Our busiest weekend yet!

This weekend was our busiest one yet - with four courses running, a total of 30 students headed out on Open Water, advanced Open Water and Rescue courses. A great time was had by all even though the weather was a little unpredictable. We look forward to seeing the students return for more training in the near future.

Dahab 19th - 26th November

Places on this trip are now limited so anyone who would like to go needs to get in contact with us quickly. A £200 deposit will secure you a place on this trip. Either email or call the dive center if you're interested.

Yet Another Busy Weekend at the Dive Center

It was another very busy weekend for everyone at the dive center. We had three courses running - Open Water, EFR, DAN O2 & Advanced O2 and a SMB workshop. Everyone enjoyed themselves and it was lovely to see club members taking full advantage of the SMB workshop.

Beach Clean 2006

This year we are doing another beach clean on the 17th September. So it is now my job to recruit volunteers. If anyone would like to be part of this then please either email or call the dive centre and let me know. At the moment the details are being finalised so there will be more information coming soon........

Another Successful Southsea Show

The weather was good and the crowds flocked in to have a go at scuba diving in our try dive pool at the Southsea show. Lots of kids and adults took the plunge, most for the first time, in what was our busiest year so far. We "teamed up" with the NAS who had a great display alongside us under the marquee which generated loads of interest in marine archaeology. The after show party on the Sunday was also good fun. A few choice snap shots from the show can be found in the website gallery .... look out for the Mr Bean socks! Many many thanks to all the club members who helped out over the weekend. We could not have managed it without you and really appreciate it. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves as well.

Summer Ball 2006

A full house at the summer ball this last weekend with 130 club members and guests having a great evening at the Queens hotel. The raffle raised a fantastic £1000 for our charities, helped along by an inpromptu auction of the top prize, which was a BCD. Other prizes included regulator sets, 5 day diving packages and a case of champagne. Our thanks to everyone who helped raise so much whether they donated prizes or bought tickets.
I have published some of the photos taken of the evening onto the gallery. There are some excellent ones taken by Katie and feel free to print them off for your own personal use.

First Day at the Southsea Show

With twice as many try dives completed as last year, the Friday of the show got off to a great start. And with boats going out, open water courses running and the summer ball it's going to be a hectic weekend.

Southsea Fire Station Help Out at Southsea Show

With the leaks plugged and the heater and pumps all fitted it was time to fill the pool. A normal hose pipe will take roughly 24 hours, however, once again we "teamed up" with the local Fire Service. Some of the lads from Southsea Station in Sommers Road helped out with a hose stretching across the common to a hydrant at the Queens Hotel and the job was done in about 30 minutes. Many thanks for all your help guys and we hope to see some of you and your familes at the show over the weekend for a try dive.

Southsea Show Build-up

Once again we are going to be at the Southsea Show with our try dive pool and the buildup phase is well underway. Yesterday the marquee and the pool were put up. We noticed a couple of holes in the pool (as you can see in the picture) but with the liberal use of a bit of sealant and some tape we should have sorted it out. Not that a small leak will make much difference to 27,000 litres of water.

More website visitors than ever ...

We thought that June was good, but July has broken all records this year with over 1400 unique visitors to the site and an incredible 10,000 hits. And this was in spite of a very poor showing from one of our regular visitors who dropped from an average of 80 visits a month (nearly in the top 10) to a rather disappointing 10. Must have been something we said last month! We continue to add more and more information to the site and try to keep it up to date, so it is great to see that it is appreciated with so many visits.

"Tony, You're Scaring the Girls"

As you can see from the evidence below - Tony's phone is full of nasty little surprises.



Also here are some other random snaps of the night.

Random social on the beach

'The Tour' continued on Southsea beach last night, with a little bimble around the submarine blocks, a BBQ and lashings and lashings of wine. With the added bonus of a spectacular thunder storm over the Channel the evening proved to be a great sucess, with some of the more hard core members going on to party well into the early hours.

New FUJI Camera Now In Stock

As the only Fuji Dive Centre in the area, we are first to get in the latest cameras. Now in stock, we have the new award winning F30, which compliments the already popular F11 range. The F30 is smaller and more powerful, with amazing natural light setting and underwater mode features that enable you to take pictures even when it is almost dark, without a flash. The battery is good for over 500 pictures and the camera even has an internal memory as well as an XD memory card. As a Fuji Centre, we are offering this package at £429.99 including the camera, housing, carry case and XD memory card. For a demo, why not pop into the dive centre.

A bit of bondage at the Royal Beach

There have been more strange goings on at the Royal Beach Hotel - Davina Jones was caught getting all tied up with Bruno in one of the hotel meeting rooms.
Management and the Police are investigating.......
We need to know more.

New EFR Instructors

Many congratulations to Jo Scrimshaw who came all the way from Dorking, and John Marchant on completing their EFR instructors course on 18 July. Hopefully both Jo and John will be working with us (we might even "team up") in the near future.

Strange goings on in Southsea Hotel .......

The story so far .......there is a bit of latex going around, and then someone brings out some rubber dolls. Yes they are anatomicaly correct so although they might be armless and legless they DO still have nipples. Alledgedly, they can still be attractive in the right light. Do you think we need to know more ....

FUJI A400 Camera Snorkelling Package

Fuji FinePix A400 Camera

and

Waterproof Housing

£155

We are currently offering this package at a great price. The package includes:

• Fuji A400 Digital Camera
• Fuji A400 Aquamask Case (3meters Waterproof)

The package has been designed for snorkelling but the sturdy waterproof case makes it suitable for all kinds of sports and at £155 it's most definitely a bargain. For more details pop into the dive centre and we'll be happy to demo it.