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NICK & TONE's DIVE PLAN FOR 2004

Latest Dive Dates

Tuesday 10th August. A dive on the Hedwig (32mtrs) Big Blue II leaves at 6.30pm, so arrive in plenty of time. Please book via Tone at the office.

HMS Hazardous Diver Trail.
We now have some dates for the HMS Hazardous Diver Trail which are:
24/25 July, 7/8 August, *4*/5 September, 18/19 September, 9/*10* October and 23/24 October.
(Dates between *_* are reserved and to be used if previous dates in the same month do not book up or get called off due to weather). The cost per day is £42, this includes tea and coffee at the Dive Centre, the dive and entrance to the Museum.

To Book Call Tone on 01243 672031.

Beach BBQ and beach dive at Selsey on July 24th, dive time 19.55pm, so bring along a banger and chuck it on the Barbie. Bring along your friends and family and join in the fun!! There will be a nominal fee charged for the beach

Next up is a dive on the ‘Moldavia’, on 10th October, the boat leaves from Brighton at 13.30pm, Cost £38 payable at time of booking.

To book onto any of the dives, please contact the shop

DATE DIVE ROSTER BOAT LEAVES DIVE TIME

24 July Selsey Dive & BBQ 19:55

24/25 July Hazardous xxxxx/TD> xxxxx xxxx

10 Aug Hedwig xxxx 18:30 xxxxx

4/5 Sept Hazardous xxxx xxxxx xxxxx

18/19 Sept Hazardous xxxxx/TD> xxxxx xxxx

9/10 Oct Hazardous xxxx xxxxx xxxxx

10 Oct Moldavia Brighton/TD> 13:30 xxxx

23/24 Oct Hazardous xxxxx/TD> xxxxx xxxx

HARD BOAT DIVES

The Hard Boat dives listed in the table below cost £xxxxx per person per dive.

The dive has to be paid for at the time of booking.

Failure to show results in no refund unless the place has been filled.

If skipper cancels any of the dives, the boat fee will be transferred or refunded.

All dives will be open to non-members xxxxxx weeks prior to dive.

To book a dive on any of the hard boat dives call Nick or Tone at the office on 01243 672031.

The Hard Boat Dives

DATE	BOAT	Depart Time	Dive Type
xxxxxxxxxx	xxxxx	xxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx/TD>	xxxxx	xxxx
xxxxxxxxxx	xxxxx	xxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx/TD>	xxxxx	xxxx
xxxxxxxxxx	xxxxx	xxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx
xxxxx	xxxxx	xxxxx/TD>	xxxxx	xxxx

Contact Nick or Tone, the Diving Officers, at the Wittering Divers shop on 01243 672031 to book your places on the above diving dates.

Plenty of time for some of you to up those qualifications and experience and to get in on the act.
Do you have any equipment needs? Do you require transport?. Do you require information on any of the club dives? Do you want to book up for the Club arranged dives?
Give Nick or Tone a call at his office .

The Membership secretary would like to politely remind those members who overlooked paying this years subscription of £17.00, or £12.00 for Social members. If you wish to renew please send your remittance made payable to Wittering Divers Club to Basil Lambert, Red Tiles, Longlands Road, East Wittering, PO20 8DD. If you do not intend to renew please let Basil know.

We have received the following WIND SPEED CALCULATOR from Mike Duggan:

As some of you may recall, my sea diving can be very dependant on the wind, giving me an idea of how choppy the waves are and thus influencing my decision to dive.
In order to have some idea I have been looking at the CHIMET site for the up to date reports but have found the wind speed given in knots. Not being an overly nautical person I find this difficult to relate to wind speeds that I know. The weather forecasts can also be slightly confusing in that they give wind speeds in numbers or Beaufort scale force.
This table should help towards un-confusing most people as I have given the wind speeds in knots (nautical miles per hour), miles per hour and the Beaufort scale. Hope this is of some use to Club Members. Mike Duggan (submitted 16 Sep 01)

WIND SPEED CALCULATOR.

WIND SPEED Knots	WIND SPEED MPH	WIND FORCE	BEAUFORT SCALE
0 to 1	0 to 1	Calm	0
1 to 3	1 to 3	Light Air	1
3 to 6	4 to 7	Light Breeze	2
7 to 10	8 to 12	Gentle Breeze	3
11 to 16	13 to 18	Moderate Breeze	4
17 to 21	19 to 24	Fresh Breeze	5
22 to 27	25 to 31	Strong Breeze	6
28 to 33	32 to 38	Near Gale	7
34 to 40	39 to 46	Gale	8
41 to 47	47 to 54	Strong Gale	9
48 to 55	55 to 63	Storm	10
56 to 63	64 to 72	Violent Storm	11
64 to 80	73 to 92	Hurricane	12
81 plus	93 plus	Forget Diving	Go to Pub

CLUB TRIP TO XXXXXXXXXXX.

Hopefully we will get some dive trip reports to be included in this section.

DIVING IN THE BALTIC.

One of Wittering Divers Club members, Alastair Greason, is presently in Germany. He has given us a link to his German Dive Club if you are interested in diving over there. Link to GLOBAL DIVERS website.

UPDATE TO CLUB DIVES.

Late information on extra Club Dives will be posted here.

DISCOUNTED AIR.

Remember that the Wittering Divers Shop offers Club members discounted air fills (upon purchase of a 6 air fill ticket).

YOUR OWN GROUP DIVE.

If you want to arrange a group of you to dive off Big Blue, give the Dive Shop a call and book your spaces. Ask for a club discount. Please give details of your diving qualification and your Year 2003 Club Membership number when you book. You will be making your payment to the Shop.

DIVE TIMES FOR SELSEY LIFEBOAT (2004).

Mike Duggan spent considerable time working out the Suitable Diving Days and Times for DIVING AT SELSEY during 2001, 2002 & 2003. He has UPDATED the table covering the months for the complete Year of 2004. This 2004 UPDATED information can be viewed at the link below.
LINK TO MIKES'S DIVE TIME FOR YEAR 2004 .

The spreadsheet is only an aid to help you in determining when to dive at Selsey. Remember, it is up to YOU to check out the tide times yourself and you can look up your own tide tables to determine if the dives are on Springs or on Neaps. Remember that all important basic dive training you did which is PLAN YOUR DIVE, DIVE YOUR PLAN & DIVE SAFELY.