Falkland Islands

[divinglee]

Hi there. Is there anyone out there with current FI diving experience please?
I am posted out there in August (civilian)and am intending to take my kit to dive privately if there is no SADs out there. I have spent hours trawling the internet but there is very little information on dive sites, facilities (air at a minimum), water temperature etc. I am a dive leader as is my husband (both with about 400 dives each) and we are hoping to dive and explore together. Thanks very much. Sarah

[David Cowan]

Hi there. Is there anyone out there with current FI diving experience please?


Sarah

Have you looked at the following sites - http://simoncampbell.com/expeditions/ and http://www.falklands-underwater.com/?

[divinglee]

David, Thanks so much for your reply, I shall be emailing David Eynon next. By the way i cant seem to access you PDF FI report, the link takes me to St Kilda ? I would really like to read about your exped, it must have been a hell of an experience. Sarah

[Eddie Clamp]

Hi there. Is there anyone out there with current FI diving experience please?
I am posted out there in August (civilian)and am intending to take my kit to dive privately if there is no SADs out there. I have spent hours trawling the internet but there is very little information on dive sites, facilities (air at a minimum), water temperature etc. I am a dive leader as is my husband (both with about 400 dives each) and we are hoping to dive and explore together. Thanks very much. Sarah

Can't help you with the FI but if you can manage to stay over in Ascension for a few days during transit the diving can be excellent. :p

[divinglee]

Thanks Eddie, yep i'll be trying to do that to thaw out from the FI - the bikini is packed !!

[Eddie Clamp]

Thanks Eddie, yep i'll be trying to do that to thaw out from the FI - the bikini is packed !!

While there try to get to bosun bird island for a dive. Great with the stink of guano attached :p

[SUNDODGER]

Dived all around there.................
Days on end. Boring, boring boring. :rolleyes:






See my avatar and work it out!!

[SUNDODGER]

But on a serious note (Moi?), I'd write a quick note addressed OIC Diving OR The Adventure Training Officer OR the PT Office.

Any one of them should elicit a response. Good luck - take lots of warm clothes - whatever the time of year!! ;)

[Eddie Clamp]

Dived all around there.................
Days on end. Boring, boring boring. :rolleyes:
See my avatar and work it out!!

Yeah, but you were pond life not paid to think :D

[SUNDODGER]

Yeah, but you were pond life not paid to think :D


Oi - I resemble that! I was a Mech, and just sometimes was paid to think, but OMG it hurt my head! :D

[Woz]

An expedition went there a couple of years ago and they had to take everything including RIBs and compressors. Not sure if there are any diving businesses down there.

[David Cowan]

David, Thanks so much for your reply, I shall be emailing David Eynon next. By the way i cant seem to access you PDF FI report, the link takes me to St Kilda ? I would really like to read about your exped, it must have been a hell of an experience. Sarah

Sarah,

Simon Campbell lead the FI expedition & prepared its report; I have never been anywhere near the Falklands. I suggest you email him (http://simoncampbell.com/contact/) for a chat & a copy of the report.

[David Cowan]

Sarah,

You should attempt to contact the OP in the following link from ScubaBoard as he may be in the Falklands at this very moment - http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/south-america/337975-falkland-islands-diving.html

[Roz]

I was on that Exped. It was organised by Darwen BSAC who did a storming job of pulling it together. By all means feel free to PM me with any questions. Some of the very best diving I've ever done and I'd go back in a heartbeat.

[ChristianG]

I have never been anywhere near the Falklands. I suggest you email him (http://simoncampbell.com/contact/) for a chat & a copy of the report.
Huh?

Isn't that pretty well exactly what David Cowan said just three posts earlier?

[Richard Mason]

Huh?

Isn't that pretty well exactly what David Cowan said just three posts earlier?

Christian G, you pedant you.

[ChristianG]

Christian G, you pedant you.
Not really, I'm being just a little wary of this new poster.