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24/04/2007  07 Season gets under way.

Well the season had it's semi official start over Easter with most schools and clubs getting kit wet for the first time since last year. We kicked off early with a trip to Scapa Flow in March and we r...

20/03/2007  Beyond Blue advertise in 'Vivo'

To mark the start of the new season beyond blue have a promotional advert in the local to Ravenshead glossy magazine. This accompanies the article about diving in that issue, looking at the attraction...

09/03/2007  Scapa Flow with Arnold In Depth Divers

Nicola and Martin from Beyond Blue visited Scapa Flow in the Orkneys with Arnold In Depth Divers. Adrian from In Depth had originaly planned the trip to Oban so he and other divers from the club could...

02/01/2006  Happy New Year

Martin and Nicola would like to wish all their customers and friends from the past year a very Happy New Year. We look forward to diving with as many of you as possible in the near future.

19/11/2005  Ouroboros Re breather course for Martin

Ouroborus Mod 1 Course Report This in reality is part three of an ongoing series of reports I’ve compiled. The first two were the IANTD Advanced Nitrox course report I did in July and the rebreathe...

11/09/2005  Hayley finishes Open Water

Another load of cogratulations, this time to Hayley for finishing her Open Water course at Capernwray. Well done!!

10/09/2005  Steve and Rachel finish Dry Suit Diver course

Congratulations to Steve and Rachel for being certified as dry suit divers at Capernwray on Saturday. The weather was great, hot and sunny aswell. Well done you two!!

04/09/2005  Hayley starts Open Water

A weekend in the pool for Hayley as she prepares for Capernwray next week.....see you there!!

17/08/2005  Cylinders for sale

FOR SALE Pair of 300 bar, 7 ltr twin seven cylinders. They are fitted with MDE valves and an MDE isolating manifold. They are Faber cylinders, in O2 test for 12 months and have just been tested so ...

30/07/2005  Liz completes her Open Water Referral

Congratulations to Liz after completing the final two confined dives of her referral, see it wasn't as tough as you thought! Book your Open Water Dives soon so all the theory is fresh in your mind.

29/07/2005  IANTD Advanced Nitrox Course with Phill Short

A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to look in to getting some technical diver training. One guys name kept coming up; Phill Short. Unfortunately I got side tracked (PADI IDC) and didn’t do it th...

23/07/2005  Beyond Blue goes re breather diving

Up at Capernwray for the weekend Martin and Nicola took advantage of the Yorkshire Divers re breather weekend. Martin used an APD Evolution, the new model with vision electronics and HUD whilst Nicola...

19/07/2005  Rachel and Karen Open Water Divers

Rachel and Karen finally got around to completing their Open Water course after starting it months ago. The weather was kind to us at Stoney, well at least it stayed dry. The water temperature was 17C...

19/06/2005  Nicola and Martin Red Sea Jaunt

Just to let every one know we are back from the Red Sea. We completed 14 dives over 5 days; the water was a reasonable 24C though the shorties were a bit chilly by the end of the week. Air temperature...

09/06/2005  Martin & Nicola Unavailable

Please note that we will be unavailable for training for a week from 11th to 19th June 2005. Although we will be in the Red Sea, we will be contactable by e mail. Sam will be looking after thing...

05/06/2005  Capernwray with Karen, Rachel and Steve

Saturday 4th saw the start of the Open Water section of their course. Apart from the fact that Rachel picked up a poorly ear in the week so turned up to give moral support for the other two with Richa...

29/05/2005  Discover snorkelling and DSD

Joshua came back for another DSD today and brought along his brother Ben and friend Joshua for a Discover Snorkeling. To make it a family occasion, mum, Rachel was at the other end finishing off her O...

24/05/2005  Open Water Referral

Russell finally got in the water to start his referral course before heading off to the Maldives with Lorna to finish it. Back in the water to complete the confined water sessions....

18/05/2005  Stuart Finishes Enriched Air & Dry Suit Speciality

Wednesday night at Soney Cove was the venue for the most recent speciality courses. This time of year you can get in the water at 6:00pm in broad daylight. Stuart held on to the APC while we put air i...

20/04/2005  Advanced Course Day Two

To finish off the course Matt and Stuart headed off to Stoney Cove to complete the Deep dive and then the Search and Recovery dive. The site was very busy for mid week, and by the time we got in the v...

10/04/2005  Advanced Open Water Course at Capernwray

Beyond Blue started the Advanced Open Water Course for our old friend Stuart and new friend Matt at Capernwray. The day started off with a steady miserable drizzle that gradualy gave way to sunshine. ...

09/04/2005  Dry Suit Diving Pauls Way!!!!

Beyond Blue met up with old friends Paul and Phil for a day pleasure diving at Capernwray. Paul and Phil buddied up for a couple of dives then after Phil went home for the night job Paul got in with N...

27/03/2005  Day 10 Open Water Course for Tricia & Megan

It was the second days diving of the open water course. With more skills to do we headed out to the 'Gardens' area of Sharm el Sheikh and were again on Sea Flower. Dive one of the day was dive three o...

26/03/2005  Day 9 Open Water Course for Tricia & Megan

Today we were joined by Tricia, Megan and Stuart. Tricia and Megan had done an Open Water referral in the UK with Beyond Blue and were completing the open water dives in Egypt. So on board Sea Flower ...

23/03/2005  Day 6

Dunraven Day.....an early start of 5:30am is never good, but breakfast on the boat is!! Dunraven is an upside down wreck in about 28m of water. There is always plenty of life on it and the reef surrou...

22/03/2005  Day 5

Today we were back to Tiran on Noble Sheikh and were joined by some friends we had made on holiday, Sandy, Richard and Usha. We dived Jackson again but the 'washing machine' currents at the end of the...

21/03/2005  Day 4

A second trip to Ras Mohammed. This time on Noble Sheikh. We followed the same route as yesterday but had the added benefit of swimming with another turtle. The turtle swam right over the top of Nicol...

20/03/2005  Day 3

Today was the Ras Mohammed National Park trip. On President II the first dive was on to Shark and Yolander reef. The dive starts as a drift dive with the boat dropping divers off on to a spectacular w...

19/03/2005  Day 2

We asked to out on a boat that was going further afield today, so we set out for Tiran on President II. Nicola got sea sick on the way out and blamed it on some new friends we met, Sandy and Richard. ...

18/03/2005  Warm Water Diving Day 1

Oh joy! Diving with Ocean College on the boat New Maestro, we went to 'The Gardens', a local dive site just half an hour out of Na'ama Bay. The first dive was at Fiddle Garden where the guide let us g...

16/03/2005  Beyond Blue Egypt Trip

A quick note to all our customers letting you know that Beyond Blue are away from 17th March 2005 in Egypt. We're looking forward to a two week break in the Red Sea and to finishing the Open Water Ref...

15/03/2005  Beyond Blue Weekend in Capernwray 9th April 2005

We're spending the weekend of Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th April in Capernwray for any previous customers to come along. The Saturday is planned to be a play day where we'll be around for advice if you ...

08/03/2005  Nicola, Beyond Blues Very Own Master Scuba Diver Trainer!

Martin and all the former Beyond Blue trainees would like to congratulate Nicola on (finally getting round to) applying for her MSDT! It's long overdue.....well done!! Now you've got the card does thi...

07/03/2005  Rachel and Joshua in the pool again

Beyond Blue welcomed back Rachel and Joshua for a fun session in the pool last Sunday. Nicola says Joshs' diving is coming along fine and looks forward to your next session in April. Ben is also going...

06/03/2005  Beyond Blue; Two More Open Water Referral Courses Completed

We'd like to congratulate Martin and Michelle for completing their referral course before they head off to the Maldives. If you get hooked on the diving give us a call when you get back to book the ne...

05/03/2005  Open Water Course: Latest Student

Stuart became the latest trainee at Beyond Blue to complete the Open Water Course. Finishing dives 3 and 4 in 4C water at Stoney Cove was a real achievment, so congratulations. We'll see you on the 13...

20/02/2005  Debbie and Jaks' Open Water Referral

Debbie and Jak finished their Open Water Referral on Sunday 20th February with Beyond Blue in readiness for their trip to Sharm next month. Well done to both of you!

17/02/2005  Stuarts Open Water Dives 1 & 2

Well done Stuart on finishing Open Water Dives 1 & 2; it's official, you're now a PADI Scuba Diver, well done. The look on Stuarts face as he did a full mask flood was one to behold, but he did it wit...

15/02/2005  Beyond Blue Discover Scuba Diving

Congratulations to the latest group of students to complete their Discover Scuba Diving on Sunday 13th February. We look forward to seeing you all again soon, so well done to Rachel, Joshua, Debbie, J...

13/02/2005  Open Water Referral Completed for Trish and Megan

Trish and Megan have completed their Open Water referrals and are now ready to finish off the Course whilst we are all in the Red Sea in March. Well done to the pair of you.

31/01/2005  Discover Scuba Diving and Open Water Course Starts

Well done to Megan and Tricia on finishing their Discover Scuba Diving and deciding to progress on to Open Water. Also, a good start to the Open Water Course was made by Stuart and Richard. We l...

24/01/2005  Beyond Blue: New Dive Master

We'd like to congratulate Matt Twist on finishing his Dive Master training with Nicola at Beyond Blue. Finishing in November before jetting back to work in Miami, Matt did a final dive in Stoney Cove ...

08/01/2005  Beyond Blue Brave Capernwray

Beyond Blue dived at Capernwray today, braving gale force winds, blown over wagons on the motorway, hail and 4C temperatures. The water was 7C and this may explain why the carpark was unusualy empty f...

02/01/2005  Beyond Blue diving at Capernwray

Hello everybody! We're going to be up at Capernwray on Saturday 8th January 2005. We've not much planned so if anyone wants to come along for a New Year dip then drop us a line. Remember, the water is...

01/01/2005  Happy New Year

Beyond Blue wish all our diving (and non diving!) friends a very Happy New Year. When your hangovers have calmed down don't forget to get in touch about booking your diving with us for the coming mont...

31/12/2004  Beyond Blue Staff at Stoney Cove

To end 2004, the owners of Beyond Blue, Nicola and Martin celebrated by visiting the famous Stoney Cove. With air temperatures of 10C and water of 8C it made for a fresh dip. Two dives around the land...

24/12/2004  Merry Christmas

Nicola and Martin would like to wish all our friends, customers and students from 2004 a very Merry Christmas. We look forward to meeting you all in the New Year for some more diving trips, courses an...

13/12/2004  Dry Suit Course at Stoney Cove

Paul Hill completed his Dry Suit course today at Stoney Cove with Nicola. Congratulations from all of us at Beyond Blue

13/11/2004  Alex and Donna at Capernwray

An excellent weekend at Capernwray saw Alex and Donna qualify as PADI Scuba divers on Saturday. Thanks to our friends Matt and Rob for helping in the water with the course. Also, thanks to Mark and Be...

24/10/2004  Dry Suit Orientation

Whilst in the pool on Sunday, Paul Hill did the orientation for his forthcoming Dry suit course with Beyond Blue. Not bad Paul, shame that the boots were too big for you though..

24/10/2004  Congratulations Sarah McQuinn..

Yes, well done Sarah on completing your Discover Scuba Diving session with Beyond Blue. Now you've tried it you've got to get your husband in the water. Let us know when you want to come back for some...

26/09/2004  Advanced Open Water

Whilst on a weekend at the famous Porthkerris Dive Centre in Cornwall, Beyond Blue certified Phil Walker after he completed his last dive, the Navigation module. He'd previously done his deep dive at ...

25/09/2004  New Divemaster

Beyond Blue would like to congratulate Steve Hutchins for completing his Divemaster with them. Good luck with the archeological diving!

15/09/2004  Advanced Open Water

Well done Mark on completing your Advanced Open Water Course at Stoney Cove.

05/09/2004  Discover Scuba Diving

Another successful session in the pool for Beyond Blue with 5 people doing the DSD program. Congratulations to you all in trying out scuba for the first time!The next step is to do your Open Water Cou...

01/09/2004  Welcome to the Beyond Blue News Page

This is the brand new Beyond Blue news page. Check here for reports of the latest events, who's doing what and where. Forthcoming course dates will be posted here as will dates of trips. Pho...

28/08/2004  Dry Suit Course

Congratulations to Max and Claire on completion of your Dry Suit Course. Well done!