Easy first UK dive suggestions??

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If you have to take a diver with approx 35 dives abroad in clear, warm water, for her first 2 UK dives, not too far from London, where you you go?
Any suggestion for shore dives/hard boats for two nice easy & shallow-ish dives?

Thanks
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[Chris Tibble]

If you have to take a diver with approx 35 dives abroad in clear, warm water, for her first 2 UK dives, not too far from London, where you you go?
Any suggestion for shore dives/hard boats for two nice easy & shallow-ish dives?

Thanks
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Swanage Pier? Max Depth 4m lots to see, easy entry and exit.

Kimmeridge? Never done it, but it is supposed to be a very interesting shore dive.

Chris

[C Ingham]

How about Portland? Lots of commercial hard boats.

Dive the HMS Hood and a scenic drift along the Portland coast.
Close to shore.
Less than 20 meters depth
Interesting semi intact wreck
Variety of marine life to see.

Chris

[Steve Walker]

:=If you have to take a diver with approx 35 dives abroad in clear, warm water, for her first 2 UK dives, not too far from London, where you you go?
:=Any suggestion for shore dives/hard boats for two nice easy & shallow-ish dives?
:=
:=Thanks
:=Ads

Swanage Pier? Max Depth 4m lots to see, easy entry and exit.

Kimmeridge? Never done it, but it is supposed to be a very interesting shore dive.

Chris

Dived Kimmeridge recently (prior to a weekend in Swanage), very shallow, we got about 4-5 metres, so water heats up quite readily, very pretty, especially the acres of snakelocks anemones (Anemonia viridis)which, as they are the UK's only symbiotic cnidarian/algal assemblage makes them as close to tropical anthozoans as you're gonna get here, good call :)
Cheers
steve

[matt]

If you have to take a diver with approx 35 dives abroad in clear, warm water, for her first 2 UK dives, not too far from London, where you you go?
Any suggestion for shore dives/hard boats for two nice easy & shallow-ish dives?


Definately the Far Mulberry, 10m max depth and one of the best dive sites in the UK.

There are photos and a log book entry at <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard_salmon/scuba.htm" >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard_salmon/scuba.htm</a>

Dave Applin's excellent Dive Eclipse runs from Selsey East Beach just a couple hours from London and you can book online at
<a href="http://www.dive-eclipse.co.uk" >http://www.dive-eclipse.co.uk</a>

Dive Eclipse is a RIB but thinks it's a hardboat, complete with toilet and microwave.

Underneath Selsey Lifeboat Station makes a pleasant shore dive at slack water. You can get slack times from Ocean View's web site at
<a href="http://www.o-view.co.uk" >http://www.o-view.co.uk</a>

Regards
Matt

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Many thanks to all for your useful suggestions. I really appreciate it.

I have booked the Far Mulberry but will keep all sites in mind for next similar outing.

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[Chris Tibble]

How about Portland? Lots of commercial hard boats.

Dive the HMS Hood and a scenic drift along the Portland coast.
Close to shore.
Less than 20 meters depth
Interesting semi intact wreck
Variety of marine life to see.

Chris

The drifts along from Portland have always been a bit of a disappointment for me. Peveril Ledges (Outside Swanage) on a spring tide, now THAT'S a drift! But then I do like my drifts the Holy Sh*t side of very fast...

Chris

P.S. I know it's a first sea dive in the UK, but my regular dive buddy did his first proper drift at Peveril, and his second one 2 days before the highest spring for 200 years! Now THAT was a drift. Came up with a grin a mile wide...

[A.Muscrat]

If you have to take a diver with approx 35 dives abroad in clear, warm water, for her first 2 UK dives, not too far from London, where you you go?
Any suggestion for shore dives/hard boats for two nice easy & shallow-ish dives?

Thanks
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Try diving off the North Pier in Sunderland, its a popular site for Wearside dive club and they can be contacted via the net.
They dive this site regular, as the average depth is 4-10 mtrs.
Good luck and have fun.
AM