Trip Reports

Scapa Flow – 26th October – 2nd November 2024 A traditional week diving the wrecks of the WW1 German Battleships and Cruisers, Everyone travelled north on Friday and stayed at various places before making their way to Scrabster on Saturday morning. We met in the car park to load our kit into the dive containers […]

Anglesey- 6th – 8th September 2024 Phil prepped Cheshire Cat mid-week and Tim pumped the tubes on Thursday evening. We picked up the boat on Friday evening to tow it to Anglesey. The journey took more time than usual as there had been a fire in the first of the Conwy Tunnels and the A55

Baltimore, Ireland – 27th July – 3rd August 2024 We took the morning ferry from Holyhead to Dublin and then drove to Baltimore in County Cork. We arrived following a trouble free, smooth four-hour journey. It was so nice to drive on litter free motorways and roads and through towns and villages festooned with flowers

Anglesey – 28th – 30th June 2024 Phil had checked the trailer and prepped Top Cat the previous weekend, which meant that he could pick up the boat and tow it to Anglesey on Friday evening after work. The weather forecast was marginal with Force 3 gusting 4 South Westerly winds on Saturday and North

Lundy, North Devon – 21st – 23rd June 2024 Lundy lies off the coast of North Devon, where the Atlantic ocean meets the Bristol Channel, with nothing between it and America! Twelve adventurous divers from ECSAC braved the Friday traffic to head down to Ilfracombe for a weekend’s diving in the waters surrounding Lundy (Old

Sound of Mull – 8th – 15th June 2024 We travelled to Oban on Saturday to catch the ferry to the Isle Mull. Our accommodation was Salen Pier House. We settled in, stacked the fridge and freezers with food for the week then sorted our kit ready to meet our skipper Dave from Lochaline Boat Charters on Sunday. As

Loch Long, Scotland – 24th -27th May 2024 – Whit Bank Holiday The plan was for a long weekend of camping and shore diving on Loch Long. We stayed at Glenloin House Caravan And Camping Site in Arrochar at the head of Loch Long. A mere 270 miles from Macclesfield. Everyone made their own way

St Abbs Marine Reserve – 24th -27th May 2024 Whit Bank Holiday Everyone travelled to St Abbs and arrived at different times on Friday 24th May. Our caravans at Scoutcroft Leisure Park in Coldingham were clean, warm and spacious. Saturday 25th of May We met skipper Paul at the harbour at 7am to crane our

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire – 4th -6th May 2024 I decided to run this trip as I wanted to dive on my birthday – a fun thing to do for any of you aspiring Dive Managers. And boy what eventful trip it turned into, this trip has to have been the unluckiest trip I’ve ever run!