Open Water Dives.

The club arranges a number of Open Water Snorkel Dives during the year. These dives are graded for the experience of the students and vary from basic open water skills in local lakes to more advanced boat dives for the experienced advanced snorkel divers .

The snorkel dive sites chosen show the different skills and knowledge required for each venue. These include sites as Coniston Water, which offers a safe snorkelling environment with interesting objects and wildlife to see. Other dive sites include river locations were fish and rock formations can be admired whilst practising your snorkelling skills. The lake and river dives are usually guaranteed to go ahead as planned as the affects of the wind and elements are minimised This is not always the case with the sea snorkel dives, Safety is the important factor, conditions on the sea can change rapidly and although snorkel dives are arranged around the tide and local conditions. The weather state on the day decide whether or not the dive can go ahead, so far, we have had a 50% success rate for a Open water dives going ahead as planned.

Regards

Paul Tebbutt D.O.

Coniston Water.

Latitude ........54.37N

Longitude.....3.05W

OS Grid..........SD:31492 97745

Lake dive; site on the east shore at the very northern end of Coniston Water, park in car park next to shore. Depth approx 5m in middle of lake, no boats with engines are allowed on the lake and the sailing boats do not come near the northern end.

 Burnsall.

Latitude..........54.04N

Longitude.....1.95W

OS Grid..........SE:03055 61178

River dive; site approximately 0.5 mile north of bridge in centre of village. Dive site just below rapids in bend of river, depth approximately 3m, good green meadow adjacent to site. Rapids provide great fun, if care is taken, after dive.

Boggle Hole.

Latitude..........54.42N

Longitude.....0.53W

OS Grid..........NZ:95200 04366

Sea dive; site on beach next to Boggle Hole Youth Hostel which is situated at southern end of Robin Hoods Bay, between Robin Hoods Bay village and Ravenscar. Although this is the east coast the site faces North East, so a North or East wind can make this site undiveable, but a great dive in the right conditions.

Farne Islands

Latitude..........55.61N

Longitude.....1.64W                                                                            

OS Grid..........NU:22456 35942                                   

Boat Dive; launch from Beadnell Bay just around from harbour, several good snorkels dives are available depending on the sea conditions. The Long Stone is ideal giving good anchorage and shallow water in bay on southern end of island.

Whitby Bay

Latitude..........54.47N

Longitude.....0.60W

OS Grid..........NZ:90076 10289

Boat Dive; launch in Whitby harbour and venture out into the bay, again several sites give good snorkelling. Currents vary depending on state of tide, a 4 knots current can cause problems for the unwary diver.

Beadnell

Latitude..........55.58N

Longitude.....1.63W

OS Grid..........NU:23070 32091

Shore dive: Dive from shore just north of village, good entry and exits afford the snorkeler a chance to see the abundant sea life of this coast.

 North Landing, Flamborough

Latitude ............ 54:07:45N (54.1284)

 

Longitude...........0:06:17W (-0.1058)

OS Grid ............TA:2380  7200

Shore Dive in sheltered sandy bay with rocky outcrops,  access via steep road to now unused lifeboat station.  

From Bridlington head towards Flamborough on B1255.  Keep on B1255 through Flamborough Village towards  Thornwick Bay & North Landing. The car park is on right opposite Shop

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