More open water training at Gildenburgh Waters. Further Sports Diver training for Mark and Julie, plus drysuit training for Julie and Claire’s 20 metre progression dive. It was a nice sunny day but with a bit of a breeze.

• Dive 1
• Divers: Simon, Julie, Mark, Claire
• Max Depth: 17 metres
• Dive Time: 32 minutes
• Water temperature: 9 degrees C
• Viz: 3-4 metres
• Dive details: This was a warm sunny day, even though the water at 17m was only 9°c. We did a stride in entry off of the higher platform for the first time. Claire was a little nervous about this height, but we all managed it with no problem. Julie and Mark did Sports Diver training, including compass navigation and DSMB deployment. Both Julie and Mark led a dive , which went to the bus, then to the coach, then the reciprocal journey. Julie’s drysuit buoyancy control was much improved.

J Green

• Dive 2
• Divers: Simon, Julie, Mark, Claire
• Max Depth: 20.1 metres
• Dive Time: 20 minutes
• Water temperature: 9 degrees C
• Viz: 3-4 metres
• Dive details: More Sports Diver training, with Mark and Julie planning and leading their parts of the dive. Leading us to the double decker bus, the lorry and back to the 6 metre platform.

• Dive 3
• Divers: Simon, Julie, Mark
• Max Depth: 18.1 metres
• Dive Time: 18 minutes
• Water temperature: 9 degrees C
• Viz: 3-4 metres
• Dive details: We did a stride in entry off of the higher platform again. We surface swam to the jet to save air, then descended the shot line to 18m depth. Simon played in the jet cockpit, pretending he was a pilot. We then navigated to the bus via the lorry, then the 6m platform, so as to begin decompression on the return journey. We did a deco stop at the 6m platform, then ascended.

J Green