Diving around London- Clubs, Lakes...

Hi folks,

this is Leif from Germany. I will work for 4 months in London, from
Dec - March.

Does anybody know a diving club, enter etc., where I (CMAS ***, most of
my dives in cold fresh water lakes in GER, dry suit) can join for 4
months and find some buddies for some nice dives in England?
Do you have some lakes around or should it be better to aim the
channel?

Thanx,

Leif

You'd be welcome in most BSAC clubs, including ours www.WFSAC.info, although
we tend to wind down over the winter months. Have a look at this listing,
and contact one or two near where you'll be based.

http://www.bsac.org/branches/london.htm

There's not much diving near London - most of us go to the Channel, but the
sea's getting rough at this time of year! Portland is better sheltered than
many sites. There are quarries at Stoney Cove (in Stoney Stanton)
http://www.ukdivers.net/sites/stoney.htm and at Gildenburgh
http://www.gildenburgh.com/, but these are used mostly for training.

There is also an organisation called DiveFun www.divefun.co.uk which
organises UK-based diving via the Internet, but I've no experience of them.


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Leif Kroll wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> this is Leif from Germany. I will work for 4 months in London, from
> Dec - March.
>
> Does anybody know a diving club, enter etc., where I (CMAS ***, most
> of my dives in cold fresh water lakes in GER, dry suit) can join for 4
> months and find some buddies for some nice dives in England?
> Do you have some lakes around or should it be better to aim the
> channel?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Leif

Philip Herlihy wrote:
> There's not much diving near London - most of us go to the Channel, but the
> sea's getting rough at this time of year! Portland is better sheltered than
> many sites. There are quarries at Stoney Cove (in Stoney Stanton)
> http://www.ukdivers.net/sites/stoney.htm and at Gildenburgh
> http://www.gildenburgh.com/, but these are used mostly for training.
>
How could you forget Wraysbury ;) Just on the M25/A30 Junction.

http://www.wraysbury.ws

This might be useful - a list of websites: http://www.bsaclondon.org.uk/

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Philip Herlihy wrote:
> You'd be welcome in most BSAC clubs, including ours www.WFSAC.info,
> although we tend to wind down over the winter months. Have a look at
> this listing, and contact one or two near where you'll be based.
>
> http://www.bsac.org/branches/london.htm
>
> There's not much diving near London - most of us go to the Channel,
> but the sea's getting rough at this time of year! Portland is better
> sheltered than many sites. There are quarries at Stoney Cove (in
> Stoney Stanton) http://www.ukdivers.net/sites/stoney.htm and at
> Gildenburgh http://www.gildenburgh.com/, but these are used mostly
> for training.
>
> There is also an organisation called DiveFun www.divefun.co.uk which
> organises UK-based diving via the Internet, but I've no experience of
> them.
>
>
>
> Leif Kroll wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> this is Leif from Germany. I will work for 4 months in London, from
>> Dec - March.
>>
>> Does anybody know a diving club, enter etc., where I (CMAS ***, most
>> of my dives in cold fresh water lakes in GER, dry suit) can join for
>> 4 months and find some buddies for some nice dives in England?
>> Do you have some lakes around or should it be better to aim the
>> channel?
>>
>> Thanx,
>>
>> Leif

"Philip Herlihy" schrieb:

> This might be useful - a list of websites:
> http://www.bsaclondon.org.uk/

Thank you, it will take some time to check all these links...
Didn´t expect so many clubs!


Regards,
Leif

Never heard of Wraysbury ? A diver accused them of causing boils on his bum
a few years ago. God it makes me laugh just thinking about it. ROTFL at the
time.

"Philip Herlihy" <foof8500@REMOVEherlihy.eu.com> wrote in message
news:bo872f$dbo$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> I have to admit I've never heard of it. Is it awful?
>
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> rich wrote:
> > Philip Herlihy wrote:
> >> There's not much diving near London - most of us go to the Channel,
> >> but the sea's getting rough at this time of year! Portland is
> >> better sheltered than many sites. There are quarries at Stoney Cove
> >> (in Stoney Stanton) http://www.ukdivers.net/sites/stoney.htm and at
> >> Gildenburgh http://www.gildenburgh.com/, but these are used mostly
> >> for training.
> >>
> > How could you forget Wraysbury ;) Just on the M25/A30 Junction.
> >
> > http://www.wraysbury.ws
>
>

Try the lake in Wraysbury. It's not too deep, but it's alright.

www.wraysbury.ws
www.learntodive.co.uk


M.