Well done to everyone who qualified at the weekend, including Cathryn, Andrew, Tracey and Alex for Navigation Speciality, Tim, Nicole, Emily and Adam for Advanced Open Water / Drysuit Speciality, to Pete, richard and Steve for Deep Speciality and to Nick, Ben, Holly, Nick, Gareth and Tracey for Open Water and Drysuit Speciality. Many thanks to Stuart, Tom, Marcus, Colin, Wayne and Josh for your help and to Carly and Tracey for doing a great job on surface cover.
Another great weekend up in the Farne Islands diving with the seals. Some mixed weather that luckily cleared up long enough to get some good dives in. Thanks you to everyone for coming and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Congratuations to everyone who qualified at Stoney Cove including Martyn, Declan and Robert for Open Water and Drysuit Speciality and Mark for Advanced Open Water. Special mention goes to Dave Clements who qualified as a PADI Divemaster! Well done to you all and many thanks to Wayne, Dave, Marcus and Denise for your help and to Kath andTracey for doing a great job on surface cover all weekend.
Another great weekend at Stoney. Lots of sun, diving and achievements. Congratulations to Cathryn and Andrew for qualifying in Wreck Speciality, Peter for Advanced Open Water, Tim, Isobel, Caitlin, Lisa and Martyn for Open Water and Tammy, Jenny and Holly for Drysuit Speciality. Many thanks to Andrew, Vanessa and David for doing surface cover all weekend and to Denise, Wayne, Tom, Marcus, Josh and Dave for a great job.
A great day diving from the CSS boat on the wreck of the Fulgnes. Lots of life including lobsters, crabs and anemones and gorgeous sunshine to dry us off on the way home - a perfect day!
An amazing week of diving from the Grand Sea Serpent. Dolphins, sharks, turtles, rays and beautful reef fish, all with great company and a brilliant crew - what more could you want!?
Another great weekend at Stoney in the sunshine. Well done and congratulations to everyone who was there including Ben, Joe and Tony (Bob) for qualifying in Advanced Open Water, Nicole for drysuit speciality, Gareth, Mark 1 and Mark 2, Alex, Luke, Anna and Mike for qualifying as Open Water Divers and Alastair - soon to be Open Water! Many thanks to Tom, Richard, Josh, Marcus and Dave and to Linda for doing surface cover all weekend.
Congratulations to everyone who qualified, including Paul, Tony, Tanya and Liam for qualifying as Open Water Divers and Drysuit Speciality, Alex, David and Karen as Advanced Open Water and Andrew as Adventure Diver and John, Dave and Mike for Wreck Speciality. Many thanks to Marcus, Rosie, Stuart, David, Wayne and Lee for all your help and to Kath, Naomi and Lou for doing surface cover.
An amazing trip that we will never forget! It started with 3 days on the mainland, exploring local dive sites and enjoying the local wildlife including wild monkeys, iguanas, parrots and lizards, followed by 10 days on board the Okeanos Aggressor which took us to the fantastic dive sites of Coco Island. We dived spectacular sites alongside Hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, hundreds of whitetip reef sharks and a 4.5 metre tiger shark! Fantastic!
A great day out on the new CSS boat. Calm seas and a great wreck to dive. The first of many dive trips this summer - see the Whats On page for details of the next trips.
A gorgeous weekend of diving in the sunshine. Congratulations to Stef, Dan, A.J. and Ady for qualifying as Open Water Divers and in Dry Suit Speciality and to Catherine, Andrew, Lucy and Simon for qualifying as Dry Suit divers and to Simon for Advanced Open Water. Well done everyone! Many thanks to Ray and Alastair for doing a great job on surface cover all weekend and to Marcus, David, Mariusz and Josh for all your help.
A great first weekend of the year at Stoney Cove. Well done to everyone who qualified including James and Ben as Open Water Divers and Dry Suit Speciality, David in Drysuit Speciality, John, Nico, Nigel, Mark and Tanya for Navigation Seciality and Pierre and Andy in Deep Speciality and Matt for Twin Set Speciality. Also special mention to John for qualifying as Master Scuba Diver and Brian as Divemaster. Many thanks to Brian and Lindy for doing surface cover and to Wayne, Richard, Stuart, Josh and Nigel for a great job.
Well done to the team who dived a mile in full scuba equipment and raised over £450 for Sport Relief. Well done and thank you to everyone who sponsored us.
A great week in the Red Sea with some briliant dives on the wrecks of Abu Nuhas despite a few days of very windy weather (we survived the sandstorms!). Thank you to Dolphin, Ahmed and 'Brucie Baby' of Dive Tribe for looking after us so well and to everyone who came along for making it such a great week.
A nice last diving weekend of the year, with very pleasant 9 degree water and great visibility. Congratulations to Richard and Oscar for qualifying as Advanced Open Water, to Dave for Drysuit Speciality and to Jon and Pierre for qualifying as Twin Set Divers. Well done everyone and we look forward to 2010.
Saturday 5th December - CSS Christmas Dinner
A great night at the Wensum Valley Hotel. Thank you to everyone for making the Christmas Dinner a huge success. Everyone had a great night and we raised over £450 for The Sharks Trust and Sea Shepherd. Congratulations to those who received special awards and thank you to everyone for making 2009 such a great year
31 October & 1 November 2009 - Stoney Cove
Another good weekend at Stoney Cove. Well done to everyone who came along and qualified including Alice, Charlotte, Peter, Jane and John for qualifying in Open Water and Drysuit Speciality and to Martin and Lucy for Advanced Open Water and Dawn for Peak Performance Buoyancy. Congratulations and many thanks to Marcus, Pete, Mick and Brian for all your help.
20 to 27 September 2009 - Sharm el Sheikh
The CSS group of 42 people took over Sharm for the week and had a fantastic week of diving, with great conditions and lots of amazing dives including the wreck of The Thistlegorm and Shark reef and Yolanda wreck. Thanks to everyone for coming and making it such a great week.
29 and 30 August 2009 - Stoney Cove
Well done to everyone who came to Stoney Cove at the weekend. Congratulations to Geoff, Trish, Georgie and Chris for qualifying as Advanced Open Water divers, to Eddie, Hugh, Arthur and Harold for qualifying in Dry Suit Speciality and to Claire, Ed, Nikki, Steph, Chris and Jon for qualifying as Open Water divers and in Dry Suit Speciality. Many thanks to Marcus, Jenny, Richard, Mick, Colin and Stuart for all your help and to Karen and Hannah for doing a great job on surface cover all weekend.
15 & 16 August 2009 - Stoney Cove
Another successful weekend at Stoney Cove with great weather and great visibility. Congratulations to Harry, Andrew, Debbie Tom, Jon and Julie for qualifying as Open Water Divers and Drysuit Speciality and to Josh, Simon, John and Mick for qualifying in Wreck Speciality. Well done to Neil, John and Ben for qualifying in Drysuit Speciality and to Andy and Lindsey for qualifying as Advanced Open Water Divers.
Weybourne Beach - August 2009
Some great shore dives from Weybourne beach to the wreck of the Rosalie. A long walk along the beach but lots to see when we got there!
30 July to 2 August 2009 - Farne Islands
A great long weekend diving in the Farne Islands in Northumbria. Lots of life to see including scorpion fish, crabs, lobsters and of course lots of seal action! Many thanks to our skippers, Paul and Grame, for looking after us and taking us to some great dive sites.
25 & 26 July 2009 - Stoney Cove
A huge roll call of congratulations to everyone this weekend! Well done to Graham, Alex, Andy, Amanda, Chris, Lindsey, Georgie, Jo, Anette and Mateus for qualifying as Open Water Divers and Dry Suit Speciality and to Jo for qualifying as Scuba Diver. Congratulations to Josh, Kate, Mark and Mick for qualifying in Deep Speciality and to Theresa, Vanessa and Claire for qualifying in Peak Performance Buoyancy and Georgina and Paul for Dry Suit Speciality. And to Pete for qualifying as Divemaster! Congratulations and thanks for a great weekend! Many thanks to Wayne, Pete, Mick, Stuart, David, Marcus, Denise, Richard and Tom for all your help and to Fiona for doing a great job on surface cover all weekend.
18 & 19 July 2009 - Rescue Diver
Congratulations to all the new Rescue Divers - Dawn, Mel, Peter, Gillian, Andy, Kate, Lara, Chris and Josh. Well done on completing this course - tough but satisfying!
20 to 27 June 2009 - South Coast UK dive tour
A great week diving some of the best dive sites along the South Coast visting Porthkerris, Plymouth, Portland and Brighton. We were lucky to have calm seas and sunshine all the way and dived some of the UK's finest sites including the wrecks of the Scylla and James Eagan Layne and the M2 submarine. We also saw loads of wildlife including tompot blennies, rays, wrasse and loads of crabs and lobsters.
13th & 14th June 2009 - Stoney Cove
Another successful weekend at Stoney Cove in the sunshine. Congratulations to everyone who completed various courses including Josh, Tony and Jack for qualifying as Open Water divers, Sasha, Nigel, Rod for qualifying as Advanced Open Water, Lara, Chris and Andre for Drysuit Speciality and to Mick, Mark, Gemma and Kate for qualifying in Navigation Speciality. Many thanks to Mariusz, Mick, Richard, Marcus and Stuart for all your help and to Sam and Troy for doing a great job on surface cover all weekend.
30th & 31st May 2009 - Stoney Cove
Another great weekend at Stoney in the sunshine. Well done to everyone who completed various courses including Mark, Tanya, Alex, Mark and Alex for qualifying in Wreck Speciality, Nick, Mark and Mick for doing Peak Performance Buoyancy, Nick for Photo Speciality, Pete, Ben, Obie for Advanced Open Water, Rod for Adventure Diver and Paul, Steve, Chris and Laura for completing Drysuit Speciality. Well done everyone and hope to see you again soon. Many thanks to Wayne, Pete, Richard, Denise and Stuart for all your help.
2nd & 3rd May 2009 - Gildenburgh
Well done to everyone who qualified in various courses at the weekend. Congratulations to Naomi, Theresa and Simon for qualifying as Open Water Divers and Drysuit Speciality and to Claire, Vanessa, Oliver, Mark and Mick for qualifying as Advanced Open Water and to Ginge for qualifying in Drysuit Speciality. Many thanks to Wayne, Marcus, Mick, Mariusz and Pete for your help.
25th & 26th April 2009 - Stoney Cove
Well done to everyone who qualified at the weekend. Congratulations to Mick, Mark, John and Paul for qualifying as Open Water Divers and in Dry Suit Speciality and to Paul, kate, Liz, Pierre and Mike for qualifying in Dry Suit Speciality. Many thanks to Marcus, Rosie, Stuart and Richard for all your help.
18th & 19th April 2009 - Stoney Cove
Well done to everyone who came to Stoney Cove for the weekend. Congratulations to Sasha, Nigel, Mike, Joe, & Geoff for qualifying as Open Water Divers and to Farah, Ken, Gemma and Guy to qualifying as Advanced Open Water. Many thanks to Marcus, Wayne, Stuart, Richard, Tom and Pete for all your help and to Naomi for a great job doing surface cover all weekend.
3rd Apr - Snow Tubing
Well done to all the snow-tubers who had a great night whizzing down the ski slope in little rubber rings.
2nd Mar to 9th Mar - Masa Alam
Thank you to everyone who came on the latest dive trip. A great week was had by all with sightings of all our favourite Red Sea inhabitants, including the largest turtles we've ever seen! Congratulations to everyone who completed courses out there, particularly Catherine and Andrew for qualifying as Open Water Divers.
