My diving in a nut shell
Looking into this year among the dives i have set out with my partner in crime Gary (Warmwaterdiver) i have a number of really good dives some recovery and some just for the research into the name there are so many marks out there that haven’t been dived, i have teamed up with Nick chipchase a very experienced diver and researcher into wrecks on the south coast, to look at these marks and we have over 100 to do so this could take some time 
The main problem that i have is finding divers that will take on these dives some in access of 90 meters, However i do have a list of 7 but getting them all together for a dive is hard so I’m always looking for more, i shall be looking to do more mid week and less on the weekend as this time is reserved for the family. Looking at these wrecks the main reason for the dives is for the cargo anything from TIN to general Cargo and i have brought some nice stuff up, plates from the Afric (which are the same as the Titanic) Brass fittings.
Don’t get me wrong i enjoy the nice shallow stuff where I’m not sitting on deco for 90 minutes no stages and complete freedom just to play as i call it, the Scylla and the JEL are two of my favourite dives the Scylla is good for the training and the JEL still looks great even though it gets covered in silt from the dumping ground.
I look at diving more now than ever before when i dive a ship i can picture the rigging the parts and where they were placed on the ship, these all make the diving more interesting it’s nice to come back to the boat with the images still clear and then to look at the book, pictures and put it all together. i don’t do a dive log anymore as i don’t see the need however i do write about the dive on particular wrecks and do my own drawings, cross checking them to the books which is working better for me.
I’ll finish this by talking about the rescue side of my diving and how i believe my style of diving effects the way i dive, last month i did a rescue come skills day with some old and crusty divers as they call themselves i learnt how to do ECM and give breaths at depth, this was taught years ago but not taught anymore? why i don’t know stropped casualty lifts from depths greater than 50 meters, now i could do this and rescue someone from them depths but as i look at it below 50 meters you should be self sufficient, some think different and that the team will get you out of trouble who knows i look at Gary as someone who could help but i don’t depend on it, i like to think that i have enough to help myself out; if not Gary has the serial numbers to the VR3’s so you cant have them
All the best
Graham