Isles of Scilly 2027
Sat 29th MAY TO sat 5TH JUNE 2027
OUTBOUND FERRY from penzance ON THE 29TH MAY
AND INBOUND FERRY to penzance on 5TH JUNE
Vectis Diving is again organising its annual week long expedition to the Isles of Scilly, diving from Skin Deep on some of the UK’s premier Atlantic dive sites.
The Isles of Scilly is outstandingly beautiful, uncrowded and unspoilt both above water and underwater. There is a rich variety of wreck diving and reef diving (most of the time on the same site) amongst the archipelago of islands, a lot of which is quite well documented but there is also a lot that remains to be discovered and re-discovered.
Most diving is “computer friendly” where there is usually something to look at from the surface (usually the rock the ship hit) to the bottom part of the wall or wreck.
We’ll be staying in the large and very comfortable Shearwater House in Hugh Town on the main island of St Mary’s. From there its a short 5 minute walk to the boat departs from, past a number of pubs, shops, restaurants and a Co-op supermarket. The return journey may take a bit longer depending if you drop into one of the pubs after diving.
Optional Training
The nature of our expeditions means we generally have very good opportunities to make a significant boost to your BSAC Diver Leader or Advanced Diver training which is very demanding and includes a lot of diving and dive management! For BSAC Diver Leader you need Advanced diver you need to complete and additional 20 dives with minimum 600mins in the water after qualifying or crossing over to BSAC Dive Leader, covering a range of experiences (planned deco, dive in tidal waters, drift dive in minimum of 15m, navigation dive, search dive, no clear surface, mixed gas dive, advanced deco dive, surface location dive). Of these 20 dives at least 10 should be carried out from boats of which 3 from boats of at least 9m in length and at sites in exposed locations. On at least two days students need to act as Dive Manager to an unknown site.
Please contact Andy if this is of interest who’ll send you a simplified wish list and discuss your personal development plan (PDP).
Outline itinery
Saturday 29th May 2027: Departing from Penzance onboard Scillonian @ 6:45am (TBC)
A container will be arranged for the groups’ dive kit and dry kit.
Sunday 30th (TBC) to Friday 5th June 2027: Diving – 2 days per day.
Saturday 5th June 2027 Depart island back to Penzance on the 16:30 (TBC) ferry, arriving early evening.
Pre-requisite qualifications
A current BSAC members so you are covered by their third party insurance
Fit to dive (with in-date self-declaration medical/diving medical).
Minimum diving grade of Experienced Sports Diver/Dive Leader Trainee or equivalent (including diver rescue skills).
Appropriate technical level training for any mixed gas diving we undertake (we have a target to investigate in 50m).
Must be capable of launching a DSMB confidently and competently from midwater unaided.
Dive platform
We will be diving from Skin Deep skippered by Ed Gallop.
It has an air compressor onboard.
Accommodation and food
We are staying in Shearwater House, a few minutes walk from the quayside and boat. Food wise, we typically book a group meal in a pub first and last nights and then self cater the rest of the time to keep costs down.
Budget prices
We are currently awaiting some 2027 price confirmations but core price for Diving charter (12 dives), accommodation, ferry (both ways), dive container required to transport our kit and management thereof is expected to be circa £1300 (TBC) pp.
Booking Fee / Deposits will be required to confirm booking.
