Dive Planning Resources

Club Documents

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• Diving log sheet (pdf)
• Dive Managers check list (pdf)
  
• Boat check list - starting (pdf)
• Boat check list - general (pdf)

If the boat refuses to start ask Ann to speak to it sternly - never fails!

Weather and Tides

• Met Office Inshore Waters Forecast
• UK Hydrographic Office: EasyTide free 7 day tide prediction service
• Cardiff BSAC Tidal Curves For 2008 & 2009

CURRENT MOON moon info

Why are moon phases useful? Spring tides occur during, or a few days after, the full and new moons. Neap tides occur during, or a few days after, the quarter moons.

Dive Centres & Boats

Some of the charters and centres we've used before - not an exhaustive list!

Clyde Diving Charters Dive & Sea The Hebrides, Isle of Skye Doune - Knoydart Gaelic Rose Lochaline Boat Charters Loch Fyne Dive Charters Lochaline Dive Centre Loyal Watcher Liveaboard

Marine Quest - Eyemouth Moray Diving, Lossiemouth Northern Light Charters Puffin Dive Centre - Oban Radiant Queen Scapa Flow day boat Scapa Flow Charters, mv Karin Silver Swift, Tobermory Sunrise Charters, Scapa Flow

Local Dive Shops & Fills

• Dive Safari, Unit 6, Millwalk Business Park North Berwick EH39 5NB
  Summer opening: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun 10.00-5.30
  Winter opening: Thurs - Sunday 10.00-5.30
• Edinburgh Diving Centre, 1 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh, EH11 1HD
  Open Mon-Sat 9.30-5.30
• Forth Yacht Marina, 4 - 6 South Lumley Street, Grangemouth FK3 8BT
  Summer opening: Mon - Fri 9.00-6.00, Saturday 10.00-5.00 Sunday 12.00-5.00
  Winter opening: Mon - Fri 9.00-6.00, Sat 10.00-4.00, Sun 12.00-4.00
• The Dive Bunker, Lammerlaws Road, Burntisland, Fife KY3 9BG

Websites

• Boatlaunch - details of slips, marinas and chandlers around the country
• British Sub Aqua Club
• Conger Alley has an increasing number of Scottish dive site descriptions, links and the usual chat
• Corran Ferry Timetable - for Lochaline trips
• Lochinver Larder - Scotland's best pies
• Northlink Ferries - Scrabster-Stromness ferries for Scapa trips plus Aberdeen-Lerwick for future reference
• Real Food Cafe at Tyndrum - the only place to stop on the way to and from the West coast
• Visit Scotland - website of the Scottish Tourist Board, visitor guides and accommodation for all over Scotland