Just got back from Stoney Cove Dive Centre....
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Just got back from Stoney Cove Dive Centre....
and what a superb experience it was
Very professional setup, friendly staff and an excellent dive enviroment.
After a few comments on here I was worried about the water temperature and i'm sure this issue puts many people off diving in this country. I wore a 7mm wetsuit with hood, gloves and shoes and I didn't feel the cold at any time during the dive.
I shall now do a lot more diving here as although there wasn't much to see apart from the interesting wrecks, very few fish compared to warm waters (and even if there was some to see you couldn't have due to the visibility being pretty poor ) However there were some Pike which are beautiful fish underwater (ugly as **** out of it )
It felt a challenging & interesting experience and one I think all divers would benefit from doing. It cost me £80 for the 2 dives with a qualified instructor, I think thats pretty reasonable.
Thanks for all info posted (particularly Iwan) before I went, it all was all very useful.
chop
Very professional setup, friendly staff and an excellent dive enviroment.
After a few comments on here I was worried about the water temperature and i'm sure this issue puts many people off diving in this country. I wore a 7mm wetsuit with hood, gloves and shoes and I didn't feel the cold at any time during the dive.
I shall now do a lot more diving here as although there wasn't much to see apart from the interesting wrecks, very few fish compared to warm waters (and even if there was some to see you couldn't have due to the visibility being pretty poor ) However there were some Pike which are beautiful fish underwater (ugly as **** out of it )
It felt a challenging & interesting experience and one I think all divers would benefit from doing. It cost me £80 for the 2 dives with a qualified instructor, I think thats pretty reasonable.
Thanks for all info posted (particularly Iwan) before I went, it all was all very useful.
chop
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Originally Posted by Jaydee5
Just curious..the two dives for £80? For experience or part of a course?
TYIA
TYIA
So there was some teaching involved regarding the local dive environment but no regarding procedures and things I have already learnt. Although he had to be happy with me and my knowledge & ability before I started diving.
I certainly learnt a lot from it whether he was a teacher or not.
chop
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No currents in Stoney.
Well done chop, although I think someone charging £80 to show you round Stoney was flipping expensive.
If they bought you a bacon sarnie and a cuppa between dives and a meal and a pint in the pub afterwards as an all in deal then maybe not so bad
P.s **** doing Stoney in a wetsuit.... maybe I've just gone soft
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Well done chop, although I think someone charging £80 to show you round Stoney was flipping expensive.
If they bought you a bacon sarnie and a cuppa between dives and a meal and a pint in the pub afterwards as an all in deal then maybe not so bad
P.s **** doing Stoney in a wetsuit.... maybe I've just gone soft
Andy
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No currents in Stoney.
Well done chop, although I think someone charging £80 to show you round Stoney was flipping expensive.
If they bought you a bacon sarnie and a cuppa between dives and a meal and a pint in the pub afterwards as an all in deal then maybe not so bad
P.s **** doing Stoney in a wetsuit.... maybe I've just gone soft
Andy
Well done chop, although I think someone charging £80 to show you round Stoney was flipping expensive.
If they bought you a bacon sarnie and a cuppa between dives and a meal and a pint in the pub afterwards as an all in deal then maybe not so bad
P.s **** doing Stoney in a wetsuit.... maybe I've just gone soft
Andy
I think you must have gone soft I never felt the cold at all, but then I am hard as nails
chop
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I don't think I've EVER dived stoney in a wet suit... Thankfully
Oceanic Flex 2000 dry suit since day one for me.
Andy
Oceanic Flex 2000 dry suit since day one for me.
Andy
Your not a true uk diver then
Stoney in a 7mm in November on my initial diving course
Ditto for Dorothea.
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Your not a true uk diver then
Stoney in a 7mm in November on my initial diving course
Ditto for Dorothea.
Stoney in a 7mm in November on my initial diving course
Ditto for Dorothea.
Were you wearing your nuts as earings ?
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Originally Posted by Bottomfeeder
Semi or wet ?
Were you wearing your nuts as earings ?
Were you wearing your nuts as earings ?
I didn't have a lot of choice though.
I ended up with a countersunk *****
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How the hell can that happen? I heard rumours about somone being killed there before... just wtf is going on at that place? Anyone KNOW anything rather than passing on chinese whispers?
How the hell can that happen? I heard rumours about somone being killed there before... just wtf is going on at that place? Anyone KNOW anything rather than passing on chinese whispers?
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Originally Posted by brumdaisy
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Stop being so bloody alarmist. Diving like many other pastimes carries a degree of risk and inevitably tragedies occur but you don't see reports of the other 60,000 odd people who dive there every year and live to tell the tale.
As for "alarmist" I prefer factual, as in my request for facts rather than chinese whispers dumbass
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It would seem to be perfectly obvious that as the accident only occurred this morning, the authorities haven't had time to fully investigate the incident let alone publish their findings so on that basis any information you receive will be nothing more than 'chinese whispers' rather than factual.
Given that the majority of divers there will be undertaking some form of training, for which read 'lack of experience' in their respective training regimes then accidents will and do occur.
Of course, applying a little bit of logic is far harder than shrieks of outrage.
Given that the majority of divers there will be undertaking some form of training, for which read 'lack of experience' in their respective training regimes then accidents will and do occur.
Of course, applying a little bit of logic is far harder than shrieks of outrage.
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Tell you what, rather than me waste my time rubbishing your post why dont you scroll up and actually read what I wrote and then try again?
Originally Posted by Flatcapdriver
It would seem to be perfectly obvious that as the accident only occurred this morning, the authorities haven't had time to fully investigate the incident let alone publish their findings so on that basis any information you receive will be nothing more than 'chinese whispers' rather than factual.
Given that the majority of divers there will be undertaking some form of training, for which read 'lack of experience' in their respective training regimes then accidents will and do occur.
Of course, applying a little bit of logic is far harder than shrieks of outrage.
Given that the majority of divers there will be undertaking some form of training, for which read 'lack of experience' in their respective training regimes then accidents will and do occur.
Of course, applying a little bit of logic is far harder than shrieks of outrage.
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Originally Posted by brumdaisy
Tell you what, rather than me waste my time rubbishing your post why dont you scroll up and actually read what I wrote and then try again?
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Originally Posted by Flatcapdriver
I tell you what. Why don't you try rubbishing my post and then it might help you to develop your thoughts a little more coherently and rationally. Of course, you can always throw a few more insults around if you can't manage it.
I asked if anyone had some factual info on the place. You appear to have none. You want insults? Go play with socio.... its my day off