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It’s ScubaFest Cornwall this weekend!
What better way to kick start the Great British diving season than to head down to St Austell in sunny Cornwall this weekend with a whole bunch of like-minded people for Cornwall ScubaFest 2016.
For three days over this Spring Bank Holiday – Saturday 30th April to Monday 2nd May 2016 – scuba divers take over the Pentewan Sands Holiday Park and dive, dance, sing and have a good time.
There will be shore diving, RIB diving, hard boat diving, try dives for beginners and rebreather try dives for the more experienced, workshops for divers and funshops for your non-diving families and friends. In the exhibitors village there are all the top name brands showing their stuff and there will be the chance to try out some of the newest gear on the market. Talk to the equipment manufacturers about your current diving and your training agency guys about your future plans.
In the evenings there will be competitions and games for all the family, along with bands playing each night, and a karaoke disco to keep you in the swing of things.
What’s on at ScubaFest 2016
- Unlimited shore diving around the beautiful Cornish coastline
- RHIB shuttle charters straight off the beach at Pentewan Sands
- Hard Boat charters out of Mevagissey, Fowey and Newquay
- Divers ‘Toy Town’ with some of the top names in scuba diving: Apeks Aqua Lung, Fourth Element, Oonas Divers, Sea & Sea, Suunto and many more
- BSAC, PADI and SSI on hand to answer your questions on your diving education
- SSI Rescue and XT Technical Workshops on the beach, with some of the top names in technical diving
- BSAC Pool Dives for beginners – discover what fun diving is
- PADI Tech ‘Experience’ Dives including twinsets, sidemounts and rebreather pool dives
- SSI Freediving and Apnea workshops
- Splash In photo competition and photo workshops from Sea & Sea
- Individual and club competitions with great prizes
- BSAC Beachcomber and Snorkelling workshops for all ages
NEW for 2016
There’s lots of entertainment planned over the weekend, including:
Friday
7.00pm Party dances and games with the entertainments team
8.45pm – 9.30pm Rocking Blues Band – “Cold Feet”
10.00pm – 10.45pm Rocking Blues Band – “Cold Feet”
10.45pm -Disco with Sam and Dale
Saturday
10.00am – 12.00pm Ocean Arts and Crafts
1.00pm – 4.00pm Giant games and face painting
2.00pm – 4.00pm Watersports events
7.00pm – 8.30pm Spangles the Clown Circus Skills Show
7.00pm – 9.00pm Fire Pits / Bonfire
8.45pm – 9.30pm Atomic 80s – Party Band playing hits from the 80s!
9.30pm – 10.00pm Raffle Prize Winner
10.00pm – 10.45pm Atomic 80s – Party Band playing hits from the 80s!
10.45pm -Disco with Sam and Dale
Sunday
11.00am – 1.00pm Sports Day Games with the Entertainments Team
2.00pm – 4.00pm Watersports Events
2.00pm – 4.00pm Giant games and face painting
7.00pm – 8.00pm In the jungle with Cuddles and Lora
7.00pm – 9.00pm Fire Pits / Bonfire
8.45pm – 9.30pm The Mighty Off Beats – Fancy Dress Party (Favourite Book and TV Character Fancy Dress Theme)
9.30pm – 10.00pm ScubaFest Prize Giving
10.00pm – 10.45pm The Mighty Off Beats
10.45pm – Disco and Karaoke with Sam and Dale
To find out more about the event, visit www.cornwallscubafest.co.uk.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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