A city rich in diving culture , Bristol is home to this active , enthusiastic university club , with its band of dedicated instructors . Interview by Kristina Pedder
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Egypt holiday , 2022
LOCATION : Bristol , South-West England
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University of Bristol Underwater Club
A city rich in diving culture , Bristol is home to this active , enthusiastic university club , with its band of dedicated instructors . Interview by Kristina Pedder
Duncan Hine , Gozo , 2022
Bristol University Underwater Club is a traditional university branch that keeps diving as cheap and as accessible as possible . The number of students interested in learning to dive each year is staggering , but the club regularly achieves a success rate of more than 90 per cent for Ocean Diver training . In 2023 , the club took on its largest number of Ocean Diver trainees ever – 60 new trainees .
While the divers are a sociable bunch , the club doesn ’ t have a social membership category and instead encourages all members to come diving . Planned trips typically involve from 15 divers to a maximum of 70 at the annual training trip to Porthkerris in Cornwall . Annual UK expeditions in the summer break give club divers a chance to forget about training and go diving .
There ’ s a real sense of energy around this club , despite the churn in members that university clubs see . If you want to dive and meet other people who love diving , you ’ re in the right place at UBUC .
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