In2scuba Northern Red Sea Safari on MY Infinity November 2009!
The fantastic MY Infinity Liveaboard!
Party night on "MY Infinity", after a fantastic week of diving, relaxing and having great fun!
We swam with these dolphins at Sha`ab Abu Nuhas (Photo taken by Tom Oakden)
The breath taking "Giannis D" at Sha`ab Abu Nuhas
Glass fish inside the engine room of the "Giannis D"
The bow of the famous "SS Thistlegorm"
Nicola Griffiths diving with a turtle on a reef at "Shag Rock"
Tim Waters & Charlie Sweet ascending after a reef dive
A BSA motorbike covered in corals inside the holds of the massive "Thislegorm" wreck
A giant Moray eel wraped in the wreckage of the "Barge" during a night dive
The stern of the SS Thistlegorm, showing one of the anti-aircraft gun fitted to her
A Scorpion fish found during a night dive on the "Barge"
Charlie Sweet next to the Engine of the "Giannis D"
A Blue Spotted ray at "Ras Mohammed"
Some of the cargo of the "Yolanda wreck" or the "Toilet wreck" as it is know, as there are hundreds of toilets & sinks spread all over this section of Ras Mohammed
The "Carnatic" wreck at Sha`ab Abu Nuhas
A Nudibranch (sea slug) found on the "Barge"
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BSA motorbikes laying in the back of a Leyland truck inside the holds of the "Thistlegorm"
Steve Griffiths, making safety stops a little more interesting!
A lone dolphin at Sha`ab Abu Nuhas (Photo taken by Tom Oakden)
Nicola Griffiths & Charlie Sweet enjoy the fantastic "Thistlegorm" wreck
A Turtle on the reef at Shag Rock
Charlie Sweet, Nicola Griffiths & Tim Waters on a safety stop after a dive on the "Dunraven"
The stern of the "Marcas" at Sha`ab Abu Nuhas
A Moray eel feeding during a night dive
The "Kingston" wreck at Shag Rock
A Crocodile fish laying next to the "Barge" wreck at Bluff Point
Nicola Griffiths on the "Barge" wreck at Bluff Point
Glass fish on a beautiful reef at Shag Rock (Photo taken by Tom Oakden)
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A BSA motorbike inside hold 2 of the "Thistlegorm"
Steve & Nicola Griffiths at the stern of the "Kingston" wreck at Shag Rock
In2scuba guests & Infinity crew enjoy a "chill out" before the party night begins!
Tom Oakden (In2scuba PADI DMT) gives a dive briefing for a dive on the "Giannis D" at Sha`ab Abu Nuhas
In2scuba guests enjoy a relaxing break between dives!
Party night gets started!
A twin cabin on the My Infinity, including towels and your very own dressing gown!
Party night in full swing!
A sad time as we prepare to go home...
All photography taken by, Steve Griffiths (except for the dolphin & reef photos, taken by Tom Oakden) Please note: All photography on this site is covered by strict copyright laws!
In2scuba Dive Club, dived the SS Strathclyde from Dover!
Photo above, left to right: Gus Kennedy, Nick Coletta, David Clifford & Steve Griffiths
Members of the In2scuba Dive Club, dived the SS Strathclyde from Dover on Saturday 31st October 2009. The wreck was an iron steamship weighing 1951 tons and sits at 30 metres.
Scatted on the sea bed around the wreck we found champagne bottles, perfume bottles, jars of preserves (olives, gooseberries etc) Visibility on the wreck was 6 metres and water temperature was a comfortable 12 degrees!
In2scuba Farne Islands Trip October 2009!
Photo above, left to right: Bob Archer, Nick Coletta, Guy Schalom, Steve Griffiths, Tom Oakden, Thomas Kontson, Jo Price, Glenn Ralph, Michelle Sutton & Tony Head
If you would like to join us on our October 2010 Farne Island trip, please click here
All photography taken by, Steve Griffiths
Please note: All photography on this site is covered by strict copyright laws!
Well done to Francisca & Sterling Grol for completing their PADI Courses at Stoney Cove with In2scuba in September 2009!
Photo above, left to right: Gus Kennedy (In2scuba PADI Divemaster) Paul Fassolas (In2scuba PADI Assistant Instructor) Steve Griffiths (In2scuba PADI Master Instructor) Sterling Grol, Francisca Grol and James Courtney.
Well done to Sterling & Francisca Grol, for completed their PADI Drysuit Speciality & PADI Advanced Open Water courses at Stoney Cove in September 2009!
James Courtney also completed dives towards his PADI Wreck & Deep Diver Specialities.
To learn more about our PADI courses, please click here!
In2scuba Dive Trip to Swanage Dorset, September 2009!
Photo above, left to right: John.Wheatley, Steve Griffiths, Paula Young, Keith Grimes and Tom Oakden
Swanage Pier and the fantastic marine life on the "Fleur De Lys"
Keith Grimes making his way back to the surface and "Swanage Diver" about to pick us up!
John Wheatley & Paula Young enjoy a hot drink after a dive on the "Kyarra" and Keith Grimes waits to be picked up!
John Wheatley chills out on "Swanage Diver" and Keith Grimes & Tom Oakden await their next dive!
Everyone has a great time during our Swanage trip in September 2009. We dived the Betsy Anna, Caratan, Kyarra and the Fluer De Lys, all fantastic dives, between 15 - 30 metres.
If you would like to join us on our May or September 2010 trips to Swanage, please click here!
PADI Open Water Students pass with In2scuba in July & August 2009!
Niall Callan (left) & Lucinda Royce (right), pass their PADI Open Water course with In2scuba in July 2009!
Theo Dodds & Hamish Fraser (left) complete their PADI Open Water course in July 2009 & Francisca Grol (right) completes her PADI Open Water course in August 2009!
Ryan Smith (left) age 13, completes his PADI Open Water course with In2scuba in August 2009!
PADI Instructor Steve Griffiths, gives a dive briefing and Lex Sandaford (right) completes his PADI Open water course in August 2009
The In2scuba Dive Team & PADI Open Water students, celebrate successfully completing their course
For FULL details of our PADI Open Water course, please click here!
Well done to all the In2scuba Students who passed their PADI courses during May, June & July 2009!
Well done to James Courtney (right, left photo) for passing his PADI Drysuit Speciality and Graham Ford (second from the left, right photo) for passing his PADI Peak Performance Speciality with In2scuba in May 2009!
The In2scuba Dive Team enjoy a chill out after a busy pool session during May, and James Courtney (right) passes his PADI Advanced Open Water course with Paula Young (far right), who completed her PADI Deep Speciality at Stoney Cove in May 2009!
Andy Thorne, Tom Oakden & Steve Tracey pass their PADI Rescue Diver course in June with In2scuba. Also Karen Kung (middle, right photo) passes her PADI Drysuit Speciality & PADI Advanced Open Water course & Neil Robinson passes his PADI Drysuit course during June!
James Cobb (far left) & Daniel Kirkland (far right) both pass their PADI Open Water course with In2scuba in June!
Sterling Grol (far left) & 10 year old Jack Strange (right photo) both pass their PADI Open Water course in June!
Well done to David Clifford (left photo) & Polly Anna Tiffin (right photo) for passing their PADI Rescue course in July with In2scuba!
Well done to Courtney Taylor (far left) & Helen Macleod (far right, of left photo) for passing their PADI Open Water course with In2scuba in July! Also well done to Charlotte & Tom (right photo) for completing their PADI Seal Team Wreck Speciality Aqua Mission at our pool in Sevenoaks in June!
Well done to Amy O`Brien (far left) for completing her PADI Drysuit Speciality in June and In2scuba Students get ready to go diving during a PADI Open Water & PADI Rescue course during July 2009!
In2scuba Malta, Gozo & Comino dive trip June 2009!
In2scuba enjoyed a fantastic weeks diving in Malta, Gozo & Comino during June 2009! After a short two & half hour flight from Gatwick, we were on the Island of Malta!
We were transfered from the Airport to our accommodation, which was close to our Dive Centre (Dive Deep Blue) In the morning we got our dive kits sorted out, ready for our first days diving, at Cirkewwa!
Our first dive was on the Tug boat, "Rozi". She is 30 metres long and sits at 34 metres, upright on the seabed.
After the "Rozi" dive, we swam back to the reef at Marfa Point and found the "Madonna Statue" situated in a small cave. For our second dive we stayed at Cirkewwa and dived Cirkewwa Arch & Adrians Reef.
This dive site had various small caves, with swim throughs, and open reefs with sea grass covering the seabed. We had encounters with a Scorpion fish, Moray eels, Groupers, Amberjacks and Barracuda during this dive!
On day two, we dived the "Um El Faroud" a 3.147 ton tanker, measuring 110 metres in length. We spent two dives on the Faroud, as it was just enormous!
The Faroud was a great wreck for enjoying the features on the outside and also penetrating through the inside of the wreck. There are many areas to investigate inside the Faroud, but our favorite was the engine room!
On day three, we dived our favorite dive of the trip, the "Blenheim Bomber" a Second World War Bomber, operating from Malta during 1941-42. The Bristol Blenheim was attacked and shot down after leaving Luqa Airport on 13th December 1941. The wreckage sits at 42 metres, which gives you just enough bottom time to enjoy this breath taking dive!
We then went on to dive "HMS Maori" at St Elmo Bay, a Tribal Class British Destroyer sitting in 15 metres of water. The Maori weighed 1959 tons, with a length of 115 metres sunk in the Grand Harbour while moored on the 12th February 1942
The Maori was a very interesting wreck to dive, as you can dive around the wreckage or penetrate inside. There is still live ammunition on the wreckage and plenty of marine life to enjoy! Due to the shallow depth of this dive, it is a great dive for most entry level divers.
On day four we travelled over to the Island of Gozo, where we completed two dives. The first being the "Blue Hole" & "Coral Caves" and then onto the "Inland Sea" for our second dive!
The "Blue Hole" and the "Azure Window", are rated as Top Ten dives in the World, and you can see why!
The "Blue Hole" & "Inland Sea" have attractive features, even on the surface!
The "Coral Caves" are absolutely stunning, with hard corals covering the entire cave!
On day five we dived the "MV Imperial Eagle" & the "Statue of Christ", both situated next to each other at Qawra Point. The Imperial Eagle was used by the Royal & US navys, then ended her working days as a ferry between Malta & gozo until the mid 1970`s.
Our next dive was at "Comino Caves", an exciting dive offering a network of Caverns & Caves.
Outside the caves the dive guide feeds the fish. They come from everywhere and enjoy afternoon lunch!
Our last dive was on the German Patrol Boat "P29", a great wreck dive for diving on the outside and as a penetration dive. The P29 lies in 38 metres of water, weighs 360 tons and is 52 metres in length.
We enjoyed all the fantastic Wrecks & Caves Malta & Gozo had to offer, but we also enjoyed the amazing marine life that we saw too!
In2scuba had a fantastic trip and we look forward to the next one. Thanks to all at Dive Deep Blue for looking after us so well!
The In2scuba dive club & team members on this trip were, Steve Griffiths, Tim Waters, Gus Kennedy, Tom Oakden & Nick Coletta
All photography taken by, Steve Griffiths (except Tompot Blenny & Starfish photo above, this was taken by Tom Oakden) Please note: All photography on this site is covered by strict copyright laws!
Please click here, for further details of our Diving Holidays to Malta & Gozo in June 2010!
In2scuba Wreck & Drift Diving Trip to Swanage, Dorset May 2009!
Photo above, left to right: Peter (Skipper), Paula Young, Gus the "Gusmeister" Kennedy, Steve Griffiths, Tom Oakden, Paul Fassolas & Guy Schalom
In May 2009, In2scuba went off to Swanage for our regular Wreck & Drift diving long weekend.
During our four day stay, we wreck dived the Kyarra, Betsy Anna, The Fleur De Lys and Drift dived Peveril Ledges & Tanville Ledges. Everyone on the trip had a fantastic time, as the photos below will show!
Beautiful Swanage Pier & Gus Kennedy, playing holiday pranks!
Paul Fassolas diving the Famous "Kyarra" during our May 2009 trip!
A Conger Eel on the "Kyarra" & a Top Pot Blenny on the "Betsy Anna" wreck
Members of the In2scuba Dive Club, enjoying their trip to Swanage!
Paul Fassolas investigating the " Betsy Anna" wreck & a Large Lobster hideing in the wreckage
Two Tom Pot Blennys chilling out & Paul Fassolas playing peek a boo on the "Kyarra"
Gus Kennedy, Guy Schalom & Steve Griffiths on "Swanage Diver" & Paul Fassolas looking for a photo opportunity!
Steve Griffiths on the "Kyarra" & a Large Spider Crab posing for the camera!
Paul Fassolas waiting for "Swanage Diver to pick him up & "Swanage Diver fighting the rough seas!
Steve passes his Diver Medic Course April 2009!
Photo above, left to right: Bill (Chamber Assistant) Allan, Jane, Steve, Dan & Don
The Diver Medic Course was run over three days in London by the London Diving Chamber and it`s main aim was to look at Diving Medicine & Medical Techniques for remote diving locations. On the first day we looked in detail at DCI, "what it is and how to prevent it".
We then went on to look at ENT problems and Barotrauma in the body, then we ended the first day by looking at Animal Hazards & Fitness to Dive. We were given field drugs and were taught how and when to use them
On day two, we spent the morning learning about the Recompression Chamber and had a guided tour inside and out. To finish this fasinating section of the course, we all completed a 40 metre Dry-dive! In the afternoon we learnt how to set up and use IV lines, Suture wounds and administer Local Anaesthetics.
On our final day we covered Emergency Medical Care, CPR and Advanced Resuscitation. In the afternoon we looked at the "Psychology of Diving" with an exam to finish!
"This was a great course, covering every aspect of Diving Field Medicine. We were taught by Doctors that are experts in their field, this included a Cardiac Surgeon, ENT Specialist, Chamber Technicians and HSE Diving Doctors with over 30 years of experience with DCI"
"My personal favorite was Phillip Howarth, a Resuscitation Training Officer, with over 12 years experience in A&E. Phillip took us through advanced techniques, including AED use and Advanced Oxygen administration"
" Due to the fantastic training learnt on this course, I now feel ready for any emergency situation that occurs in the field"
In2scuba Snowdon Walk in aid of Cancer Research UK April 2009
Photo above, left to right: Steve Griffiths, David Johnston, Charlie Sweet, Tessa Van Der Schaar, Kristen D` Silva, Nick Coletta, Jo Price, Tim Waters, Nicola Griffiths & Carly Callaghan. Below banner, Emma Pullar
Well done to all the team listed above, who walked 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) to the summit! The weather stayed good for us during the walk, although it did rain for a period of time and at the summit there were high winds as the temperature dropped below zero.
We walked the challenging Pyg track on the way up to the summit and took the Llanberis path on the way down. The high winds on the summit pushed the thick cloud cover away to open up fantastic view across Snowdonia.
In2scuba are proud to have raised an estimated £1800 for Cancer Research UK.
For further details on our recent events please email us at:
recentevents@In2scuba.co.uk
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