Trip Reports

Dorset Shipwreck Project – 19-22 May 2018 Expedition Leader: Cameron Cromwell  Expedition Aims The aim of this expedition was to locate and identify at least one of several wrecks in the Portland Bill area.  Following up on information obtained from the Shipwreck Project, which has identified a number of interesting but unconfirmed targets. Part of

Trip Report by Jon Green. ECSAC headed out to Anglesey for the weekend to dive wrecks in the area. There were a mixture of dive grades from Ocean diver to Advance diver. We all met at the frequently used Anglesey Outdoor centre on the Friday night straight after work. After a couple of beers and

Shell Island – Early May Bank Holiday 2018 A merry band of ECSAC’ers camped on Shell Island on our reserved field and enjoyed the great weather and some interesting diving. The weather (as usual on my trips) was superb and we enjoyed a great BBQ on the Saturday night and sitting around the campfire each

An intrepid crew set off from the UK via trains, planes and automobiles making our way to Narvik the scene of large scale naval action in the spring of 1940 resulting in one of the few British victories in Scandinavia during the early months of World War II.  Flights from Gatwick, via Oslo to Tromso

Easter Fri 30th March –Monday 2nd April 2018, from Sovereign Marina Eastbourne,  with Dive 125         Read more: http://www.dive125.co.uk/diving/eastbourne/    

Andy McArthur ran a trip up to the Lake District (near Ambleside) to Hodge Close on the Wednesday between Xmas and New Year. Hodge Close is a challenging site to dive with a long wade through a flooded tunnel, a shimmy down a set of slippery ladders with your kit and then a dive in

Charter Boat diving with the seals on the Farnes. Organised by Fred  On Saturday the 19 ECSAC divers met at Seahouses around 9:00, we were blessed with really nice whether for diving, flat sea and some sun what more could we ask for.   The group did two really nice dives with good visibility and plenty

The last night dive of 2017 at Capernwray. A small band of keen night divers attended Capernwray on the 1st November for their final late opening of 2017.  Capers was absolutely packed!  500 Open Water Swimmers (all wearing glowsticks) and lots of spectators who came to see the fireworks.  We had a couple of great

Trip report by Pat and Phil : When Phil and I first announced an exploratory RIB trip to The Isle of Whithorn most people asked “Where is it?” Firstly, it is no longer an island as a manmade causeway links it to the main land and secondly, turn left after Gretna Green and follow the

Dive Trip Report by Kevin Phillips Over the weekend I joined the ECSAC trip down on the South Coast to do some deep wrecks in the Channel.  Mark Paisey ran the trip with Fred, Cameron and I from ECSAC as well as some other BSAC divers from Guildford, Aldershot and London joining us on the