Water temperature is still holding at 17-18 degrees, although over the weekend visibility ranged between 0-5m across the shore dive sites. We had a nice dive on the high tide this morning (Wednesday 15Th) with visibility varying between 5-8m. With calmer seas and good weather approaching we are hoping the visibility will be back up before the weekend.
The weather wasn’t ideal for diving last weekend. Boats were canceled due to large seas and the visibility in the bay had dropped considerably. But that didn’t mean that we didn’t still have fun – Adam taught Todd and Gary on their rescue course whilst Rowan was teaching and Advanced Open Water course with Alice, Andrew, Sam, Liza and Brad. Some challenging dives, although everyone was able to have a great time and take home some valuable experiences from the weekend.
Emma, Adam and a long list of Narki Gnomes are off toBalion Saturday, Leaving Rowan to look after the shop while away 😉 if your around pop in for a dive, coffee or catch up. Rowan has promised not to make sweeping changes during the week but who knows what surprises he has in store for Narki gnomes staying home.
Don’t forget if you are keen to dive and you hold current Narki Gnome Dive club membership, you can take advantage of our free buddy service. Just call us to let us know when you are keen to dive and we will make sure you have a buddy. Also if you are keen for a particular dive site or boat dive which is not scheduled please let us know as we will do our best to get one planned for you.
The PADI Deep & Enriched Air courses on the 25 & 26th August are proving popular. Give us a call if you are keen to join in. Or if you are a qualified deep diver and would like to join on a Macleay/Oakland double dive on Sun 26th please book in. Don’t forget we also have a trip to the Sitara & Edith caves planned on 9th September for deep & tech divers – reserve your spot now.
For those of you who are curious about entering the professional dive path, we are hosting a PADI Go Pro Careers Seminar evening on 1 September. Please contact us for further information.
FIJI UPDATE – We are booked from 2-7 Nov, for 6 nights at the Uprising Resort with 4 shark dives and 4 coral reef dives. Costing from $1700 for dorm share, if you are keen get your booking form in now so you don’t miss out!
Next courses start:
If these dates don’t suit please contact us to suggest alternate dates
Introductory dives: every suitable high tide – call us!
PADI Open Water: 01 Sep
PADI Advanced: 09 Sep
PADI Enriched Air diver: 25 Aug
PADI Deep diver: 25 Aug
PADI Rescue Diver: 29 Sep
Specialty Packages: Start every weekend
PADI Instructor Development Course: 10 Nov
Emergency First Response Instructor Course: 17 Nov
SSI Freediver, Level 1: call us with your preferred dates.
Dive schedule:
This is our current dive schedule, but we are always open to suggestions & requests.
Wed 15 Aug
6.36am, 1.3m high tide
Thu 16 Aug
7.15am, 1.3m high tide
Fri 17 Aug
7.53am, 1.4m high tide
Sat 18 Aug
8am Double Boat Dive @BroughtonIsland
8.31am, 1.5m high tide
2pm Single Boat Dive @ Cabbage treeIsland
Sun 19 Aug
8am Double Boat dive @BroughtonIsland
9.12am, 1.5m high tide
2pm Single Boat Dive @ LocalIslands
Tide Times for the week
Mon 20 Aug – 9.54am
Tuesday 21 Aug – 10.39am
Wednesday 22 Aug – 11.27am
Thursday 23 Aug – 12.20pm
Friday 24 Aug – 1.19pm