Shaun
How does under £18 per person per night sound in a cosy, heated wooden wigwam camping cabin.
Wooden Wigwams offer the ideal 4 season camping holiday or short break, for group’s families and couples. A great low cost alternative to youth hostels, B&Bs;, self catering or camping.
Presently most people are spending between £35 - £60 per person per night in hotels and B&Bs;around Chepstow, not to mention petrol travelling to and from the National Diving & Activity Centre.
Wigwams are the ultimate eco cabin, secure and lockable the wigwams truly offer all year round camping, and the best bit, no pitching a tent in the rain!
We believe we will be the only UK dive centre to be able to offer onsite accommodation at such reasonable rates and we hope to have the new wigwams in place in the first quarter of 2011.
]]>The MV Belinda is due to be sunk at Stoney Cove at 7pm on the 4th June all being well. This new boat is a steel trawler which they hope to place in the same area of the quarry as the previous two tugs. So at 20m it will be accessable to most divers providing the viz is good anyway.
Stoney are also looking for what they call a significant item to be sunk in the 35m area to give the deep divers and those on training courses something interesting to see.
Not sure that Stoney needs another boat three seems a bit excessive and may make it seem crowded.
Shaun
]]>Scubaducks has recently reached agreement for diving at a former brick works quarry and now established lake at Calvert, Bucks.
Little is currently known about the underwater World of the 65 acre Grebe Lake, Calvert, which has been home to Great Moor sailing club for a good many years. However, exploaratory dives made so far by Scubaducks team members have established that there is good depth, possibly to 22m or more. There are also reported to be some buildings and other items of interest to be discovered on the lake bed.
Whilst it sounds like a very interesting place to dive, there are some strict rules and it’s not the cheapest dive venue. A PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent must participate in all dives and a ‘diver down’ flag/buoy must be displayed, plus there must be surface cover for all dives. There is also no diving on Sunday which is a busy day for sailing. The price to dive at Calvert is £17 per person, but for Scubaducks members (which is only £25 per year and only £20 if joining on a recurring basis) the dive fee is a mere £7.00. So for anyone interested in diving at Calvert, it’s clearly worth joing the Scubaducks club.
The Dive Centre (which has its own ‘on site’ training pool) is located a few miles away in Aylesbury and is where you need to visit to obtain the access key after booking diving at Calvert.
The Scubaducks team (DM Students) will soon begin to map out the site and begin to find out exactly what is hidden beneath the depths. It is also planned to construct a training area in the lake with platforms etc.
For more details check out: http://www.scubaducks.co.uk/scubaducks_dive_club_home.html
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The cost of entry to dive at Stoney Cove for Day Visitors who don’t have Stoney Cove’s Diverlog card will increase to £17
These prices where last increased Feb 2007
We know that prices rises are unpopular and we do our very best at Stoney Cove to keep our gate prices as low as possible however eventually they have to increase to keep pace with the rising cost of operating the centre.
]]>The dive centre (PADI 5 Star) is a former gravel pit, so not overly deep (circa 10m practical max), but plenty of dive platforms etc. Some submerged attractions too. Open seven days a week and for night dives on Wednesdays.
A great cafe and bar plus training facilities. A shop too, but quite limited stock.
]]>Please follow the link to find a map of the Vobster Quay and the underwater attractions.
]]>Follow the link to see what they offer and see a map of the underwater attractions.
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