DAYO UK - Brit detachment found some new members and a new inland dive site so decided to go try it out.
http://www.cromhall.com/community/cr...ing_centre.php
Cromhall Quarry near Bristol in the South West of England has 9.5 acres of water and is only 1.5 miles from J14 of the M5.
The slightly undulating rock bottom gives an ideal training depth of 17 metres. It slopes upwards to the former haul road entry, giving a shallow beach area allowing easy access and egress for entry-level dive trainees and rescue training.
At the north end of the quarry is a pontoon floating in 15 metres of water that has been specifically designed for ease of use by divers.
The former limestone quarry has filled naturally, with underwater visibility during April 2011 of up to 5-6 metres, which is expected to rise to 8-10 metres during the Summer.
Dusty and Jim took along Dustys Girlfriend Becky and son Jack for a discover Scuba Dive experience and after Dusty and Jim went for a little swim around to see what was on offer. Other qualified new members of the Brit team, Andy Glennon and his daughter Vicky came along to try UK diving after having recently completed their OW courses in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The DSD went well and both Jack and Becky are convinced they now want to take the PADI OW course, we will sort that out as soon as we can! The site itself isnt bad at all and with a water temperature of 18C and vis of up to 10 metres it made for a very enjoyable dive. We managed to take in some of the underwater attractions but due to the time available we have yet more exploring to do and will do a follow up trip as part of the ow course, more detail to follow on that once we sort times and dates out.
Overall not a bad day at all and another nice dive site to add to our list of places to dive, inland, in UK.
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