Red Dragon Divers Pembrokeshire

 



Red Dragon Divers scuba diving club


 Welcome to Red Dragon Divers
We hope you enjoy your visit to our web site, which will tell you all you want to know about our club. If you have any questions please follow the link:
 Email Red Dragon Divers

Red Dragon Divers is a small, friendly and active scuba diving club and is branch 0495 of the British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC).
We are based in Pembrokeshire and make the most of our diving in the Gulf Stream warmed waters of Britain's only coastal national park. We dive from Easter until autumn each year on Sundays and on Wednesday evenings. 
Extra diving is also available on Saturdays and during the week, tides and weather conditions permitting, of course. We also try to have a diving week towards the end of each summer when as many of us as possible take the boats out to dive old favourites and to try out new dive sites.

No take policy

Please note: Red Dragon Divers operates a 'no take' policy for all its members. This means that we do not bring any live marine creatures onto the boats on club dives.

 

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Meet the Club - Castle Square, Haverfordwest - 19th November 2011

Red Dragon Divers will be holding an 'event' on saturday 19th November in Castle Square. If you are interested in finding out more about the club and what we do, please come along and meet us between 09:00 and 15:00.

For those who already have been bitten by the scuba bug, it will provide a chance to find out what fantastic diving Pembrokeshire has to offer, while those who have yet to experience the underwater world will be able to arrange a 'Try Dive' with the club's instructors.

So whatever your level of interest in all things scuba - please come along. You will not be able to miss us as we will have a big orange boat!

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Diving off Grassholm - Picture by Jackie Williamson

The diving

We dive all around the coast, from the wrecks of Milford Haven in the south, out to the islands of Grassholm, Ramsey, Skockholm, Skomer and the wreck of the Lucy, rocky outcrops such as Stack Rocks, Green & Black Scar and Hen & Chicks in St Bride's Bay and round to Porthllysgi, Abereiddy, Abercastle, Strumble Head, Dinas Island and Newport in the north.We are proud of our safety record and good diving practices and all our members are encouraged to develop their skills as they gain more experience. All members dive within their personal limits of expertise and experience.

We enjoy all types of diving, whether they are exciting drifts, fragile walls, wrecks, wild life or exploratory and are often surprised by what we find.

Follow this link to find out more about the wreck we discovered off Strumble Head and to read some of our dive reports.  Dive reports

2011 Dive Plan

  Click here to see the dive plan for the first half of the 2011 season (April-June).

  Click here to see the dive plan for the second half of the 2011 season (July-Sept).

2010 Dive Plan

  Click here to see the dive plan for the first half of the 2010 season (April-June).

  Click here to see the dive plan for the second half of the 2010 season (July- Sept).

  2009 Dive Plan

  To get an idea of where we dived the summer before, follow the link below:
  Dive plans for July and August 2009


Any questions?  Call Rich on 01437 763618.


Diver Training 2012

There are no plans to hold an Ocean Diver training course for novice divers in 2012. If you would like to find out more about what other training is on offer within the club, please call Peter on 01239 831927. 


The Wreck of the Hermina

For a report and pictures of the club's trip to survey this wreck, please click on the Calendar/News link in the index on the left.

 


Club teeshirts now available
To find out more, go to the Calendar/Newsletter page

 


  Red Dragon Divers in Action (DVD)

Click here then sit back and enjoy the club DVD, filmed on location in Pembrokeshire by our diving officer Richard Hughes, narrated by club member Rebecca Hughes and featuring club members.
The stars of the show are
filmed in their own underwater environment: look out for curled octopus, compass jellyfish, lesser spotted dogfish, common lobster and three varieties of crab, just for starters.
We also visit
Pembrokeshire's famous shipwrecks, combining shots of them resting on the sea bed with original film of these historic craft before they met their untimely end.
(We are grateful to Cumara Music Company for allowing us to use their music. www.cumara-music.co.uk)



Membership
Red Dragon Divers (RDD) has around 28 members, from all walks of life. It is open to people from Pembrokeshire and further afield. Its members are a mix of men and women, young and old. You have to be at least 18 years of age to dive with RDD and there is no upper age limit. We are only able to accept divers under the age of 18 if a dive-qualified parent or responsible adult is able to buddy them on dives. At present our youngest member is 15 and the oldest are in their early sixties.

The main requirements for novice divers are enthusiasm, commitment to the training programme and a willingness to learn. You also need to be reasonably fit and will have to complete a medical declaration to show that you are fit for the sport of scuba diving. It costs £80 a year to be a member of Red Dragon Divers and all club members also have to join BSAC. BSAC subscriptions vary according to the member's age, qualifications and whether another member of the family is also a member. From 1st March this year, the maximum annual cost of joining BSAC as a branch member is £52.00.  For more information about BSAC visit www.bsac.org

Trained diver from another agency? Red Dragon Divers welcomes qualified divers from other recognised dive training organisations and can provide cross-over certification, further training and skills development courses to those who join our club.  Email Vernis Brooks at Red_Dragon_Divers@yahoo.com to find out more.

Red Dragon Divers operates a one year probationary period for all new members.


How to join Red Dragon Divers:

     Email the membership officer, Vernis Brooks

Web site updated 30 Oct 2011


Words by Jackie Williamson, WordAid, 01348 831862 (and updated by Mike Kelly)

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