September 25, 2012

Sunday September 22

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Sunday September 22

The weather forecast for next Sunday is looking good at present and unless it deteoriorates we should be able to dive out of Slade Harbour. Possible dive sites are 3 Mile Rock and the Girl Arlene (2 x dives). Meeting at 10.15am, finishing at 6pm. I will sent out group txt on Friday evening or Saturday moning if there is diving. No txt = No diving!

Gozo 2013 Holiday
This years diving holiday to Gozo, Malta was one of the most enjoyable visits to this beautiful island in recent years. All the usual great dive sites were visited: Reqqa Point, Double Arch, Blue Hole, Inland Sea, Caminoland, Karwela, Middle Finger, Mgarr xini, Cathedral Cave, Xlendi Tunnel.........Even the illusive Bottle off Reqqa Point was found and dived twice. The Bottle is an enclosed verticle shaft that starts at 36m and exits at 59m on a sandy bottom. 208 dives were completed safely without incident over the 10 x days diving.While everyone has their own favorite dive, the highlight for me was hovering in the blue off the Double Arch at 35m in the middle of a shoal of barracuda which were circling around me within arms reach.A most enjoyable and affordable dive holiday!
New Club Divers
Congratulationa and well done to our latest CMAS Club Diver, Jonas Misevicius who sucessfully passed his test on Wednesday, August 28 in Dun Laoghaire.
Congratulationa also to Jonathan Dooley who sucessfully passed his CMAS Club Diver test on Saturday, August 24. A great achievment for Jonathan who only started diving with us this dive season.
 
August Bank Holiday Weekend
What a great weekends diving we had out of Castletownshend. It is unusual to get suitable conditions to dive the legendry U260 three mornings in a row with such great viz and what a find the 78' Rock was! The 78' Rock was teaming with shoals of fish swimming over jewel enonomea covered walls and crevices occupied by several crayfish. One of the best weekends diving of the 2013 dive season.
 
CFT Moniteur 4!!!!
Congratulations to Barry Lawler on becoming a CFT Moniteur 4, a very well deserved CFT grade for his vast contribution to CFT and Scuba diving over the years. (No, he is not that old, he started scuba diving when he was 16yrs) 

 

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Dives from November 2, 2012 - August 29, 2013
No. Name Number of Dives Total Dive Time
1 Whelan Liam 106 3438
2 Smirnov Pavel 66 2065
3 Whelan Pauline 59 1792
4 Berney David 61 1864
5 Moody David 51 1614
6 Mellon Charlotte 47 1494
7 Dooley Jonathan 44 1327
8 Kruger Bernard 44 1393
9 O'Sullivan Alice 42 1264
10 Finn Rosemary 41 1355
11 Miseviekus Jonas 41 1355
12 O Kelly Fintan 41 1246
13 Higgs Russell 37 1321
14 Carroll Robert 34 1011
15 Donnelly Matt 32 1054
16 Whitford Eddie 31 957
17 White Mark 31 886
18 Loughlin Martina 30 938
19 Moody Sandra 30 950
20 Staunton Liam 30 911
21 McElwaine Joan 29 931
22 Doherty Pat 27 904
23 Redmond Catherine 24 750
24 Leigh Declan 24 717
25 Lawler Barry 23 721
26 Harmon Stephen 18 548
27 Murray Andrew 17 520
28 O'Sullivan Barry 16 532
29 Brzeczkowski Jacub 14 412
30 Smith Eddie 6 169
31 Leeson Tony 2 65
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Total Number of Dives Completed = 1,128

 

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Scheduled Dives since 2nd of November 2012
Dive: Sunday 11th of November 2012 – Hook Head, Wexford - 14 x Dives Completed
Dive: Friday 16th of November 2012 – Hook Head, Wexford- 4 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 25th of November 2012 – Portroe Quarry - 11 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 2nd of December 2012 – Hook Head, Wexford - 2 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 30th of December 2012 – Portroe Quarry - 4 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 24th of February 2013 – Hook Head, Wexford – 11 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 3rd of March 2013 – Hook Head, Wexford – 19 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 16th of March 2013 – Hook Head, Wexford – 27 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 17th of March 2013 – Hook Head, Wexford – 27 x Dives Completed
Dive: Monday 18th of March 2013 – Hook Head, Wexford – 22 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 24th of March 2013 – Portroe Quarry –  17 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 30th of March 2013 – Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo –  32 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 31st of March 2013 – Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo –  15 x Dives Completed
Dive: Monday 1st of April 2013 – Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo – Cancelled due to cold weather.
Dive: Sunday 7th of April 2013 – Hook Head, Wexford –  Cancelled due high winds
Dive: Sunday 14th of April 2013 – Portroe Quarry, Tipperary – 22 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 21st of April 2013 – Hook Head/Slade Hbr, Wexford – 18 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 28th of April 2013 – Hook Head/Slade Hbr, Wexford –  34 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 4th of May 2013 – Valentia Is., Co. Kerry –  28 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 5th of May 2013 – Valentia Is., Co. Kerry –  35 x Dives Completed
Dive: Monday 6th of May 2013 – Valentia Is., Co. Kerry –  14 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 12th of May 2013 –  Portroe Quarry, Tipperary – 20 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 15th of May 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  16 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 19th of May 2013 – Kilmore Quay, Wexford – 26 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 22ndof May 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  13 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 25th of May 2013 – Hook Head/Slade Hbr, Wexford –  4 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 26th of May 2013 – Slade Hbr, Wexford –  27 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 29th of May 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 15 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 1st of June 2013 – Kilkee, Co. Clare –  29 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 2nd of June 2013 – Kilkee, Co. Clare – 33 x Dives Completed
Dive: Monday 3rd  of June 2013 – Kilkee, Co. Clare –  15 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 5th of June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 15 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 9th of June 2013 – Slade Hbr, Wexford –  24 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 12th of June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  Cancelled
Dive: Sunday 16th of June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  25 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 19th of June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 13 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 23rdof June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  27 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 26th of June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 9 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 30thof June 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 17 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 3rd of July 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 9 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 7thof July 2013 – Inish Bofin, Co. Galway – 21 x Dives Completed
Dive: Monday 8thof July 2013 – Inish Bofin, Co. Galway – 21 x Dives Completed
Dive: Tuesday 9thof July 2013 – Inish Bofin, Co. Galway – 26 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 10thof July 2013 – Inish Bofin, Co. Galway – 27 x Dives Completed
Dive: Thursday 11thof July 2013 – Inish Bofin, Co. Galway – 24 x Dives Completed
Dive: Friday 12thof July 2013 – Inish Bofin, Co. Galway – 19 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 14th of July 2013 – Hook Head, Co. Wexford–  12 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 17th of July 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 7 x Dives Completed
Dive: Friday 19th of July 2013 – Diveathon, Hook Head –  10 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 20th of July 2013 – Diveathon, Hook Head –  49 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 21st of July 2013 – Slade Harbour, Co. Wexford – 13 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 24th of July 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  Cancelled due to weather
Dive: Sunday 28thof July 2013 – Slade Harbour, Co. Wexford –  Cancelled due to weather
Dive: Wednesday 31st of July 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire –  9 x Dives Completed
Dive: Saturday 3rd of August 2013 – Castletownshend, Co. Cork. – 19 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 4th of August 2013 – Castletownshend, Co. Cork – 23 x Dives Completed
Dive: Monday 5th of August 2013 – Castletownshend, Co. Cork – 11 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 7th of August 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 10 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 8th of August 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 5 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 11th of August 2013 – Slade Harbour, Co. Wexford –  15 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 14th of August 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 16 x Dives Completed
Dive: Friday 16th of August 2013 Regional Dive Weekend, Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 6 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 18th of August 2013 Regional Dive Weekend, Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 16 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 21st of August 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 11 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 24th of August 2013 – Slade Harbour, Co. Wexford – 10 x Dives Completed
Dive: Wednesday 28th of August 2013 – Coal Hbr, Dun Laoghaire – 13 x Dives Completed
Dive: Sunday 8th of September 2013 – Hook Head, Co. Wexford – 4 x Dives Completed

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