To (mis)quote the famous Mr Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Water water everywhere, and not a soul to dive with.
Or at least, that's the usual story. We hear it a lot:
Joe Bloggs: I learned to dive at such-and-such-a-centre in such-and-such-a-town/country. And now I'm all qualified and everything, but I don't go diving.
Us: Oh, why not?
Joe Bloggs: I don't know anyone to dive with. And I'm not confident booking onto a boat. Or diving in UK waters. Or diving with someone who's not an instructor. And XYZ Dive Club don't even want to know me unless I've got 700 logged dives deeper than 950m in UK waters...
Well, I think that's all piffle. If you're a qualified diver, you're able to dive (otherwise you wouldn't be qualified, now would you?) - and if you're able to dive, you're alright by me. And us.
So, that's where the club thing comes in. The premise is simple: meet people, go diving, eat stuff, drink stuff. Doesn't get much simpler than that, does it?
So, it's free, right? There's got to be a catch? Well... no, not really. You do have to agree to sign up to our club mailing list - which means you do have to have an email address. But, we won't sell it to anyone, and your details are safe with us. You might also, from time to time, be asked to fill in the odd online survey for us - but again, it's only for us and we'll be the only people who ever get to see the answers. And most of all, you need to actually turn up and do something with us - whether that's just the odd pint here and there, or whether you're out diving with us every evening. Entirely up to you - make the most of it. Get your money's worth, as it were!