Did you know, ‘Meteorological Spring’ commences the first day of March every year? This maybe the case, but it certainly didn’t feel like it at Stoney Cove on Saturday morning 11th March 2023, the outdoor temperature was -2C when we arrived and the ground was still signs of snow which […]
Six flew directly from Gatwick to Sharm El Sheik from MSAC on Sunday 4th Sept and another joined us from Berlin arriving later the same night. Steve R organised the trip, which was postponed from 2020 twice, joined by Hugh, Jamie, James, Pete, Mike W and Sue (joining us from […]
Those who can remember the AGM of 2021 might recall a suggestion of diving for next year coming up. “Where do you want to go?” Ian asked. The final answer was Portland and just eight months later here we all are ready to get blown away. We make our way […]
On Friday 20th May 2022 a group from Marlin Sub-Aqua club headed for Lundy Island, for a weekend of diving, planned by Pete, staying at the Royal Britannia Hotel in Ilfracombe. The group consisted of Pete, Mike, Barry, Jake and James. The journey from Coventry in the West Midlands to […]
A group of us headed up to Capernwray for a pleasurable two-day trip. The group consisted of Jake Forster, Lee Robinson, James Sheldon, Hugh South and Marc Coxon. Myself, Lee and Hugh headed up to Capernwray in Lee’s van at around 6:30 am on Friday, with Marc and James travelling […]
I booked a club trip to support my dive leader training to Porthkerris in Cornwall. I, Steve, Hugh and Barry took the very long trip down to Cornwall on Friday (it took me 7 hours to get there) for our weekend of diving. Our accommodation was the Volnay (sleeps 4) […]
– “Weather conditions were perfect, sunshine and temperatures in the late twenties with a gentle breeze, and the sea was like a millpond” Choosing a dive destination in the middle of a pandemic was not easy. Availability of accommodation for five divers was quite a challenge to find, […]
This eagerly awaited trip saw four members of Marlin Sub-Aqua Club (Rob Corby, Martin Maple, Mike Waddington and Jamie Vaughan) head up to the Shetland Islands for six days diving with Orkney and Shetland Charters. The trip was made even more unique as we had never been diving at these […]
This was to be the first club trip of the year. A total of six divers from Marlin SAC attended the weekend Rob Corby, Martin Maple, Lee Robinson, Kyle Sherriff, Jamie Vaughan and Mike Waddington. All divers had performed their lateral flow Covid testing in the morning before leaving for […]
On 20th December 2020, six Marlin Sub-Aqua Club members descended into Stoney Cove for the annual Christmas Dive. Mike W, James, Mike C, Martin, Rob and Jamie Considering it is December, the water temperature was almost tepid at 8°c. […]