Diving Courses in S.Wales

It's been along time since I dived ... 27 years in fact.
I got a little way along the BSAC route at that time completing my open
water license.

Just come back from holiday in Turkey and used the excuse of my 14 yr son to
go diving ... we both did the PADI Discover Scuba Course .... and my boy
loved it .... so I have an excuse to restart diving.

I intend going back to Turkey next May for a week so we can do more diving
there, and like the idea of undertaking a referral course - carrying out the
theory & any pool work of the PADI Open Water Diver course in the UK and
follow it up with the open water dives in Turkey.

That will also allow the extra days in Turkey for some additional diving.


Can anybody recommend any organisation/company or club in S.Wales area that
will allow us to do this, I am in Neath .... which makes anywhere on M4
artery in S.Wales a possibility.


Rick

"Rick Hughes" <Rick_Hughes@btconnect.com> wrote in message news:<chid55$o93$1@sparta.btinternet.com>...
> It's been along time since I dived ... 27 years in fact.
> I got a little way along the BSAC route at that time completing my open
> water license.
>
> Just come back from holiday in Turkey and used the excuse of my 14 yr son to
> go diving ... we both did the PADI Discover Scuba Course .... and my boy
> loved it .... so I have an excuse to restart diving.
>
> I intend going back to Turkey next May for a week so we can do more diving
> there, and like the idea of undertaking a referral course - carrying out the
> theory & any pool work of the PADI Open Water Diver course in the UK and
> follow it up with the open water dives in Turkey.
>
> That will also allow the extra days in Turkey for some additional diving.
>
>
> Can anybody recommend any organisation/company or club in S.Wales area that
> will allow us to do this, I am in Neath .... which makes anywhere on M4
> artery in S.Wales a possibility.
>
>
> Rick

I've just joined a club in Cardiff. Seem like a friendly bunch so
far.

We teach PADI or SAA.

Details here:
http://www.danymor.co.uk/

The club route will give you more chances for diving in the UK when
you get qualified (If you fancy that sort of thing). We've got a
couple of trips to Pembrokeshire in the next month.

ATB
Nick

"nickjb" <nickjbanks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rick Hughes" <Rick_Hughes@btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:<chid55$o93$1@sparta.btinternet.com>...
> > It's been along time since I dived ... 27 years in fact.
> > I got a little way along the BSAC route at that time completing my open
> > water license.
> >
> > Just come back from holiday in Turkey and used the excuse of my 14 yr
son to
> > go diving ... we both did the PADI Discover Scuba Course .... and my boy
> > loved it .... so I have an excuse to restart diving.
> >
> > I intend going back to Turkey next May for a week so we can do more
diving
> > there, and like the idea of undertaking a referral course - carrying out
the
> > theory & any pool work of the PADI Open Water Diver course in the UK and
> > follow it up with the open water dives in Turkey.
> >
> > That will also allow the extra days in Turkey for some additional
diving.
> >
> >
> > Can anybody recommend any organisation/company or club in S.Wales area
that
> > will allow us to do this, I am in Neath .... which makes anywhere on M4
> > artery in S.Wales a possibility.
> >
> >
> > Rick
>
> I've just joined a club in Cardiff. Seem like a friendly bunch so
> far.
>
> We teach PADI or SAA.
>
> Details here:
> http://www.danymor.co.uk/
>
> The club route will give you more chances for diving in the UK when
> you get qualified (If you fancy that sort of thing). We've got a
> couple of trips to Pembrokeshire in the next month.
>



I seem to remember that is what I didn't enjoy when I did diving the first
time around ....my first test outside of the pool was in Swansea docks, zero
visibility and mud, tyres & shopping trolleys to contend with, the best UK
diving I did was off St. Davids in Pemroke ... but still too cold for me,
and visibility not enough.

OK maybe that maybe against the purist way of doing things, but warm water,
visibility & as many fish & wrecks as you can shake a stick at ... does it
for me.

Rick

Hi Rick,
There is a try dive on Wednesday night, September 29th in Swansea.
Detail available from the Swansea Sub Aqua Club

http://www.bsac99.org.uk/more.asp?ID...02004&trydive=