Hidden Depths Dive Club - Egypt Trip Review On Friday 11th March, ten divers accompanied by one non-diver, met at Bristol Airport ready to hop on a plane to Hurghada, and eventually on to Port Ghalib for the start of our Deep South liveaboard trip. H.. Read More

PADI Junior Divemaster Course Launched in early 2021 to PADI Approved Youth Training Centres, the Junior Divemaster course fills a gap in children's scuba education between earning their Junior Rescue Diver rating and starting their Divemaster co.. Read More

Spotting awesome wildlife behaviour is one of the highlights of any dive, but it's not often you get to witness a natural phenomenon like these spider crabs joining together in a large aggregation. The Search In July 2020, Collette and I were inv.. Read More

Divers can be very particular about their preferred style of BCD (buoyancy control device), and it’s safe to say that there isn’t one specific piece of kit that will suit everyone. There is a wide variety of choice on the market for diver.. Read More

Essential, A Good Idea or a Waste of Time? Recently on one of the UK Scuba Diving bulletin boards, a member asked for input on the question of whether a check dive was necessary after a 6-month gap in diving. I responded with my opinion on this and t.. Read More

One piece of dive kit that I use regularly is a DSMB and spool. For those who are new to diving DSMB stands for ‘Delayed Surface Marker Buoy’. When diving in the UK, be it from a boat or from the shore it is highly recommended and in some.. Read More

Winter is a perfect time to turn your attention to your dive kit with the PADI Equipment Specialist course. When the weather outside is cold and the water temperature hasn’t begun to warm up, you can spend the time getting your kit in excellent.. Read More

On a cold January evening in 2014, members of the Hidden Depths Dive Club set off for an evening of fun, laughter, learning and a little more laughter at the Midlands Hyperbaric Chamber in Rugby. The activity was a 50m ‘Dry Dive’ and was .. Read More

A Cave Diving Trip to France At 3am on Friday 21st November 2014, Hugo, a fellow technical dive instructor, and I set off from Frome, heading to Calais via Dover ferry port, and onwards to French cave diving land. A journey almost as long as the regu.. Read More

POCKET OPTIONS WHEN WETSUIT DIVING When diving there are various accessories and safety items that we carry with us, such as a backup mask, a whistle or an underwater notebook, most of which don’t get used on every dive. When diving in my drysu.. Read More