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Dive Club Evening Dives 2024 - April update

DIVE CLUB EVENING DIVES 2024 – April Update

Please be aware of the depths of the wrecks, ensure you have the depth allowance on your training to make the dives safely. Anything below 18m will require at least your PADI Advanced certification, or equivalent from other training agencies.

We have a new date added to the list below, with numbers available at date issue, 23rd April.

We will be going out of Brighton Marina onboard the lovely and spacious Channel Diver, with skipper Steve, and Caroline. This is a lovely big boat with everything you could need, including the all important and much loved lift at the back of the boat for easy exits out of the water.

 

Dive Club Evening Dives Brighton from boat

DATES and PRICES for 2024

These are the dates for May to August 2024
with Wreck name, Max depths and ropes away time.

 

MAY  –  Friday 3rd – New date! 6 spaces left

“Pentyrch” 24mtrs
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

MAY  –  Friday 17th – 8 spaces left

“City of Brisbane” 22mtrs
Ropes away:  6.20pm away

 

JUNE  –  Thursday 6th – June D-Day – 11 spaces left

Evening Drift Dive
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

JULY  –  Monday 1st   – Currently full “Brighton Pier”
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

AUGUST  –  Tuesday 6th  – 11 spaces left

“FORTUNA” 28mtrs
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

PRICE:

Evening Wreck Dive £50pp

Pier / Drift  £30pp

 

Back for 2024 for the Wreck Dives, we have sliding scale of costs.
So the more divers that go, the better for everyone.

Evening Wreck Dive £50pp to secure your space
The sliding scale will work with the numbers below:
up to 8 divers  £50pp
10 divers  £45pp
12 divers – full boat  £40pp

Club members get booking priority.
Please scroll down for the booking rules.

 

Channel Diver

 

BOAT RULES

The boat goes with a minimum of 6 divers, but can carry a maximum of 12 divers.

Make sure you have your own DSMB and Reel
NO DSMB…..   NO DIVE.

Please note: the ropes away time is when the boat leaves the marina, make sure you are there in plenty of time to park up and get yourself and your kit onto the boat. The tides wait for no one, if you are late, the boat will have to go without you.

The skipper is in charge, please pay close attention to any instructions given.

 

Evening Dives off the back of the boat

 

BOOKING RULES

IF YOU BOOK A SPACE, YOU NEED TO TURN UP

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT ANY LONGER, YOU NEED TO EITHER:
FIND A REPLACEMENT DIVER
OR YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THE SPACE

TO SECURE YOUR SPACE WE WILL NEED Cash upfront, or bank transfer to us, this is to ensure we don’t have to cancel the whole dive if someone cannot make it but doesn’t find a replacement diver.

Please drop into the centre before hand to secure your space with the cash, or if you live too far away, call us up and we can give you the bank details.

IF YOU CANNOT GO, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL YOUR SPACE, WE CANNOT GIVE REFUNDS AS THE BOAT WILL HAVE HELD THE BOOKING FOR US.
Also if you dropping out means that the minimum number of divers is not 6, then the other divers would lose out, which is not fun for anyone.

The above does not apply if the weather stops the boat from going out, the skipper makes the final call, always with safety of divers being the most important factor.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THIS BEFORE RESERVING A SPACE

DROP IN or CALL US TO BOOK YOUR SPAC

 

Kit hire extra as needed.

Please call or email the shop to book your space.

All dives are subject to weather conditions.

 

 

Also if you join the Ocean View Diving Club and come along to a Club Night, which are on Wednesdays, you are highly likely to meet divers planning their own dive trips who are looking for others to join them.

 

Channel Diver kit up area

 

Dive Club Evening Dives 2024 – April update

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Seasearch Sussex Presentation Wednesday 21st February 2024

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Seasearch Sussex Presentation 21st February 2024

Seasearch Sussex Presentation
Wednesday 21st February 2024

Presentation at Ocean View
Wednesday 21st February

We are really pleased to tell you that we are going to be hosting a presentation by Sarah Ward  from Sussex Seasearch / Sussex Wildlife Trust here at Ocean View on Wednesday 21st February.

Sarah works for Sussex Wildlife Trust, she is the local co-ordinator for the Seasearch programme here in Sussex. Sarah will be giving us a presentation on the work being carried out in our area, and about the Seasearch Observer course available for you to sign up to, which will enable you to join the Seasearch dive team on organised dives.

This presentation will take place at Club Night on Wednesday 21st February, please let us know if you are coming along so we know how many of you will be squeezing in to the classroom, the button at the bottom of the email will email straight to us.

Doors open at 6:45pm, with the presentation starting shortly afterwards.

A Seasearch Observer course will be running early Spring time (date TBC), you could take part in this course, there are some pre-requisites, please see below. It is a two part course with classroom based training, and with qualifying dives.

The requirements for joining the dives are: –
PADI AOW diver / BSAC Sports diver / or equivalent
20 dives total – 10 in UK (or similar conditions
Third party diving insurance
Diving medical or self-declaration

 

Seasearch Sussex Presentation Wednesday 21st February 2024

 

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Dive Club Evening Dives 2024

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DIVE CLUB EVENING DIVES 2024

Please be aware of the depths of the wrecks, ensure you have the depth allowance on your training to make the dives safely. Anything below 18m will require at least your PADI Advanced certification, or equivalent from other training agencies.

We will be going out of Brighton Marina onboard the lovely and spacious Channel Diver, with skipper Steve, and Caroline. This is a lovely big boat with everything you could need, including the all important and much loved lift at the back of the boat for easy exits out of the water.

 

Dive Club Evening Dives Brighton from boat

DATES and PRICES for 2024

These are the dates for March to August 2024
with Wreck name, Max depths and ropes away time.

MARCH  –  Tuesday 19th
“Lass O Doune”  18mtrs
Ropes away: 6pm away

 

APRIL  –  Wednesday 17th
“Pentyrch”  21mtrs
Ropes away:  6pm away

 

MAY  –  Friday 17th
“City of Brisbane” 22mtrs
Ropes away:  6.20pm away

 

JUNE  –  Thursday 6th – June D-Day
Evening Drift Dive
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

JULY  –  Monday 1st  
“Brighton Pier”
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

 

AUGUST  –  Tuesday 6th
“FORTUNA” 28mtrs
Ropes away:  6.30pm away

PRICE:

Evening Wreck Dive £50pp

Pier / Drift  £30pp

 

Back for 2024 for the Wreck Dives, we have sliding scale of costs.
So the more divers that go, the better for everyone.

Evening Wreck Dive £50pp to secure your space
The sliding scale will work with the numbers below:
up to 8 divers  £50pp
10 divers  £45pp
12 divers – full boat  £40pp

Club members get booking priority.
Please scroll down for the booking rules.

 

Channel Diver

 

BOAT RULES

The boat goes with a minimum of 6 divers, but can carry a maximum of 12 divers.

Make sure you have your own DSMB and Reel
NO DSMB…..   NO DIVE.

Please note: the ropes away time is when the boat leaves the marina, make sure you are there in plenty of time to park up and get yourself and your kit onto the boat. The tides wait for no one, if you are late, the boat will have to go without you.

The skipper is in charge, please pay close attention to any instructions given.

 

Evening Dives off the back of the boat

 

BOOKING RULES

IF YOU BOOK A SPACE, YOU NEED TO TURN UP

IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT ANY LONGER, YOU NEED TO EITHER:
FIND A REPLACEMENT DIVER
OR YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THE SPACE

TO SECURE YOUR SPACE WE WILL NEED Cash upfront, or bank transfer to us, this is to ensure we don’t have to cancel the whole dive if someone cannot make it but doesn’t find a replacement diver.

Please drop into the centre before hand to secure your space with the cash, or if you live too far away, call us up and we can give you the bank details.

IF YOU CANNOT GO, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL YOUR SPACE, WE CANNOT GIVE REFUNDS AS THE BOAT WILL HAVE HELD THE BOOKING FOR US.
Also if you dropping out means that the minimum number of divers is not 6, then the other divers would lose out, which is not fun for anyone.

The above does not apply if the weather stops the boat from going out, the skipper makes the final call, always with safety of divers being the most important factor.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THIS BEFORE RESERVING A SPACE

DROP IN or CALL US TO BOOK YOUR SPAC

 

Kit hire extra as needed.

Please call or email the shop to book your space.

All dives are subject to weather conditions.

 

 

Also if you join the Ocean View Diving Club and come along to a Club Night, which are on Wednesdays, you are highly likely to meet divers planning their own dive trips who are looking for others to join them.

 

Channel Diver kit up area

 

DIVE CLUB EVENING DIVES 2024

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Ocean View Kraken Rum PADI Aware & The Fortune of War Beach Clean Up

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Ocean View, PADI Aware Foundation, Kraken Rum and the Fortune of War Pub
Beach Blitz

We at Ocean View Diving joined forces with The team at Kraken Rum, PADI AWARE Foundation, and the team at the Fortune of War Pub for a Brighton Beach Blitz.

 

Ocean View Team

Team Ocean View! With PADI Aware and Kraken Rum, outside the Fortune of War pub with the results of the clean up.

 

We had planned to run a clean up both above and below water, but the windy weather put a stop to the dive, for safety reasons. The topside beach clean still went ahead, and whilst it was windy, it was a beautiful sunny day.

Beach View

A lovely sunny start to the day

We were so pleased with the turnout, given the forecast, we had 30 fantastic people join us to support our event. The topside Beach Blitz is as important as the underwater clean up, because if we can stop the rubbish going into the water in the first place, that’s the best option!

 

The Beach Blitz started with a meet up at the Fortune of War Pub on Brighton seafront.

Fortune of War

Our host for the day, The Fortune of War Pub.

The team at the Fortune of War were amazing letting us descend on the pub as a fantastic base of operations. With the backing of Kraken Rum, the World’s first cocktail bar that accepted litter as currency opened for the day in Brighton.

 

Beach Clean Panorama

Briefing time, let’s get ready to go.

 

Volunteers getting ready to go

Volunteers getting ready to go

The volunteers started cleaning up from the stretch of beach in front of the Fortune of War, making our way towards the Pier. We then all made our way past the Pier down towards the music stage that was set up for the music festival taking place over the weekend.

A few of us made it to the beach in front of the festival stage. Once at the half way point we turned back to catch the new litter from the tourists, as the beach was getting busier.

 

Beach Clean

Some of our Ocean View volunteers sweeping the beach. Tammy, Andy and Alice.

We were pleasantly surprised with the cleanliness of the beach as a whole, so hats off to the council teams who are out every day, but we still managed to get a large haul of extra rubbish that would have made it’s way into the sea.

Our presence on the beach even got a few of the tourists to ask if we could take their rubbish for them, whilst this could be seen as cheeky or a bit lazy, it is far better to end up in our collection bags, than on the floor.

We would like to say a big thank you to the team at COW PR who were with us on the day with Kraken to make it a really great day.

 

 

Volunteers

 

 

Volunteers 2

Some of our new friends on the look out for rubbish.

 

Ocean View Team after the clean up

After two hours of cleaning up the beach, the Ocean View Team are enjoying the Kraken Rum cocktails ! Great Job Guys.

 

Jen and Angela, a little bit windswept, back after a couple of hours cleaning up our beach.

 

Volunteers

Volunteers relaxing after a few hours of hard work, enjoying the Kraken Rum cocktails.

 

Relaxing after a few hours of hard work

Volunteers relaxing after a few hours of hard work, enjoying the Kraken Rum cocktails.

 

The Dive Against Debris part of the day was unfortunately cancelled due to the high winds that were forecast, we will be re-scheduling the Dive Against Debris, with the hope that the weather is on our side that day.

Below a quick video of the volunteers on the beach with the wind blowing, you can see the shore entry would have been ‘interesting’ had we tried to battle with wind and waves, and given the colour of the water, we would not have been able to see the rubbish, let alone collect it.

 

 

Thank you Jen for lots of the photos!! 🙂

 

Back from the clean up

Windswept, ready for a sit down.

 

The Kraken Beach Clean made it onto the Independent Youtube feed, check it out:

OV team sporting Kraken vest youtube

 

PADI AWARE® is a global movement for ocean protection powered by a community of adventurers. They connect the passion for ocean adventure with the purpose of marine conservation.

PADI Aware Flag

 

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Beach Clean July 2023 Register here

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Beach Clean Up – Saturday 29th July

PADI Aware Foundation, Kraken Rum

Ocean View Diving Services & the Fortune of War Pub

Ocean View Diving Services, the PADI AWARE Foundation, Kraken Rum, and the Fortune of War Pub are joining forces for a Brighton Beach Clean Up this summer.

This will be both an under water and land based clean up, enabling lots of people to get involved, if we can stop the rubbish going into the water in the first place, that’s the best option!

Starting locally we can make a difference, by helping to keep our local beaches clean we can be part of a bigger community taking care of our environment.

WORLD’S FIRST COCKTAIL BAR THAT ACCEPTS LITTER AS CURRENCY OPENS IN BRIGHTON

  • The Kraken Rum is opening the world’s first cocktail bar where cash has been ditched in favour of exchanging a bag of litter for a round of delicious Kraken Rum cocktails
  • The first-of-its-kind beach bar will reward goers participating in an earlier beach clean with a party where all drinks are on the Beast as a thank you for protecting its ocean home
  • The Kraken Rum has partnered with marine conservation charity PADI AWARE to host the Beast’s Beach Blitz, a two-hour clean of Brighton Beach on Saturday 29th July, which will coincide with a dive for debris off Brighton Pier to help the charity in its mission to reduce ocean debris by half within the next decade
  • The Beast will be taking over Fortune of War on Brighton’s seafront for the cleaning extravaganza

Taking place on Saturday 29th July, the first-of-its-kind beach bar will reward hard-working goers participating in a clean of Brighton Beach with a mighty party where all drinks are on the Beast as a thank you for protecting its ocean home. Kicking off at Fortune of War on Brighton’s iconic seafront, the cleaning extravaganza will begin at 12pm sharp – with special Kraken binbags, litter pickers and safety equipment provided for all.

A joint initiative between The Kraken and marine conservation charity partner PADI AWARE, the two-hour clean-up will aim to clear every piece of litter from Brighton Beach – and for those looking to take it one step further, limited positions will be available to go beneath the depths of the sea and quite literally dive for debris.

Then, after a brisk morning of environmental adventuring in honour of The Beast, a selection of delicious Kraken Rum cocktails will be awaiting the return of those adventuring the clean on land or sea – and can be simply redeemed by handing over a full bag of litter!

THIS REGISTRATION IS FOR THE BEACH CLEAN ONLY

If you want to take part in Dive Against Debris Dive, please contact Ocean View Dive Centre as this is being arranged separately.

THE ‘BEACH CLEAN’ PART OF THE DAY

This will start at 12:00pm to 2pm, with a meet up time of 11:30 to 11:45am

Briefing
To discuss the setup and rules for the clean, where we can go, what we should and should not collect, safety measures for handing (or not) items that could cause injury.
Allocation / Handing out cleaning equipment, logging to each participant.
Beach clean for an hour to hour and a half.
(you will all be shocked I’m sure at how much we will be able to clear in that time).
Debrief.
Return of equipment.
Logging Rubbish collected.

If you would like to take part in our event, please fill in your details in this Event Registration Form below and you will be automatically registered. Event registration must be completed at least seven (7) days prior to the event.

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