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 In days of old when BSAC was bold and split fins hadn't been invented... Yes, this is real diving folks, back-in-the-day and all that nostalgic nonsense. Note the horse-collar ABLJs, purely optional alternative air sources and the hair. Oh my god, we all had so much hair! Novices were called novices and grovelled unworthily at the feet of their instructors. Ah, happy days. The footage was shot and edited by a then aspiring natural history filmmaker, our very own Simon Williams. I've seen some of his more recent work; you'll be pleased to hear its much better quality but every bit as inventive and amusing! I've had to split the video into two so please make sure you watch part 1 first. Highlights in part 1 include: 4:54 - JL's hose. 5:26 - The perfect shore dive entry. 7:40 - Finning technique #101 - AKA the DMF fin push. 8:20 - at PK, really?! My memory isn't what it used to be (damn those deep air dives) but I do remember Tim Walsh was DO and I was President. I've tried to tag people in the video; please contact me if you recognise any others. Most of all enjoy the video and I hope you're still diving. Cheers, Jez 407 views |
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 Hi, myself, my wife and our friend John were doing a nite dive at Porthkerris on the 28th Feb 2012 when I saw a strange shape that had the body similar to an octopus but a humanoid head, I will try and highlight it the video! I seemed to stare at it for what seemed ages trying to work out it was...but i could not make head nor tail of it so to speak! I was leading the dive and had just swam through a gully and was head to an area called the "crack of life", all I could see was what was in the beam of my torch when I spotted the shape, it kind of mesmerised me for a while as I tried to make sense of it. See what you think, I don't believe in the weird and wonderful (apart from the mother in law of course!) but it confused me and certainly raised my pulse . Night diving is certainly a bit spooky , and this was a great dive, great viz, loads of animal life, perfect still water...we loved it! Just this strange object...the video does not do what it looked like justice, but hey ho! 314 views |
 HI, this is my first time with the Suunto D4i. Previously I used a Suunto Zoop. which frankly i found bit a rigmarol to remember which button did what! I have stuck with suunto as they are meant to be the best, and gone for a computer with a few more bells and whistles (not literally before anyone corrects me!) The watch has the ability to be wirelessly connected to your cylinder to give you readings to your watch. I am unsure if this in turn is put into the equations for non decompression times, I don't know?!? A beautiful visibility day at Porthkerris for a shore dive around Drawna Rocks. Sea temp is only 9-10o C. First impressions of the D4i are good, the numbers and text are smaller than the zoop, but thats to b expected. I have to admit that I have always struggled with the dive manager software, both the 3 and 4 versions. Downloading them has never been easy and always required extra programs and a frontal head ache. Similarly putting the DM4 on the mac was not straightforward. definitely not plug and play! I can't seem to put the start and finish bar figures on the new DM4, so if anyone can help me with that i would appreciate it. Also have to apologise about the slow decent, had removed weight from belt to compensate for a new bcd also, so was running a little lighter than usual. 528 views |
Porthkerris
Further down the Lizard peninsula at the end of a long, winding road is the pretty cove of Porthkerris.  |
This dive and more can be found in the book 100 Best Dives in Cornwall by Charles Hood ISBN: 0953891933