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Having been a member of dive clubs, we have come to notice that these days there are fewer clubs that are able to do diving from RIBs. This is often due to one or more of the following
• Club do not own a RIB
• Club does not have any towers to take the RIB to the coast
• Club does not have any qualified boat handlers
• Club does not have the financial resources to make their boat viable to go to sea (extra insurance / safety equipment / boat maintenance)
Having seen this, we have diversified our passenger charter business to include dive charters. This allows clubs to go RIB diving again in a large, well maintained RIB that is suitable diving coastal waters.
Each charter is tailored to suit your group whether it be trainees or more experienced divers. Our RIB is suitable up to groups of 10 divers.
Based from Sovereign Harbour marina, Eastbourne we are in range of the wide variety of wrecks that are scatters along the Sussex coast.
We are also able to operate out of other Sussex ports including Newhaven and Brighton.
Our boat has twin cylinder racks in the bow and all divers, while in transit, sit in forward facing bench seats, this gives a far more enjoyable experience that sitting (twisted) on the tubes. Each bench seat has storage underneath for your kit bags. Weight belts can be stored near the bow.
We always deploy a shot line to aid divers to locate the dive site, these shot lines are configured with a lazy shot to show us the direction of drift, ensuring that you dont have a exhausting surface swim to the shot buoy.
Entering the water is by backward roll and exit is by our solid side ladder and platform (no kicking to pull yourself in).
We are full insured (except personal effects) and all our skippers are M.C.A. qualified also undergo regular training.
• Club do not own a RIB
• Club does not have any towers to take the RIB to the coast
• Club does not have any qualified boat handlers
• Club does not have the financial resources to make their boat viable to go to sea (extra insurance / safety equipment / boat maintenance)
Having seen this, we have diversified our passenger charter business to include dive charters. This allows clubs to go RIB diving again in a large, well maintained RIB that is suitable diving coastal waters.
Each charter is tailored to suit your group whether it be trainees or more experienced divers. Our RIB is suitable up to groups of 10 divers.
Based from Sovereign Harbour marina, Eastbourne we are in range of the wide variety of wrecks that are scatters along the Sussex coast.
We are also able to operate out of other Sussex ports including Newhaven and Brighton.
Our boat has twin cylinder racks in the bow and all divers, while in transit, sit in forward facing bench seats, this gives a far more enjoyable experience that sitting (twisted) on the tubes. Each bench seat has storage underneath for your kit bags. Weight belts can be stored near the bow.
We always deploy a shot line to aid divers to locate the dive site, these shot lines are configured with a lazy shot to show us the direction of drift, ensuring that you dont have a exhausting surface swim to the shot buoy.
Entering the water is by backward roll and exit is by our solid side ladder and platform (no kicking to pull yourself in).
We are full insured (except personal effects) and all our skippers are M.C.A. qualified also undergo regular training.
diving with us
Picture : Diving Seaford Head
why dive from a RIB?
Diving from a RIB is what most divers start diving from in the UK. They are a versatile type of boat that is fast, allowing quick journey times to the dive site (when compared to traditional charter boats). They are also very stable and when under way do not roll like traditional boats (a great bonus for those people who suffer for sea sickness)
Being low to the sea level means that entry (via backward roll) is easy even for novice divers, and exit (via our ladder) is easy too as we de-kit people in the water first, so no ladders to climb wearing heavy dive kit.