News
Dates For 2014 Cornwall And Anglesey Scubafests Announced

The dates have been announced for this year’s ScubaFest diving events in the UK. The weekend-long celebrations of British diving will be held once again in Cornwall and Anglesey.
ScubaFest is organised by the Scuba Industry Trade Association (SITA) – with the Cornwall event being held at Pentewan Sands from 3rd to 5th May and the Anglesey ScubaFest scheduled for 16th and 17th August at the Anglesey Outdoor Centre.
With RIB and hardboat diving, plus the opportunity for clubs to bring their own RIBs, the diving at both ScubaFests will be complimented by a range of topside, family-friendly activities, including trade stands, try dives, beach fun and games, and evening entertainment.
So get the dates in your diary now…and add ScubaFest 2014 to your club’s dive trip planner for this year.
- ScubaFest Cornwall 2014 – 3-5 May
To be held at Pentewan Sands Holiday Park (www.pentewansands.com), the event is free to attend. Accommodation is available at Pentewan Sands, including caravan and tent/caravan pitching.
There will be RIB diving off the beach at Pentewan with Atlantic Scuba or clubs can bring their own RIBs to launch. Hardboat diving will be available from nearby Mevagissey harbour (the Fintan and the Maid Maggie). BSAC Try Dives will be available in the park’s indoor pool.
Further event details will shortly be released, including information on evening entertainment and the exhibitors’ Yurt village – with Atomic Aquatics, Fourth Element, Suunto, Typhoon and BSAC already lined up, with more to follow.
- ScubaFest Anglesey 2014 – 16 & 17 August 2014
To be based out of the Anglesey Outdoor Centre, near Trearddhur Bay and the pretty beach of Porth Dafarch, ScubaFest Anglesey is a two-day celebration of UK diving for the whole family.
Full details of diving available, activities and exhibitors will be released shortly but will include RIB diving, beach activities, exhibitor zone and party night.
Special ticket deals, to include camping, breakfast and banquet tickets will be available.
Further details will be released on both events shortly. In the meantime, for more information go to www.scubafest.co.uk and www.theangleseyscubafest.com.
News
Jane Morgan Joins Scubaverse’s Underwater Photography Team

Scubaverse is proud to announce that renowned underwater photographer Jane Morgan is the first to join our newly launched underwater photography team, alongside team lead Saeed Rashid.
With a career spanning over two decades, Jane brings a wealth of experience, creativity, and passion for the ocean. After learning to dive in 1991, Jane’s early work in marine conservation and scuba instruction in the Philippines and Borneo laid the foundation for what would become a distinguished career in underwater photojournalism.
A chance encounter with a film camera in Egypt in 2001 sparked a lifelong passion for underwater photography. Since then, Jane’s captivating imagery has been featured in top publications around the world, from major magazines and newspapers to books and exhibitions. She has worked with the BBC, judged prestigious competitions, and earned accolades including the Plongeur d’Or at the Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous-Marine.
Now based in Cornwall, Jane dives the UK coast year-round, championing its often-overlooked marine biodiversity. She is also a proud ambassador for DYNAMICNORD and Fathoms Free, lending her voice and lens to ocean conservation efforts.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the Scubaverse underwater photography team,” says Jane. “It’s an exciting opportunity to share stories from beneath the surface and connect more people with the incredible beauty—and fragility—of our oceans.”
Scubaverse founder Dave Alexander adds, “Jane is one of my absolute favourite underwater photographers, and having her on board is a huge moment for us. Her talent, passion, and dedication to marine storytelling make her an ideal fit for the team.”
We’re just getting started… come back tomorrow to meet the next member of our underwater photography dream team!
Marine Life & Conservation
Double Bubble for the Shark Trust

This week only – your donation to the Shark Trust will be doubled – at no extra cost to you!
The Shark Trust are raising vital funds for their Community Engagement Programme: empowering people to learn about sharks and rays, assisting the scientific community take action for elasmobranchs, and bring communities together to become ambassadors for change.
Every £1 you give = £2 for shark conservation. A donation of £10 becomes £20, £50 becomes £100! Help us reach our target of £10,000, if successful, this will be doubled to £20,000 by the Big Give.
Every donation makes DOUBLE the impact!
Monty Halls is backing this week of fundraising “Cousteau called sharks the “splendid savage of the sea”, and even through the more benign lens of modern shark interactions it remains a good description. The reefs I dived thirty years ago teemed with sharks, the perfect result of 450 million years of evolution. Today those same reefs are silent, the blue water empty of those elegant shadows. But hope remains that if one generation has created such devastation, so the next can reverse the damage that has been done. The Shark Trust are at the forefront of that fight.“
To find out more about the work of the Shark Trust visit their website here.
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