Plymouth August 2021 Trip Report
So August Bank Holiday came around again and that meant that a group of twelve divers from the branch were going to make their way down to Plymouth for three days diving with In...
Mersey Divers Blog
Scapa Flow August 2021 Trip Report
After having our original trip to Scapa Flow cancelled the day before we left in 2020 and deciding not to go on the re-organised trip we weren’t expecting to be on this one. But...
Tough Mudder 2021
On the 1st of August this year the Mersey Divers Team took part in the Yorkshire Classic Tough Mudder to raise funds for the club and also to donate to the RNLI. Tough Mudder...
The New Club Boat
This week the club took delivery of its new 6.5m Humber RHIB. Equipped with a with a Suzuki 175 four stoke engine this should allow us to take even more members out on club...
Chairman’s Letter July 2021
Hello everybody……………Well D Day (19th. July 2021) arrived last Monday which means that the club house can now resume as normal, so it will be good to see you all again and, of course,...
Chairman’s Letter June 2021
Hello everybody……………..The Covid virus is still taking its toll on diving opportunities, particularly in respect of foreign travel. However, whilst we remain in uncertain times it is great to report that the diving season...
Plymouth June 2021 Trip Report
This trip was originally planned by Ray Cramer to be a weekend of technical diving with In Deep based in Plymouth. Unfortunately due to the effects of COVID keeping many divers out of the...
Anglesey June 2021
So, Dave Edwards decided we needed a trip to get the new year going, so, he sent out the message we were going to Anglesey, camping, and diving 5th and 6th June. Think the...
Chairman’s Letter April 2021
Hello everybody……………The big news of the day is that the club has recently received a second government grant for just over £10,000 to help us restart our activities. Obviously, this is most welcome considering...
Chairman’s Letter February 2021
Hello everybody……………Following last night’s committee meeting I thought I would give you a quick update over the reopening of the club. Following the announcement of Boris last Monday we think the order of events...
Anglesey Late September 2020
After a miserable year for diving trips, with so many being cancelled or postponed, but Tony Fitz finally managed to pull together a last minute weekend to Anglesey at the end of September. The...
Plymouth 2020 Trip Report
So Summer Bank Holiday was looming on the horizon and initially, it looked as though what is fast turning into Merseyside SAC’s annual trip down to Plymouth diving with In Deep was in jeopardy...
Eyemouth 2020 Trip Report
Back in October 2019, one of our members, Jeff Jones advertised a couple of weekend trips to Eyemouth for 2020 with Jim and Iain Easingwood of Marine Quest. The list for the ‘mixed gas’...
Bathymetry Lecture
Last week our very own Ray Cramer added a very interesting lecture on Bathymetry to the ongoing series of lockdown lectures presented by BSAC. For those of you that don’t know, bathymetry is the...
Club Zoom Sessions
With the club being shutdown at present because of Covid 19 our training team have taken to the internet to provide lectures via Zoom video conferencing for all who are interested. So far they...
News Letter April 2020
Chairman’s Letter April 2020 Hello everybody as we are about to enter our second week of Corona isolation. I know that many of you, including me, are jut itching to get wet but without...
Menai Boat Run 2020
Sunday, 29 March 2020 from 08:00-17:00 Port Dinorwic, Menai Straits, North Wales A gathering of Dive Ribs from around the UK, making a passage from the launch site at Dinas Marina, through to Beaumaris...
Gas Blending SDC March 2020
Nitrox Gas Blender / Mixed Gas Blender SDC Alistair Reynolds ran another excellent, and well attended Gas Blending SDC last weekend, helped by Steve McElroy, Terry Maloney and Alan Jones. The course started on...
News Letter March 2020
Chairman’s Letter – March 2020 Here we are almost at the beginning of March and the foul weather shows no sign of abating. However, since I last wrote to you we have...
News Letter January 2020
Chairman’s Letter – January 2020 Here we are again at the beginning of yet another diving year, which in my case is gathering pace towards the 50 year mark. This letter is really to...