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The Fins Shop
01772 788032

You can usually meet many of the shop and club members at the Withy Trees on Saturday afternoons from around 4.30pm.

Social Events have a red background, Club Trips have a dark blue background and in between are the Club Monthly Dives with a yellow date and for reference the shop events are also included in orange.

Have a look below if you want to organise a dive and want to avoid anything already booked. We'll try and keep it up to date.

If you are organising a dive email club@fins.org.uk and the whole club will be told about it.

Several trips have already been organized for 2010, many thanks to those who take the time to arrange these trips on behalf of the club. As these trips are charged at cost with no profit, a non-refundable deposit is required (to cover cost of boat charter) and you will have to leave your names in the dairy at the shop. The way it works is the first people to pay go on the trip so there should be no names “penciled in”.

There is now another way of finding out about Fins Club dives. Get onto Facebook and sign up to membership of FINS SUB AQUA CLUB. All the events are listed on there. The shop also has a Facebook group called FINS.
 
Sat 29 May 2010 Club Dive
A dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary at the shop and order equipment. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
Mon 31 May 2010 Club Dive
A dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary at the shop and order equipment. Meet at the shop around 09.15.
 
28 May - 4 June 2010 Shop Luxury Red Sea Liveaboard
 
Sun 6 June 2010 Club Dive
A dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary at the shop. Meet at the shop around 08.45.
 
Sun 13 June 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary at the shop. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
20 June 2010 Anglesey, North Wales
Click here for information and photo gallery.

Using Quest Charters on what will be a sunny Sunday, cost is £50 for diving.

The diving in the waters around Anglesey is some of the best in the UK and just a couple of hours travelling time from Preston. Visibility in the summer months is generally between 5-10m though it can be considerably better during periods of calm weather, with water temperature ranging between 8-16 ° C.

Name and deposit at the shop as soon as possible
.
 

18-20 June 2010 Shop Oban Trip
 
Sun 3 July 2010 Club Dive
A dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary at the shop. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
10-11 July 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary at the shop. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
16-19 July 2010 Isle of Man
 
ISLE OF MAN TRIP

Friday 16th-Mon 19th July 2010
 
Depart Fins 12noon for afternoon sailing from Heysham in scuba van.
 
Staying 3 nights B&B. 3 days boat diving Sat,Sun,Mon.
 
Return Monday evening ferry to Heysham. Price £283 per person based on twin/double room and includes ferry crossings, diving etc. Only thing not included is air fills but free cylinder hire provided.
 
Places limited to 12 with minimum experience of AOW with UK experience of dry suit diving in the sea.
 
Deposit £75.00 get your name and deposit into the shop.

Steve assures me that there will be basking sharks all over the place at this time of year!

Click here for a dive report from a previous trip.
 

Wed 28 July 2010 Anglesey, North Wales
Click here for information and photo gallery.

Mid Week diving
 
Scott Waterman from Quest Diving in Anglesey has got a few spaces available on his boat during the summer months, we have secured limited space on the charter for Wednesday 28th July for a two dive trip.
 
Diving costs £45 per head for the two dives, and we will be using the normal boat with the tail lift.
Minimum qualifications = Advanced Open water with sea experience.  Car sharing opportunities exist.
 
See the web site for details  http://www.questdiving.co.uk/
 
Space is limited so please confirm your interest by calling me on 07711 207581 ASAP and get your name and full payment into the shop.
 
Regards, Chris Southcombe
 
23 July - 6 August 2010 Shop Tour of Gozo Trip Part 2
 
7-8 August 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
21-28 August 2010 Shop trip Sharm-el-Sheikh Week 1
 
28 August -4 September 2010 Shop trip Sharm-el-Sheikh Week 2
 
September 2010 Lochaline, Sound of Mull, Scotland
Click here for information and photo gallery.

This is one of the clubs more popular trips so get your name and deposit into the shop early. Details will be available soon.

Familiar to most of us, again using the same boats as the shop Oban trips and visiting many of the same dive sites, but with the opportunity to head further up the sound of Mull towards Tobermory (Balamory for those with young children).

Situated in the small village of Lochaline, 44 miles west of Fort William on the West Coast of Scotland. With easy access to the clear waters of the Sound, which boasts some of Britain's best-known wreck dives, in addition to an abundance of drift, shallow, scenic, and shore dive sites. There is access to some of the most beautiful and tranquil scenery in Scotland, with an abundance of local wildlife.
 

11-12 September 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
19 September 2010 Anglesey, North Wales
Click here for information and photo gallery.

Using Quest Charters on what will be a sunny Sunday, cost is £50 for diving.

The diving in the waters around Anglesey is some of the best in the UK and just a couple of hours travelling time from Preston. Visibility in the summer months is generally between 5-10m though it can be considerably better during periods of calm weather, with water temperature ranging between 8-16 ° C.

Name and deposit at the shop as soon as possible
.
 

8-10 October 2010 Shop Oban Trip
 
9-10 October 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
15-17 October 2010 Largs, Scotland
Lee has asked me to let you know of a club trip he is organising.  Further details are available in this pdf.
 
Largs, Scotland (Google Maps Link Click Here)
 
29 - 30 May 2010.
 
Just like the Oban trip driving up on Friday, diving Saturday and Sunday.  Travel back Sunday after last dive. (Largs is half the distance to Oban).
 
Approximate price will be £130-£150 including boat dives, 2 nights accommodation and air fills.
 
Cylinder/kit hire and fuel will be an additional cost. This has been based on 8/9 divers maximum.
 
 
He has requested that you text him if interested so that he can confirm the boat.  07807 410088.
 
He has the boat on hold until the 12th March 2010.  So please contact him ASAP and then get a £50 deposit to the shop as soon as possible.


 

13-14 November 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
26-28 November 2010 Shop Oban Trip
 
November 2010 Shop trip Barbados
 
11-12 December 2010 Club Dive Monthly
A monthly dip for all club members of all levels at a local dive site, usually Capernwray. Leave your name in the diary. Meet at the shop around 09.00.
 
Sat 18 December 2010 Christmas Party
FINS CHRISTMAS PARTY 2010
 
 
Following the success of last years Christmas party we have booked Barton Grange again.
 
Venue           The Barton Suite, Barton Grange Hotel
Date             Saturday 18th December 2009.
Cost             £47.50 per head
 
There is a menu and full details in the shop. Places are limited so a £20.00 deposit is required as soon as possible to secure a place.


 

 

 

 

 

 
 

This is the website of Fins Sub-aqua club in Preston, Lancashire, UK.

We are a well established scuba diving club who organise regular trips to UK dive sites such as Anglesey in Wales, Portland in the south of England and Oban, Skye and Lochaline in Scotland.

The club also meet regularly in the Preston area and organise social events and weekend dive days to Capernwray and Devil's Bridge.
We are associated with Fins Dive shop in Preston.

Contact the Fins shop on 01772 788032 for details on how to join our club.

(c)2009 Fins SubAqua Club