SEARCH

Gear Retailer QuickLinks

SimplyScuba

Travel Operator QuickLinks

UK

Breakwater Fort by kayak

Kayaks are ideal for exploring those places between shore and boat-diving distance that divers neglect - extended-range shore diving, if you will. John Liddiard paddles out from Fort Bovisand more...

Portland with a cutting edge

A forecast of fine summer weather is like a beckoning hand, calling John Liddiard to spend a week diving the wrecks of Dorset more...

The crack of life

All life - well, a whole bunch of colourful British marine life - can be found on one shore dive in Cornwall. John Liddiard turns his attention to a very popular crevice more...

The Bill

Based in the South-east, don't want the hassle of organising a big UK dive trip, or simply don't have the time? Gavin Parsons believes he has the solution more...

Man trap

It has some great wrecks, and scenic diving good enough to seduce even John Liddiard away from the metal, at least for a while. And there's always the possibility of a basking shark encounter for those who feel like sampling the Manx experience more...

Big vis big dives

An aircraft-carrier, an armed tug and a 60m-deep pinnacle all dived in one day? But Mike Clark wasn't visiting some far-flung destination - these sites lie just over the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh more...

Surfing the slacks in Newquay

There's a newly identified U-boat to dive off north Cornwall and much else besides, so John Liddiard heads for an unexpectedly subdued Newquay more...

Get a whole year's Digital Subscription for just £18!!
Our new digital subscription service gives you instant access to your copy of Diver online each month, no waiting for the post, simply login to your account and select the copy of the magazine you wish to view.
More...

Win a Luxfer pony cylinder
Don't forget to enter DIVER Magazine's latest Big Question for a chance to win a Luxfer emergency pony cylinder worth £106.
This month we are asking:Should there be an internationally recognised 'Liveaboard Dive Manager' qualification?

Visit our Talk Forums
Latest Forum Threads :

Seals and everything

Mystery wrecks, coins, seals and dolphins and cracking breakfasts - it's all part of the attraction of diving offshore Northumberland. John Liddiard reports more...

Smiles in the Summer Isles

Divers visiting the waters around these 20 tiny islands can enjoy hundreds of sites, says Gavin Anderson - spectacular cliff faces, stacks, caves and some excellent wrecks more...

Deep down Loch Fyne

Scotland's second-biggest sea loch is a favourite haunt of Mike Clark, but he had never ventured so near its mouth before. Would the promised rich marine life and 'puffer' wrecks live up to his expectations? more...

The way it should be

The marine nature reserve of St Abbs gives a flavour of what all UK scenic diving could be like under proper stewardship. And, as long-time visitor Mike Clark says, it never stops surprising more...

Fall into the water here

For that elusive balance between high-quality shore dives, rewarding offshore wrecks and diversions for all the family, Gavin Parsons recommends Porthkerris in Cornwall more...

SO YOU WANT SEALS... ?

...they got seals! If you fancy a holiday somewhere cool but close to nature, not too far from home and with flippers and wings galore, head for the Northumbrian coast, says Jim Greenfield more...

BRIBING the in$tructor$

It's the old problem for dive clubs: how do you persuade the experienced divers to go on the training trips and take the beginners diving? John Liddiard thinks he has the solution - in the form of UK locations that provide dives to satisfy everyone more...

Scotland's best 10 scenic wrecks

Scenic wrecks? Mike Clark reckons a combination of marine life and metal provides not a compromise but the ultimate diving blend. Here are his favourite examples in his home waters - but which one will earn full marks? more...

SEARCH

Home | Travel Features | UK Archive |