Having a go at the Dive Show 2006 February 7, 2007
Posted by Mark Gilmour in : General , 1 comment so farI have been meaning to post this on here for a while. Scott, my 7 year old has been a regular at the dive show for the last 3 years and at this last one he was tall enough to reach the bottom of the try dive pool so he could have a go. He had been gearing himself up for a year since being denied the year before for being a little too short.
As we were helping out on the Diving Daisy Stand we arrived nice and early on the Saturday of the show. Scott immediately wanted to go over and book on at the try dive pool. He could have gone in at that moment but he wanted to book on and come back so we did.
His first attempt wasn’t great as the mask supplied was far too big and so kept flooding. So we went back for another attempt in the afternoon after buying him a mask that fitted. As a keen snorkerler he already had one but we didn’t take it with us. Oh well now he has a spare.
With the new mask fitted he was much happier and shot off, he was disappointed that he didn’t get all the way around the pool because he kept falling through the Buddy Wing they were using. He had set himself a very high standard. (more…)
Diving in Washington State with Samish Divers. February 2, 2007
Posted by Mark Gilmour in : Scuba diving abroad , add a commentThrough the joys of the internet, I have recently been in contact with Samish Divers in Washington State. They contacted me through my blog entries on Scapa Flow and the U90. They are based near Bellingham Washington State on the Northwestern coast of the US bordering Canada. See Multimap.
I had a quick sneek on Google Earth to have a look at the area 
and the first thing that struck me is the number of little islands and bays. Lots of exploration possible.
It seems there is a lot of decent diving up there very similar to the sort of stuff we do here To Quote Kelly from Samish Divers Dive Centre “There is awsome diving around Vancouver island and also closer to my home in the San Juan islands. The area has huge amount of diving opportunities in the San Juan islands as well as numerous excellent shore and wall dives in and around Puget Sound. The area includes some great wreck dives, The Saskatchewan in Naniamo for example, and great Canadian diving.
All cold water diving and really fun. ” (more…)
