Wight Dolphins has welcomed its newest member, Mark Plimley, who recently completed his Ocean Diver course with the Island’s British Sub Aqua Club. Mark started diving 25 years ago and after a lengthy break, he attended a Try Dive session with Wight Dolphins earlier this year, which reignited his passion for diving. He immediately signed up for the Ocean Diver course, which is run by Wight Dolphins own instructors, which he started in March. The course combines a mixture of pool and local shore based dives, and Mark successfully completed his qualification with a boat dive at Sun Corner, just off the Needles. Mark now intends to develop his diving skills and has already signed up to the Sports Diver course. Mark said:
“Everyone was helpful and made me feel welcome. You learn at your own pace, being shown the correct and safe way to do things. I love the calm and quiet under the sea. With all the life down there, you are in another world with like minded people. It’s one of the best things I’ve done”.
Wight Dolphins Club Chair has said:
“Mark has been ultra keen since taking his first open water dive in early May. Very glad for him to be the newest Wight Dolphin.”
Wight Dolphins are running another Ocean Diver course in July and also regularly offer Try Dive sessions (designed as an introduction to diving in a pool), amongst other BSAC courses. The club regularly arranges dives around the Island’s shorelines and on the mainland and has its own club boat, enabling diving around the Islands coastline and further afield.
