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SUMMARY:DIVE UNDER THE MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE
DESCRIPTION:DIVE PLAN FOR A DIVE IN NORTH WALES\nTHE NATURE TRAIL  (UNDER THE MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE)\nSunday 10th April 2022\nOrganised by\nChris Heywood \nPlease note\nThis dive should be suitable for BSAC Sports divers and above. \nThere are no facilities (Toilets\, shops etc) at this site (these may be available in the village/town centre 5 minutes’ walk away.\nThere are no air filling stations on the island so you will need to bring a full tank/tanks with you.\nDue to the currents and tides at this location if you are not ready (i.e.\, sat on the rocks\, kit on and buddy check done) when the dive manager tells you to procced you will not be allowed to dive.\nThis site can be dived in most weather conditions but winds from a northerly direction stir up the sand around Puffin Island and reduce water visibility in the straights. \nContents \n• Directions\n• Dive site description\n• Dive plan\n• Buddy pairs\n• Kit list\n• Dive management slate\n• General diving risk assessment\n• Addendum to risk assessment for Rib \nDirections\nM56\nLeave the M6 at junction 20A\, then bear right onto the M56\nSignposted N. Wales\, Chester\, Runcorn \nChester Service Area (ROAD CHEF)\nKeep in right hand lanes at junction 15 and continue forward\nSignposted North Wales\, Queensferry \nA494 Continue forward onto the A494\nQueensferry Bridge \nA55 Continue forward onto the A55\nConwy Tunnel\nPenmaenmawr Tunnels\nAt Junction 16 roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A55\nSignposted Bangor \nPen-y-Clip Tunnels \nAt Junction 15 roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A55\nSignposted Bangor \nA487 Leave the A55 at junction 9\, then at roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A487\nSignposted Bangor \nAt roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A487\nSignposted Bangor \nA5 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A5\nSignposted Menai Bridge \nMenai Bridge \nA545 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A545\nSignposted Beaumaris\nTurn right after Post Office on right\nFollow down\, keep left\, past slip\, you will see a green under the bridge\, this is\nthe dive site. Drop off your gear then find somewhere to park. \nDive Site Description\nAn exciting dive for the marine life in an area awash with dangerous currents. Luckily for us and many others in the northwest of England and North Wales\, providing the tides are right the Menai Straits under or around the Menai Suspension Bridge provides the diver with an all-year-round shore dive site\, guaranteed! The down side is when the tides are not right it’s running at anything between 6 and 9 knots\, but it’s best to dive it at a slack period to appreciate the sheer vastness and bio-diversity of marine life. Screaming drifts can be had but really only with boat cover. \nDon’t take my word for it ask Bangor University of Ocean Sciences who regularly make studies of the area\, especially under the Menai Suspension Bridge built by Thomas Telford in 1826. The Menai Straits in glacial times used to be estuarial\, until afterwards when it became tidal bringing masses of nutrients along its length. The turbo-fed marine life thrives in this area and visibility is reduced as a result\, but who cares its awesome to dive for the marine life! \nUnder the bridge is a small island called Pig Island and this forms an underwater nature trail usually dived from west to east as the tide flows afterwards. The first thing the diver encounters are sponge cliffs\, stepped walls of rocks covered in “solidified yellow custard” is the best analogy. Look closer and one will find a plethora of filter feeding marine\, both sessile and mobile. Lobsters are one thing but hundreds of crabs of differing varieties can be found. Throw in a load of dragonets\, scorpionfish\, yellow coloured scorpion spider crabs\, gunnel\, many pollack and shells and you have the makings of a great dive. \nThe depth starts at zero to a maximum of 15m and usually the bottom composition of terminal moraine it is covered in dense carpets of very colourful and voracious dahlia anemones. In places huge beds of mussels dangle precariously off rock edges whilst at certain times of year masses of nudibranchs\, particularly Dendronotus frondosus can be seen grazing.\nThe visibility can vary the average being 4m and sometimes it goes up to 8m. With this amount of marine life\, it’s hardly surprising many of us divers crave this site all year round especially those with cameras with macro lenses fitted! \nDive Plan\nDate of dive: Sunday 10th March Dive Site: Menai Bridge\nMinimum Diver qualification; BSAC Sports Diver or above\nLocation: Anglesey North Wales Position: 53’ 13.275 N 004’ 09.885 W\nLow Tide Menai: 12.55pm Low Tide Liverpool: 12.56pm Slack or predicted Dive time: 9.41am\nDive Boat: John Hughes’s Rib\nLaunching from: Menai Bridge Slip Position of slip: 53’ 13.430 N 004’09.675 W\nLaunch depth at launch site: All tide hights\nCox: TBA Assistant Cox: TBA\nDive Manager: Chris Heywood Boat Handlers:  TBA\nMaximum onboard: 2 \nObjective: To dive under the Menai bridge from Pig Rock (forth bridge pillar) following the current until the telephone cable is reached. At this point follow the cable going to the left. (NW ish) \nPlan: Divers will arrive at 8.00am and attend a briefing given by the dive manager or his/her designated assistant. The briefing will consist of a reminder of the safety matters (including the risk assessment) and finalising buddy pairs.\nBuddy Pairs: Buddy pairs will report to the Dive Manager that they have completed a SEEDS briefing with each other and that they are about to enter the water\, they will then report back to the Dive Manager when they are out of the water. \nDirections: Divers will walk 50 meters westwards up the hill\, go through a gap in the wall and climb down the loose bank aided by a rope handrail. Make your way to the far right of the fourth pillar. If the timing is correct the current should be running from left to right (i.e.\, towards Caernarfon) and the tide will be falling.\nEach pair of divers will use an SMB as well as each diver carrying a DSMB (and spare reel for diver with the SMB.) All divers will carry a knife or cutting tool (for fishing line). Parking: There is no parking at this dive site. Kit will have to be dropped off then cars parked in the village (5 minutes walk). \nPlan details: The currents under the bridge can reach up to seven knots\, so diving on neaps and on slacks is a must. To get maximum dive time\, it’s critical be at the water’s edge 5mins before slack water occurs\, to allow for a surface swim/walk or stumble across the channel to the island. When you are sure it is slack water\, drop down to 10m keeping the reef on your left shoulder. Continuing along\, the current will pick up slightly as you go under the bridge. When you see the telephone cable (which runs across the straights from bank to bank) follow it to the left. You should surface at the side of the stone pier (where you kitted up)\, follow this wall on your left shoulder) up the bank to the steps to get you back on top of the green. \nSlack water: Slack water should occur 3 hours 15 minutes before low water Liverpool and lasts 1 hour\nSafety Boat: The boat will be used only as a rescue boat. \ni.e.\, to recover divers who have problems or have overshot the cable. \nRisk assessment shared on branch email.
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SUMMARY:Good Friday Easter Egg Hunt
DESCRIPTION:GOOD FRIDAY EASTER EGG HUNT – 15th April 2022 \nWe will be running the Egg Hunt as per our Sub C Divers tradition on Good Friday! We have missed a couple of years due to Covid – but we are back! We also welcome our friends from Bury club too! \nThe day starts when Capernwray opens at 10 am – we will be doing the underwater egg hunt\, depths suitable for all qualified divers\,  and we also have an above water egg hunt and games for the children. Non-divers and family are very welcome. \nStandard Capernray entry price for Divers apply.\nNon divers are free to enter Capernwray. \nAs usual we will have soup\, hot dogs\, hot pot (veggie option available)\, apple pie and hot drinks – all included for the price of £5 for adults and £2.50 for children (aged 13 – 18\, younger children are free) \nThere will be prizes for egg hunt winners and bonus eggs for all\, also a raffle too – donations of any unwanted Christmas gifts will be great – we will find them a lovely new home!!! \nI hope you will all support the day\, if you do not already have Easter bank holiday plans\, we are usually lucky with the weather – we have previously had some lovely sunny Spring days …. so fingers crossed xxx \nPlease sign up with total numbers (including reduced price children) for the event on the website – I will be looking to collect money at the beginning of March\, so I can confirm numbers and pay up front for the food and shopping.
URL:https://www.subcdivers.co.uk/event/good-friday-easter-egg-hunt/
LOCATION:Capernwray\, Jackdaw Quarry\, Capernwray Rd\,\, Carnforth\, LA6 1AD\, United Kingdom
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