Overnight trips
Lochaline
The Sound of Mull is probably only second to Scapa Flow as the most well known Scottish dive sites. The Sound is famous for the clarity of its water and the abundance of marine life. There is a range of scenic, wreck and drift diving to cater for a wide range of interests – and sometimes you get all of that in one dive. Dolphins and porpoises are common sightings.
We’ll arrive on Thursday night for three full days diving on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Accommodation will be at the recently renovated Highland Basecamp, 2 divers to a room, each with an en-suite. As per the last few years, we are planning for the trip to be self-catered. The basecamp has a well-equipped kitchen and there is often the chance for food from the Lochaline Snack Bar or Social Club.
Dates
15th – 18th Aug
Prices
£340 members
£400 non-members
deposit £120
Type of dive: hard boat, overnight
Minimum qualifications: Advanced Open Water, Drysuit
Recommended: Deep, Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
Fill out our booking form to secure your slot – password is DBStrips2024.
Any other questions, mail James at [email protected].
Sound of Mull liveaboard
This is a Sound of Mull trip with a difference! We’ve chartered the MV Honeydew for 4 days of diving, departing from Dunstaffnage. This will give us the chance to cover our usual Sound of Mull favourites but also use Tobermory as a base for getting out of the Sound and beyond. Possibilities include Bo Fascadale, the Small Isles and more.
We’ll board at Dunstaffnage Marina on Sat 21st Sept and get settled into our new home. Our 4 days of diving starts on Sunday, taking us through to Wednesday, with possible overnight stops in Lochaline and Tobermory. We’ll arrive back to Dunstaffnage on Wednesday afternoon, so you can either choose to depart then or stay one more night onboard and leave after breakfast on Thurs 26th.
Accommodation is in twin berth rooms on board, and the trip is on a full board basis – expect to be well fed! This is a new trip for the club, but this write up from Seahorse Divers of their one week trip in 2023 gives an idea of what to expect.
To keep costs down, this trip will not be led by a member of the Dive Team, so there won’t be the possibility of taking a course or guided/supervised diving on the trip.
Included: accommodation, full board, air
Excluded: mixed gases, kit hired directly from the boat (oxygen clean cylinders for example)
Dates
21st – 26th Sept
Prices
£550 members
£640 non-members
deposit £200
Type of dive: hard boat, overnight, liveaboard
Minimum qualifications: Advanced Open Water, Drysuit
Recommended: Nitrox, Deep, Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
Fill out our booking form to secure your slot – password is DBStrips2024.
Any other questions, mail James at [email protected].