HOLBORN 130 BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB 2006 SEASON

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Javea - Spain : Easter 2006

Marshall: Mark Brill: Dive centre
Holborn's Easter trip using the dive center'Amigos del Mar' (www.amigosdelmarjavea.com).

14th April : Cap Negre Bay

Depth: 14, Time: 50	Rab Ronaldson	Doug Angus	Jacques Thijs	PDA Rescue Diver course
Depth: 13.8, Time: 35	Louise Trewavas	Rachelle Davies	Ocean diver training
Depth: 12, Time: 31	Mark Brill	Wolf Mohammed	Dan Clark	Ocean diver training
Depth: 13.7, Time: 44	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sue Sutherland	Chris Harlow

14th April : Cap Negre Bay

Depth: 12.7, Time: 41	Chris Harlow	Shula Slater	Dan Clark
Depth: 9.4, Time: 34	Louise Trewavas	Mark Brill	Rachelle Davies	Wolf Mohammed	Ocean diver training
Depth: 11.3, Time: 29	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 14, Time: 50	Instructor	Doug Angus	Jacques Thijs	PDA Rescue Diver course

15th April : The Bay between Cala Blanca and Cala Sardinera

Depth: 12.2, Time: 46	Karen Durham-Diggins	Dan Clark
Depth: 8.5, Time: 38	Mark Brill	Wolf Mohammed	Ocean diver training
Depth: 8.8, Time: 32	Louise Trewavas	Rachelle Davies	Ocean diver training
Depth: 12.2, Time: 36	Instructor	Jacques Thijs	PDA Rescue Diver course

15th April : The Bay between Cala Blanca and Cala Sardinera

Depth: 11.1, Time: 42	Dan Clark	Shula Slater
Depth: 8, Time: 36	Louise Trewavas	Mark Brill	Wolf Mohammed	Ocean diver training.
Depth: 8, Time: 21	Instructor	Doug Angus	Jacques Thijs	Chris Harlow	PDA Rescue Diver course.

16th April : Cap Negre Wall

Depth: 14.3, Time: 36	Mark Brill	Dan Clark	Doug Angus	Jacques Thijs	Advanced Nitrox practical.
Depth: 13, Time: 28	Louise Trewavas	Wolf Mohammed	Ocean diver training.
Depth: 13, Time: 36	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 12, Time: 36	Shula Slater	Chris Harlow

16th April : Porticholl

Depth: 21, Time: 48	Mark Brill	Dan Clark	Doug Angus	Jacques Thijs	Advanced Nitrox practical.
Depth: 16, Time: 26	Louise Trewavas	Wolf Mohammed	Ocean diver training.
Depth: 13.6, Time: 12	Louise Trewavas	Wolf Mohammed	Rachelle Davies	Ocean diver training.
Depth: 19, Time: 36	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sue Sutherland	Shula Slater

17th April : Tango Bay, Javea harbour

Depth: 8.8, Time: 50	Mark Brill	Wolf Mohammed	Ocean diver training.
Depth: 10.7, Time: 39	Doug Angus	Jacques Thijs
Depth: 7.6, Time: 26	Louise Trewavas	Rachelle Davies	Ocean diver training.

Wraysbury Lake : 29th April 2006

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Shore dives

29th April : Platforms in Wraysbury Lake
10 degrees. Vis a bit Muligatawney soup.

Depth: 7.3, Time: 30	Dave Fletcher	Mia Scaggiante	Liz Peart	Sports diver CBL, DSMB, distance line.
Depth: 10, Time: 45	Malcolm Legg	Steve Milner	Kit checkout.

Horsea Island Lake/Littlehampton : 6-7th May 2006

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Horsea on Saturday and the RIB on Sunday
Saturday was a training day, and more members of the club joined on Sunday for a sea dive. This was the heaviest load we had yet put on the new engine, and at ten people, three twinsets, and a couple of extra tanks, it was about the limit the boat could take. She did get up on the plane, but we could not make 20 knots. Worth it though, for a great dive in the Mixon, with a very good tide giving at least 1.5 hours of reasonable slack water. 10m vis and 11 deg C water temperature. Dived the Mullberry off slack, but on such a tide as this, it was pretty diveable. Vis about 5m on that.

6th May : Horsea: The Helicopter

Depth: 6, Time: 30

Dave Fletcher

Mia Scaggiante

Nick Watson

Ian McKevitt

Sports diver exercises

6th May : Horsea: The Boat

Depth: 6, Time: 32

Dave Fletcher

Mia Scaggiante

Sports diver navigation exercise

6th May : Horsea: The Armoured Personnel Carrier

Depth: 6, Time: 42

Nick Watson

Ian McKevitt

Equiment re-familiarisation

7th May : The Mixon Hole

Depth: 22, Time: 38	Nick Watson	Karen Durham-Diggins	Liz Peart	Three Cuttlefish!
Depth: 18, Time: 28	Tim Clarke	Matthew Reinders	Lumpsucker!
Depth: 18, Time: 27	Dave Fletcher	Ian McKevitt	Gunnel, Black Goby, Leopard Spotted Goby!
Depth: 19, Time: 26	Roz Fletcher	Mia Scaggiante	Sports diver exercise

7th May : The Far Mulberry

Depth: 9.5, Time: 19	Nick Watson	Karen Durham-Diggins	Liz Peart
Depth: 10, Time: 34	Tim Clarke	Matthew Reinders
Depth: 10, Time: 29	Dave Fletcher	Ian McKevitt	Cuttlefish!
Depth: 18, Time: 27	Roz Fletcher	Mia Scaggiante	Sports diver exercise

Horsea Island Lake : 20th May 2006

Marshall: Nick Watson: Horsea Island
A blown out RIB dive coused some of use to adjourn - undaunted - to Horsey for a spot of training. Jaques' description: "special activities for me: deployed an SMB, compass dive. - nature = now have a short film of a crab trying to open a mussel, incl of cracking sounds. not for the faint of heart. also saw an eel. wonderful."

20th May : Horsea

Depth: 6, Time: 49

Nick Watson

Jaques Thijs

Rachael Hallet

Sports diver exercises.

Oban - Outer Hebrides : 20-26th May 2006

Marshall: Roz Fletcher: Hjalmar Bjorge
Our intention was to reach St Kilda, but a week of unsettled weather confined us to the shelter of the Hebrides. Our disappointment was offset by some excellent diving on these alternative sites, and by the comfort of the boat, which was seaworthy enough as a rescue vessel for the Norwegian fishing fleet, but was then bought by an American billionaire who fitted stabilisers! Mark the skipper is a fount of knowledge on the local wildlife, and the food was excellent. Sea temperature was in general 9 degrees, and uw visibility was between 5 and 10m.

21st May : Canna - Wall
First shakedown dive. Viz about 7m, water temperature 9 degrees

Depth: 28.7, Time: 35	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 29.8, Time: 34	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 30.2, Time: 44	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 25.7, Time: 45	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 25.2, Time: 43	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 31.6, Time: 30	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

21st May : The wreck of the Doris; Westen Isle of Skye, south of Neist lighthouse
Excellent dive on well broken small wreck, lying on a boulder slope. Extensive dead mans fingers, and Plumose Anemones. Many Janolus cristatus, one Flabellina pedata, and several Coryphella lineata. Vis more than 10m.

Depth: 24.3, Time: 33	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 21.6, Time: 31	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 25.9, Time: 46	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 25.7, Time: 34	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 25.2, Time: 34	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 27.3, Time: 40	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

22nd May : Renish Point, South Isle of Harris
Wall covered in Tubularia down to flat white sand bottom at 28m. Scallops to be found in the sand, away from the wall. 7m viz, 8 degrees.

Depth: 28.3, Time: 35	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 28, Time: 51	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 28, Time: 37	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 30, Time: 45	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 30, Time: 45	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 30, Time: 40	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

22nd May : The Pinnacle, Renish Point, South Isle of Harris

Depth: 32, Time: 34	Dave Fletcher	Malcolm Legg	Advanced Nitrox skills assessment
Depth: 35, Time: 32	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 30, Time: 35	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 27.5, Time: 32	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 30.7, Time: 40	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

23rd May : Shiant Island
The dive was supposed to be a wall, but there was also a small wreck at the foot of that - a trawler that had been down a couple of years. The wreck is boring, the wall is good.

Depth: 32.5, Time: 34	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 32.3, Time: 25	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 24.9, Time: 30	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 26, Time: 37	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 30, Time: 33	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 32, Time: 33	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

23rd May : Wall near Prince Charlies Caves, Sound of Rassay
Nice wall on a reef.

Depth: 27.4, Time: 33	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 31, Time: 44	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 26.4, Time: 36	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 25, Time: 35	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 25, Time: 35	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

24th May : The wreck of the Port Napier, Kyle of Lochalsh
Excellent dive on this shallow wreck in 10m vis. She lies on her side, and penetration between decks is possible at several places with clear exits above. The teak deck is almost intact, and is covered with sea Squirts. At the stern one can see the mine chute, and even swim up it. Zoological, hightlights included an Otter seen underwater, and Titonia hombergii - the largest British nudibranch at 20cm long.

Depth: 32.3, Time: 25	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 24.9, Time: 30	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg	Dave Fletcher
Depth: 26, Time: 37	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 30, Time: 33	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 32, Time: 33	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

24th May : Drift dive, Kyle of Lochalsh
Fast 5 knot drift from South of Kyle of Lochalsh in a northery direction. Nobody saw very much detail of the bottom, except that it was covered in Kelp. Many of us wound up in whirlpools. Great fun.

Depth: 16.4, Time: 35	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 26.2, Time: 40	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 17.9, Time: 28	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 16, Time: 37	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 20, Time: 35	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 20, Time: 35	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

25th May : Wall near the ferry dock, Isle of Eigg
Really excellent wall going down to 42m, Level white sand at bottom of wall, with many Scallops. A Yarrels Blenny seen in a hole.

Depth: 30, Time: 38	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 38, Time: 53	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 32, Time: 42	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 43.6, Time: 35 (1)	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak	20 scallops!
Depth: 35, Time: 35	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 42.9, Time: 35 (2)	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson	40 scallops!

25th May : Slignich Mor, near Oronsay Island, Loch Sunart, off sound of Mull
Good wall covered in Dead Mens Fingers and Anemones. Nudibranches: Polycera faroensis, P. quadrilineata, Acanthodoris pilosa, Diaphodoris luteocincta, Flabellina pedata, Janolus cristatus.

Depth: 23, Time: 41	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg	Advanced Nitrox exercise
Depth: 22, Time: 59	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 19.9, Time: 44	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 23.9, Time: 44	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 28.7, Time: 51	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

26th May : Lismore Island, Loch Linnhe
Alternative to the Rondo, which was blown out. Nice wall, but a bit dark in the murky weather.

Depth: 30.8, Time: 35	Karen Durham-Diggins	Malcolm Legg
Depth: 32, Time: 56	Simon Perse	Liz Peart
Depth: 30.5, Time: 38	Steve Milner	Peter Vojak
Depth: 25.2, Time: 36	Cheryl Ashman	John Cassidy
Depth: 29.2, Time: 46	Darren Pavey	Ian Pearson

Littlehampton : 4th June 2006

Marshall: Mike Maloney: Holborn Diver
Late start due to HW at 11.30, Super weather, light wind. Photo dive on the M/H remains - four members with cameras - three digital, one film. Vis only 3m max, no current, masses of life. Shoals of bib + pouting. Large wrasse all over the remains, also some large Cuttlefish to be seen, and also Blennies. Water temp 12 deg. C. Enjoyable dive, some members trying out new equipment for the first time, and for some their first dive of the season. Jaques first time off RIB. Trainee Cox'ns all helmed the RIB under supervision. Mike Maloney, N.I. 30.

16th April : The Far Mulberry
The Mulberry sank almost 60 years ago to the day that we dived it.

Depth: 11, Time: 44	Jon Lewis	Shula Slater
Depth: 10.4, Time: 35	Dan Clark	Doug Angus
Depth: 11, Time: 60	Mike Maloney	Jan Maloney
Depth: 12, Time: 64	Richard Heads	Jaques Thijs

Penzance : 19th-23rd June 2006

Marshall: Nic Weeks: Gulfstream SCUBA
A forth consecutive year with this dive centre, and third year snorkelling with Basking Sharks! Weather and poor tides ruled out the Runnelstone.

19th June : The wreck of the 'Primrose'

Depth: 22.6, Time: 48	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 18.9, Time: 39	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 19.6, Time: 37	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

19th June : The wreck of the 'Conqueror'

Depth: 18.6, Time: 49	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 16.8, Time: 43	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 19.6, Time: 37	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

20th June : The wreck of the 'Alice Marie'

Depth: 25.5, Time: 22	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 25.9, Time: 35	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 24.5, Time: 22	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

20th June : The wreck of the 'Primrose'

Depth: 19.5, Time: 48	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 18.6, Time: 26	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 19, Time: 45	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

21st June : Seghy Rock

Depth: 28.5, Time: 40	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 22.9, Time: 45	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 26.8, Time: 39	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

21st June : Prussia Cove

Depth: 13.4, Time: 52	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 9.8, Time: 28	Simon Perse	Liz Peart	Rachael Hallet

22nd June : The wreck of the 'Hellopes'

Depth: 35.7, Time: 27	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 36.6, Time: 25	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 36.3, Time: 23	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

22nd June : The wreck of the 'Alice Marie'

Depth: 27.1, Time: 29	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 26.8, Time: 39	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 26, Time: 31	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

23rd June : Mystique Reef

Depth: 26.5, Time: 42	Liz Peart	Sarah Ellender
Depth: 27.4, Time: 43	Malcolm Legg	Dan Clark
Depth: 30, Time: 40	Simon Perse	Rachael Hallet

23rd June : Basking Sharks

Depth: 0.5, Time: 60

Liz Peart

Sarah Ellender

Malcolm Legg

Dan Clark

Simon Perse

Rachael Hallet

Snorkelling with six Basking Sharks, the largest about 5m long.

Swanage : 1st-2nd July 2006

Marshall: Doug Angus: Swanage pier plus dayboat

1st July : Swanage Pier

Depth: 4.2, Time: 46	Nick Watson	Jackie Cowlin
Depth: 4.2, Time: 55	Matthew Reinders	Shula Slater
Depth: 4.6, Time: 40	Doug Angus	Ian McKevitt
Depth: 4.9, Time: 54	Jaques Thijs	Sue Sutherland

2nd July : The wreck of the 'Fleur de Lys', Swanage Bay

Depth: 12.5, Time: 44	Nick Watson	Jackie Cowlin
Depth: 13.4, Time: 31	Matthew Reinders	Shula Slater
Depth: 13.1, Time: 29	Doug Angus	Ian McKevitt
Depth: 13.1, Time: 35	Jaques Thijs	Sue Sutherland

2nd July : Tilly Whim Caves, Durlston Bay

Depth: 9.1, Time: 58	Nick Watson	Jackie Cowlin
Depth: 7.5, Time: 35	Matthew Reinders	James from Maidenhead
Depth: 8.2, Time: 40	Doug Angus	Ian McKevitt
Depth: 9.1, Time: 54	Jaques Thijs	Sue Sutherland

Plymouth : 8th-9th July 2006

Marshall: Mark Brill: Plymouth Divers
Sue and Mia were diving on dayboats while the DO and his buddy were doing a deep RB dive out of the same port

8th July : The wreck of the 'Scylla'

Depth: 13.1, Time: 35

Sue Sutherland

Mia Scaggiante

9th July : The Fort, Plymouth Bay

Depth: 11.9, Time: 30

Sue Sutherland

Mia Scaggiante

Littlehampton : 22nd-23rd July 2006

Marshall: Liz Peart: Holborn Diver

22nd July : The Wreck of the 'French Barque'

Depth: 31.5, Time: 30	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 30, Time: 27	Mike Maloney	Dan Clark
Depth: 30.7, Time: 43	Tim Clarke	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 31, Time: 30	Liz Peart	Jaques Thijs

23rd July : The Wreck of the 'Zandstroom'
A rapid ascent lead to suspected DCS and a five-hour visit to the pot in Poole for one diver, and the Marshal to keep him company.

Depth: 28, Time: 40	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 32.8, Time: 32	Tim Clarke	Karen Durham-Diggins	Dan Clark
Depth: 30, Time: 30	Liz Peart	Jaques Thijs

Dover : 24th-26th July 2006

Marshall: Jerry Gull: Taurus

24th July : The Wrecks of the 'Lariston' and the 'Denbighshire'
The Lariston was a steamship built 1n 1896, 300ft by 32ft beam, 2134 tons. Sank after collision with the 'Crimea' en rout from Bona to Rotterdam. The Denbighshire is a steel schooner sunk in 1889. The wrecks lie right next to each other.

Depth: 29.9, Time: 44 (7)	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 30, Time: 42 (3)	Sam Warwick	Steve Guest
Depth: 29.5, Time: 34 (1)	John Guest	Cath Guest

24th July : The Wreck of the 'W. A Shotten'
The W. A Shotten was a Dutch liner built 1n 1874, 351ft by 38ft beam, 2589 tons. Sank after collision with the 'Merry Roe' en rout from Rotterdam to New York. Intact and upright and full of artefacts. 33m to the bottom.

Depth: 29.5, Time: 28	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 30, Time: 36 (3)	Sam Warwick	Steve Guest
Depth: 27.8, Time: 31	John Guest	Cath Guest

25th July : The Wreck of the 'Nunima'
The Nunima was a Steamer, 325ft by 47ft beam, 2938 tons. Sank after collision en rout from Bilbao to Middlesborough on 4th January 1918. Intact but swept, and upright standing 12m proud. 33m to the bottom.

Depth: 30.2, Time: 43 (12)	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 30.4, Time: 43 (7)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Richard Heads
Depth: 31, Time: 47 (8)	Sam Warwick	Steve Guest
Depth: 32, Time: 34 (8)	John Guest	Cath Guest

25th July : The Wreck of the 'Varne' or 'Varnebank'
Near the Varne light vessel, in the West shipping lane, this is a wooden wreck only 1m proud of sand a shingle bottom. Glass and pottery boxex, and boxes of glass and bell jars. Pottery coffee cups and large mugs. Shnapps glasses and loads more.

Depth: 34.2, Time: 39 (12)	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 34, Time: 42 (10)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Richard Heads
Depth: 34.5, Time: 42 (6)	Sam Warwick	Steve Guest
Depth: 34, Time: 36 (10)	John Guest	Cath Guest

26th July : The Wreck of the 'Merman' or possibly the 'New Comet'

Depth: 34.5, Time: 43 (11)	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 34.4, Time: 47 (12)	Karen Durham-Diggins	Richard Heads
Depth: 34, Time: 41 (3)	Sam Warwick	Tim Clarke
Depth: 33, Time: 41 (1)	John Guest	Cath Guest

26th July : The Wreck of the 'Varne' again

Depth: 33.8, Time: 41 (11)	Jerry Gull	Colin Manders
Depth: 33.8, Time: 48 (13)	Sam Warwick	Karen Durham-Diggins
Depth: 33, Time: 37 (6)	John Guest	Cath Guest

Littlehampton : 5th August 2006

Marshall: Shula Slater: Holborn Diver

5th August : The Wreck of the 'Brigitta'

Depth: 17.3, Time: 45	Matthew Reinders	Dave Boughton
Depth: 16.8, Time: 375	Ian McKevitt	Doug Angus
Depth: 17.3, Time: 44	Mike Maloney	Jan Maloney

5th August : The Far Mulberry

Depth: 10.2, Time: 47	Matthew Reinders	Dave Boughton
Depth: 10, Time: 37	Ian McKevitt	Doug Angus
Depth: 10.4, Time: 44	Mike Maloney	Shula Slater

Plymouth : August Bank Holiday 2006

Marshall: Simon Perse: Holborn Diver
Really excellent dives on some old favourite sites. Note that slackwater on springs was consistently an hour earlier than predicted by the admiralty chart.

25th August : Hillsea Point Rocks

Depth: 22, Time: 40	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 22, Time: 43	Karen Durham-Diggins	Liz Peart	Dan Clark
Depth: 22, Time: 40	Simon Perse	Jonathon Mills

25th August : The wreck of the 'James Eagan Layne'

Depth: 21, Time: 45	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 21, Time: 43	Karen Durham-Diggins	Liz Peart	Dan Clark
Depth: 21, Time: 45	Simon Perse	Jonathon Mills

26th August : The wreck of the 'Scylla'

Depth: 20, Time: 45	Dave Fletcher	Nick Watson
Depth: 20, Time: 45	Simon Perse	Jonathon Mills

26th August : Penlea Point

Depth: 8, Time: 35	Dave Fletcher	Nick Watson
Depth: 8, Time: 45	Simon Perse	Jonathon Mills

25th August : The Mewstone
Found very good site to dive - The Mewstone bearing NNE on about 22m of water

Depth: 23, Time: 40	Dave Fletcher	Roz Fletcher
Depth: 23, Time: 43	Karen Durham-Diggins	Liz Peart	Jonathon Mills	Karen aborted due to drysuit leak
Depth: 23, Time: 45	Simon Perse	Nick Watson

Wraysbury Lake : 3rd September 2006

Marshall: Mark Brill: Shore dives

3rd September : Platforms in Wraysbury Lake
Ocean diver training.

Depth: 7, Time: 25	Liz Peart	Nic Weeks
Depth: 9, Time: 25	Mark Brill	Stuart Wright	Emma Goff	OS1
Depth: 7, Time: 25	Louise Trewavas	Sheena Karim	OS1
Depth: 7, Time: 25	Liz Peart	Nic Weeks
Depth: 7, Time: 25	Mark Brill	Stuart Wright	Emma Goff	OS2
Depth: 7, Time: 25	Louise Trewavas	Sheena Karim	OS2
Depth: 7, Time: 25	Mark Brill	Stuart Wright	Emma Goff	OS3

Littlehampton : 16th September 2006

Marshall: Mike Maloney: Holborn Diver
Fine day, very little wind. Smooth ride out to wreck site (Position 50:38:959 N, 000:49:304W). Located wreck and put in a shot midships. Vis down but masses of fish here: pouting, Bib, and many Congers. Also Lobster and Crab seen. Wreck lies E-W. One group swam to stern arwa and could see the huge prop and rudder. Wreck is upside down on sea bed and well broken open. Hatch area quite plain to see, also boilers and anchor locker with chain. Very nice dive. Dive time 4.5 hours after HW Portsmouth on neaps. Vis bad on the Mulberry and only dived for one half hour due to early closure of Littlehampton Marina. Having a good dive team who all muck in makes rigging and cleaning up RIB before and after work so well. Enjoyabledays diving. Mike Maloney N.I.30.

16th September : The wreck of the 'Birgitta'
The Mulberry sank almost 60 years ago to the day that we dived it.

Depth: 17.8, Time: 45	Mike Maloney	Jan Maloney
Depth: 18, Time: 57 (2)	Simon Perse	Nic Weeks	Matthew Reinders

16th September : The Far Mulberry
The Mulberry sank almost 60 years ago to the day that we dived it.

Depth: 10, Time: 35

Mike Maloney

Simon Perse

Matthew Reinders

Dahab : 23rd-30th September 2006

Marshall: Mark Brill: Reef 2000

23rd September : The Lighthouse

Depth: 22, Time: 38	Doug Angus	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 21.2, Time: 43	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 16, Time: 35	Louise Trewavas	Zoe Diderich	Emma Goff
Depth: 16, Time: 35	Mark Brill	Stuart Wright	Sheena Karim
Depth: 18, Time: 35	Chris Harlow	Dalia Kasperaviciute

23rd September : Mashraba

Depth: 20.7, Time: 43	Doug Angus	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 22, Time: 45	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 12, Time: 35	Mark Brill	Zoe Diderich	Sheena Karim
Depth: 12, Time: 35	Emma Goff	Stuart Wright
Depth: 25, Time: 35	Louise Trewavas	Chris Harlow
Depth: 20.7, Time: 43	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Joe Publicdiver

24th September : North of Moray Garden

Depth: 19.2, Time: 53	Doug Angus	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 19.2, Time: 60	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 19.3, Time: 42	Louise Trewavas	Emma Goff	Stuart Wright
Depth: 21, Time: 60	Mark Brill	Zoe Diderich	Sheena Karim
Depth: 18.3, Time: 33	Chris Harlow	Mark Diveguide
Depth: 20, Time: 62	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Jo-Jo Guestdiver

24th September : South of Moray Garden

Depth: 17, Time: 47	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 16, Time: 40	Louise Trewavas	Emma Goff	Stuart Wright
Depth: 14.5, Time: 45	Mark Brill	Zoe Diderich	Sheena Karim
Depth: 10.3, Time: 31	Chris Harlow	Mark Diveguide
Depth: 17, Time: 46	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Jo-Jo Guestdiver

25th September : Eel Garden

Depth: 18.3, Time: 41	Doug Angus	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 17.4, Time: 42	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 18.6, Time: 42	Mark Brill	Zoe Diderich	Sheena Karim
Depth: 21.5, Time: 34	Louise Trewavas (rb)	Emma Goff	Stuart Wright
Depth: 19.7, Time: 24	Chris Harlow	Mark Diveguide
Depth: 18.6, Time: 42	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Jo-Jo Guestdiver

25th September : The Islands
Commando style entry over rocks to get in - felt like we had dropped into an aquarium. Shoals of tuna, barracuda, pipefish, wrasse, black masked puffer fish, napoleon wrasse, orangesspine unicornfish, enormous blue brain coral

Depth: 14.9, Time: 48	Doug Angus	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 15.1, Time: 44	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 12.6, Time: 36	Mark Brill	Zoe Diderich	Sheena Karim
Depth: 12.7, Time: 40	Louise Trewavas	Emma Goff	Stuart Wright
Depth: 13.2, Time: 33	Chris Harlow	Mark Diveguide
Depth: 16.1, Time: 47	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Jo-Jo Guestdiver

25th September : Lighthouse
Night Dive.

Depth: 12.5, Time: 33	Doug Angus	Dalia Kasperaviciute
Depth: 21.3, Time: 40	Mark Brill	Sue Sutherland
Depth: 13, Time: 32	Louise Trewavas	Zoe Diderich	Stuart Wright
Depth: 12, Time: 33	Sheena Karim	Mark Diveguide	Emma Goff	Sheena lead dive as excercise

26th September : Lighthouse to Eel Garden

Depth: 12, Time: 70

Mark Brill (rb)

Tom Guest (rb)

26th September : Lighthouse to Mashraba

Depth: 12, Time: 70

Mark Brill (rb)

Tom Guest (rb)

26th September : Eel Garden

Depth: 22, Time: 45

Dalia Kasperaviciute

Matt Guestdiver

26th September : Moray Garden

Depth: 12.8, Time: 57

Dalia Kasperaviciute

Matt Guestdiver

27th September : Gabriel El Bint (North)
Dive south of Dahab in Egypt at Gabr-el Bint The site of a "Romeo and Juliet" style legend that tells of a girl who was pledged to marry to a much older man, refusing to do so. Her brother then killed her because he believed she brought dishonour to her familly. Her "true" love killed himself when he found her body on the shore. Landscape was rocky mountains set back 50 yards from beach, a rocky desert. The beach was narrow with a steep drop off making shore entry more difficult than normal.

Depth: 20.7, Time: 50	Doug Angus	Chris Harlow
Depth: 22.5, Time: 41	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sheena Karim
Depth: 21.3, Time: 40	Sue Sutherland	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 22.4, Time: 40	Zoe Diderich	Stuart Wright
Depth: 25, Time: 51	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Mark Diveguide	Emma Goff	Dalia lead dive as excercise
Depth: 25, Time: 60	Louise Trewavas (rb)	Tom Guest (rb)

27th September : Gabriel El Bint (South)

Depth: 19.8, Time: 61	Doug Angus	Chris Harlow
Depth: 16.8, Time: 59	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sheena Karim
Depth: 21.6, Time: 42	Sue Sutherland	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 21.7, Time: 42	Zoe Diderich	Stuart Wright
Depth: 20, Time: 60	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Mark Diveguide	Emma Goff	Dalia lead dive as excercise
Depth: 25, Time: 60	Louise Trewavas (rb)	Tom Guest (rb)

28th September : El Bellz

Depth: 31.2, Time: 42	Doug Angus	Chris Harlow
Depth: 27.5, Time: 37	Karen Durham-Diggins	Sheena Karim
Depth: 31.4, Time: 47	Sue Sutherland	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 33.4, Time: 36	Zoe Diderich	Stuart Wright
Depth: 29.3, Time: 40	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Mark Diveguide	Emma Goff
Depth: 38, Time: 65	Mark Brill (rb)	Louise Trewavas (rb)

28th September : The Canyon

Depth: 31.4, Time: 57	Mark Brill (rb)	Dalia Kasperaviciute	Doug Angus
Depth: 40.2, Time: 57	Karen Durham-Diggins	Rosemary Guest
Depth: 31.3, Time: 30	Louise Trewavas (rb)	Chris Harlow

28th September : Coral Gardens
Amazing eagle ray! Baby moray, crocodile fish, bird wrasse, red sea goatfish, threespot dascyllus, lyretail hogfish, small spotted ray, devil scorpionfish, travalli, snapper

Depth: 18.7, Time: 49	Sue Sutherland	Sheena Karim
Depth: 21, Time: 47	Zoe Diderich	Emma Goff	Stuart Wright

Javea - Spain : 14th-17th November 2006

Marshall: Mark Brill: Dive centre
All but one day blown out, unfortunately.

16th November : Cap San Martin

Depth: 15.2, Time: 39	Ben Guest	Doug Angus
Depth: 15.9, Time: 52	Jacques Thijs	Ian McKevitt
Depth: 15, Time: 50	Louise Trewavas (rb)	Livio Balbo
Depth: 15, Time: 50	Mark Brill (rb)	Libby Barr

16th November : Cap San Martin

Depth: 10.0, Time: 40	Steve Guest	Ben Guest	Jacques Thijs	Ian McKevitt
Depth: 10.0, Time: 40	Louise Trewavas (rb)	Livio Balbo
Depth: 10.0, Time: 40	Mark Brill (rb)	Libby Barr

Wraysbury Lake : 26th November 2006

Marshall: Dave Fletcher: Shore dives

26th November : Platforms in Wraysbury Lake
Training day. 11 degrees.

Depth: 12, Time: 25	Dave Fletcher	Chris Harlow	Sports diver DSMB, distance line.
Depth: 6, Time: 25	Dave Fletcher	Chris Harlow	Sports diver navigation lesson

Most dived divers in 2006
Karen Durham-Diggins	35
Liz Peart	31
Simon Perse	28
Dave Fletcher	23
Doug Angus	23
Louise Trewavas	23
Mark Brill	23
Dan Clark	21
Malcolm Legg	21
Sue Sutherland	19

Chris Harlow	16
Stuart Wright	14
Emma Goff	14
Roz Fletcher	13
Sheena Karim	13
Dalia Kasperaviciute	13
Steve Milner	12
Nick Watson	11
Ian McKevitt	11
Rachael Hallet	11
Zoe Diderich	11

Colin Manders	9
Jacques Thijs	9
Matthew Reinders	9
Sarah Ellender	9
Wolf Mohammed	8
Shula Slater	8
Jerry Gull	8
Mia Scaggiante	7
Jaques Thijs	7
Mike Maloney	6
Rachelle Davies	5

Tim Clarke	5
Jonathon Mills	5
Richard Heads	4
Jan Maloney	3
Jackie Cowlin	3
Nic Weeks	3
Dave Boughton	2
Livio Balbo	2
Libby Barr	2
Jon Lewis	1
TOTAL	501

Most active instructors in 2006
Mark Brill	18
Louise Trewavas	17

Dave Fletcher	7
Nick Watson	3
Roz Fletcher	2
TOTAL	47

Types of dive platform
Holborn Diver	92
Divecentre	295
Inland	37
Live-aboard	125
Shore	8
Hard-boat	58

Dives broken down by depth
0-10 metres	33
10-15 metres	53
15-20 metres	47
21-25 metres	43
25-30 metres	85
30-35 metres	50
35-40 metres	7
40+ metres	3

501 dives by branch members (plus 114 dives by non-members), Total = 615

Mean depth = 20 metres, mean time = 40 minutes.