A busy couple of weeks here at Leeds SCUBA club! Different locations = different training…..

At the weekend: Capernwray… Will completed his OD open water skills and is now a qualified Ocean Diver! Congratulations Will!!!
Sam and Lee worked on their Sports Diver skills. I wonder if the toastie and lucozade helped with the navigation?

Meanwhile, our midweek ‘dry’ session was the Wreck Appreciation session on Marine Life around wrecks. Someone asked what happens if you get bitten by a sea snake abroad. Jo reckoned all you need is an anecdote…..

Then this week in the pool, several members practised their rescue skills. It’s so important to keep practising and perfecting these skills, so that was time well spent.
Thanks as always to all of our instructors who support and train our members.

Apart from the ‘usual’ diver training that goes on in our 5.5m pool, some of our members like to use the pool as an opportunity to refine other diving-related skills, such as underwater photography.
Last week, Andy Walters was doing just that-practising with his strobe doing macro shots and then with his snoot (which are the pics with just a little section lit up and a black background).
He told me they are ‘very difficult to do as you have to be super close, and super still to get it right.’ Hence the practice!!

Another skill was him designing his artificial reef to use as a model. He let me know that the reef was an aquarium model, and from there he got a few fishing lures that he stuck in to practice eye shots. He’d also 3d printed himself nudi’s of various sizes, colors and shapes and glued them on as further subjects for him.
Impressive!!!! What a cracking idea!
Great results too.
PS he also made nudi fridge magnets for anyone who wanted one! 👍🏻😂👍🏻
Leeds SCUBA Club; BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club; BSAC Yorkshire Region

Yesterday - for the Wreck Appreciation SD course - it was time for the ‘dry practical’ session….. where else but in the car park!
We learned how to do specific line laying and belaying skills for safe wreck penetration - as well as using a baseline and tape measure to record the main features of an object ( in this case, Andy’s car). All of these skills will be tested underwater next time, with a real wreck ‘surveyed’.
The belaying with the reel was pretty taxing; wrapping line around hawthorn (a particularly nasty species of shark) and navigating through the undergrowth without getting snagged…. Very similar to wreck diving actually, unsuspected pointy sharp bits and all!! (Steve got attacked by a rogue hawthorn).
Overall, a cracking few hours learning new skills!!
Thanks to Andy for his sound and knowledgeable instruction.

Have you ever thought to yourself, ‘I wonder what it’s like to breathe underwater and see what’s below the surface of our seas?’, or watched a documentary about shipwrecks or reefs and imagined yourself there?
Well, we could help make your dreams a reality with the opportunity to try scuba diving with our club, in our training pool.
Our next Try Dive event is on *Wednesday, July 8th* from 19.15 to 21.15 at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds.
Cost: £30.
We provide everything you need, including an experienced and patient instructor to help you achieve your dream.
Just head over to our website: www.leeds-scuba-club.co.uk , click on ‘Diving’ then on ‘Try Diving’ then follow the instructions.
Come on! You know you want to!!!
PS if you have any questions, just ask on here or DM us.