The University of Bristol Underwater Club

Babbacombe Beach is a favorite dive site with the club. Located in Tobay it is a fairly easy drive from Bristol and with a traditional stop off at McDonalds there is a handy breakfast/lunch outlet...

Brixham Breakwater is situated in Devon (south-west of England). It is a great shore diving site for new ocean divers. It on a North facing shore within Torbay so it is protected from all winds, except north easterlies...

Chesil Beach is a favourite shore dive due to its accessibility, good visability and protection from southerly/southeasterly winds through to north northwesterlies. It has a max depth of 15m, with an average depth of 8m...

The Farne Islands are situated in the north of England, just of the coast of Northuberland. There are between 15 and 20 islands, depending on the tides. The main attraction of these islands, to divers, are the seals...

Helford river is just north of Porthkerris (PK) and can be dived on any tide. Launch out of PK, head north and then up the estuary. On the right hand side of the estuary you should see a small green shed...

Hope Cove has a short slip and a very long sandy beach where the boats can be launched. Launching costs are £6 per boat per day (2008 prices). To run a trip here you need to pick a weekend with favourable tides...

Land's End is an excellent place to take the club boats for a long weekend. The range of diving available means that all levels of diver can be accommodated, and most dive sites can be geared towards...

Plymouth has some of the best UK diving. It has a wide variety of dive sites including reefs and wrecks. The wrecks of the HMS Scylla and the James Eagan Layne (JEL) are classic favourites...

Porthkerris (PK) is situated in the sunny climes of Cornwall, on the Lizard peninsula. There are at least two trips to PK every year. The first being in November for a weekend, and is more of a social event...

This is a large harbour on the south Dorset coast. To find the slip drive round to the east side of Portland, to Castletown (the opposite side to Chesil cove). Here you will find the Aqua Hotel and a couple of dive shops...

Skomer is a trip which runs at the end of the summer term. It is open to everyone that has passed the pool test and is a fantastic chill out. The diving offered ranges from shallow bimbles for beginners up to raging drift dives...

Swanage is a small town in south-east Dorset. You may remember it from geography GCSE case studies. You will need to pay a fee to park and to access the pier. The shop on the pier also has a small museum...

There is a free slip right next to Teign Diving centre. This slip is very sandy and you need to be careful not to get the van stuck when backing the trailer down. There is a speed limit within the estuary of 6 knots...

Vobster Quay is a quarry and man made dive centre near Bristol. It is where a lot of the clubs training dives are done. Like most quarries turned dive centre it is not just a lake. Vobster is filled with an eclectic mix of objects...

Since 2014 the club has run a new year's liveaboard trip to the Red Sea. This is very different from UK diving. Costing around £700 (including flights) it is the best value livaboard there is...

A trip to Gozo involves sunshine, incredible underwater topography and excellent viz. The majority of diving is from the shore, and this means that with some organisation it can work out as extremely good value...