Scuba Santas

Scuba Diving Dressed As Santa Claus For Charity

- Sunday, 18th December 2011 - NDAC, Chepstow

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Blue O Two donate prizes to our dive raffle

Blue o two have donated 3 x £100 holiday vouchers for one of their great liveaboard holidays for some luck raffle prize winners!

Blue o two offer worldwide scuba diving holidays. Specialising in luxury liveaboards, they manage their own award winning fleet in the Egyptian Red Sea; as well as offering a wide variety of liveaboards and resort diving holidays across the globe.

Check out their website for more details about their great liveaboard and shore-based holidays: http://www.blueotwo.com/

For more information on the prize list, our auction, or the FREE gifts in our goody bag please see: Scuba Santas raffle and dive auction.

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk. The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

VR Technology donate a copy of Kevins Gurr’s latest book

VR Techology have donated a copy of the latest edition of Kevin Gurr’s book “Technical diving from the bottom up” for our charity raffle. I’ve personally read the first edition and it was a great source of information to which I return regularly. The updated edition is sure to include some excellent updated information as well!

This is the definitive guide to Technical and Extended range diving. The 2010 edition has an additional 350 pages with guest chapters from leading lights in the industry such as Richard Pyle, Tom Mount and Jill Heinerth to name a few. A must read for any diver. (Current RRP £45)

VR Technology offers high calibre diving and engineering expertise, with existing rebreather and dive computer products currently used by NOAA and various navies, experimental divers, technical divers and commercial diving companies.

For more information please see: Diving prizes and auction

The book is on sale on Amazon here:

 

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk. The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.
Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

3 weeks until Scuba Santas 2011 – Newsletter

The November 2011 Scuba Santas newsletter is out, in this newsletter we cover:

  • Diving goodies
    • Our free goody bag
    • Dive raffle
    • Dive auction
  • How to donate to the RNLI via Scuba Santas
    • On the day
    • Justgiving
    • Text Message
    • Sponsorship forms
  • Make it a diving weekend to remember
    • Saturday night dive
    • Low cost environmentally friendly wigwams
  • What’s happening between now and 18th December

To see the newsletter please click the following link: 3 weeks until Scuba Santas 2011

 

 

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.


Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

 

NDAC donate 50% of all entrance fees to Scuba Santas!

That’s right, turn up to take part in Scuba Santas 2011 and magically have half of your entrance fee turned into a donation for the RNLI!

 

There’s no charge for attending Scuba Santas so you can turn up and just have a great time, you can also be happy in the knowledge that half of your entrance fee is going straight to charity.

 

Not only that, but NDAC will be holding a night dive straight after Scuba Santas meaning that the site will be open until 10pm. Enjoy a whole different atmosphere by taking in a night time dive at the UK’s deepest inland site!

 

Check out http://www.ndac.co.uk for more information about the night dive!

 

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.


 

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

 

Divesigns.com donate to Scuba Santas prize list!

Divesigns.com have just announced that they are also donating to the Scuba Santas Christmas raffle with a £30 gift voucher!

Divesigns.com create hard wearing vinyl stickers for your dive gear, adding both safety and an extra sense of cool to your equipment. The stickers themselves make excellent Christmas gifts for divers , but they’re even better when there’s a chance of getting them for free!

 

Each year at Scuba Santas we hold a raffle to raise additional funds for the RNLI. This year we’re also adding an auction, grab yourself a bargin!

 

All you have to do to enter is make a donation and ensure we have your details! If you donate via justgiving then include your email or other contact details, on the day ensure that you leave your details with the team. Diving prizes are donated by generous diving and diving related companies and really help make scuba santas an even more fun event!

 

If you know any companies that would be interested in donating to the diving raffle and/or auction then make sure they get in touch with us ASAP as the event is drawing ever closer!

 

For more information on the diving prize list for 2011 please click:  Diving prizes and auction items

 

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

Fourth Element producing limited edition custom hats for Scuba Santas 2011

Technical fabric and clothing manufacturer Fourth Element are creating a limited editing technical hat for Scuba Santas 2011.

The limited edition will only be available to those that register for the event and will be strictly limited in numbers giving attendees of Scuba Santas 2011 that extra special look when wearing their hat at their next dive site.

Keep an eye out for more goodies that will you will receive when attending Scuba Santas 2011!

 

Scuba Santas is an annual World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 5th annual event in 2011 will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

 

Scuba Santas October 2011 Newsletter

Welcome to the start of Scuba Santas 2011, our latest newsletter covers the following:

  • Scuba Santas returns!
  • Extreme Underwater Ironing – more world records!
  • Have the RNLI helped you?

To view the newsletter please click here: Scuba Santas October 2011 Newsletter

We hope you’re all looking forward to the 2011 event!

Safe diving, Lloyd.

18th December 2011 from 9am, National Diving and Activity Centre, nr. Chepstow

Scuba Santas January 2011 Newsletter

Wow, what another great event! Thank you to everyone that attended!

Unfortunately due to lots of last minute cancellations due to colds and flu we didn’t quite make a new record, but we were very close, just 27 divers short of the mark! We’ve raised a good amout for the RNLI so far with donations still coming in (our current total is approx £3,500!).

This year saw the introduction of our first corporate sponsors divelife.co.uk in Manchester who provided all divers with the great reusable shopping bag. They seemed to go down a treat with everyone and we’ll be expanding our sponsorship for the 2011 event. Our thanks go todivelife.co.uk.

In this newsletter there’s a few things to cover:

  • Scuba Santas raffle prize winners
  • 2010 event summary
  • Extreme Underwater Ironing – more world records!
  • Next years event

We hope you had a great time at Scuba Santas 2010, and hope to see you all at the 2011 event. If you have any photos of video to share please get in touch with us (info@scuba-santas.co.uk).

Wishing you a happy and safe 2011, Lloyd.
18th December 2011 from 9am, National Diving and Activity Centre, nr. Chepstow

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Scuba Santas raffle prize winners
The Scuba Santas 2010 raffle prize draw has now taken place. We had a total of 24 prizes to give away from the following companies: aquapac, divesigns.com, Scimitar diving (Weymouth), and Blueotwo.

The winners are as follows:
£25 gift voucher from divesigns.com:

  • Rick Ayrton, Bristol of Clifton SAC

£50 holiday voucher from blueotwo:

  • Simon Rees, Bristol of Subaquaholics

Weekend’s diving for two with Scimitar diving, Weymouth

  • Sarah Edney, Caerphilly

Waterproof mobile phone cases from Aquapac

  • Jon Wilkinson , Frome of Frome BSAC 1639
  • David Drew , Warminster of Scuba Blue
  • Nige Thacker , Chippenham
  • Greg Parker , Bristol of Subaquaholics, Bristol
  • Tony B , Midsomer Norton of Norad Basc
  • mark piper , Salisbury of Euphoria diving
  • Eamonn Coffey , Dunstable of Chiltern Divers 1590
  • Robert Wareham , Bradford-on-avon
  • Helen Shaw , Chippenham
  • keith morris , Salisbury
  • Nora Holford , Reading of The Diving Club, Reading
  • Paul Minto , Thame of Oxford BSAC
  • Huw Rees , Neath
  • chris stevens , Oxford of Oxford BSAC
  • Chris Giles , Exwick of Exeter BSAC
  • Stuart Last , Bristol of AWSAC
  • Derek Davis , Tipton, West Midlands of Dudley Dolphin
  • Richard Ward , Reading of Reading Diving Club
  • Matt Head , Aldershot of University of Surrey SAC
  • Dick Allen , Bristol of AWSAC

Well done to all of the winners, I’ll be passing your details on to the various sponsors who will arrange to get your prize sent out (as appropriate). We look forward to seeing you all at Scuba Santas 2011!

Scuba Santas 2010 raffle winners
Scuba Santas 2010 Summary
Scuba Santas 2010 was a great event, its a shame about the record but the most important is that everyone had a great dive!

Donations are still coming in, we’ve raised about £3,500 so far. If you’ve still got funds to send in please do so as soon as possible (all cheques to be made payable to RNLI). Alternatively please make the donation via our justgiving page.

Please send us a comments on our website, twitter, or facebook to let us know what you thought. Its always great to hear feedback on the event!

To see some photos please see: Scuba Santas 2010 Photos
For some video please see our NEW youtube channel: Scuba Santas on youtube

There’s been several changes with scuba santas over the year. The most obvious are our great new graphics created by metalfury design (please let us know what you think!). We at Scuba Santas absolutely love them and will be getting the website updated soon to match the quality of our new logos. We’ve also been pushing for more corporate sponsorship, the goody bags this year went down very well and we’re looking to expand the range of give-aways for 2011. Dive companies benefit from being linked to a great charitable event and at the same time get their brand advertised by some very happy Scuba Santas!

We really hope that you enjoyed the 2010 event. Thank you to everyone that attended, planned to attend, or were involved in the event in any way, you make it what it is!

Please see the following link for a full event summary:

Scuba Santas 2010 event summary
Extreme Underwater Ironing
If, after Scuba Santas 2010, you’ve still got a fever for getting involved in world record attempts, you want to raise more money for some great charities, or you want to get involved in another fun crazy dive then I’ve got just the event for you….

After a year long break ‘extreme underwater ironing’ is back for another record attempt. After stealing the ironing record away from the Australians two years ago its time to extend the record even further and raise money for charity at the same time.

This year’s charities are:

  • Scuba Trust
  • RNLI
  • Families of the fallen

The event will take place on the 3rd April 2011 at the National Diving and Activity Centre, Chepstow. For more information please click the following link….

Extreme Underwater Ironing
Scuba Santas 2011
You probably wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but Scuba Santas 2011 is already in planning! We’re in discussions with several large dive companies about corporate sponsorship and more raffle prizes!

After 4 years of being at Vobster Quay we have decided to move the event to the National Diving and Activity Centre, Chepstow. Moving the event will provide the team with additional resources, help the event grow, and help to raise plenty of funds for the RNLI whilst still being the most fun dive you can do in the UK*.

This years event will be held on 18th December 2011 at NDAC, Chepstow

Thank you for all your support over the last few years, we looking forward to seeing you at the 2011 event. Keep checking the website, facebook, and twitter for further updates!

You can let us know you intend to come along early by registering on our facebook event page. Full registration will open later in the year.

* At least we hope that true? Please let us know, info@scuba-santas.co.uk

Scuba Santas

Scuba Santas on youtube!

Want to see what its like to be there on the day itself?

Scuba Santas now have their own Youtube video channel. Take a look and let us know any comments you have or whether you’ve spotted yourself in a video!

If you’ve got footage of the event you’d like to share, please get in contact with us on info@scuba-santas.co.uk to so we can upload and share with the world!

See you at Scuba Santas 2011 event, 18th December 2011, NDAC, nr Chepstow!

Scuba Santas is a unique World record holding event held each year and organised by Lloyd Watkin and  members of the Yorkshire Divers diving club. The official website of scuba santas is http://www.scuba-santas.co.uk.  The 2011 event will be held at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), near Chepstow where we will hope to break our own world record, and raise funds for the RNLI.

Don’t forget to look us up on Twitter, facebook, youtube for more fun and information.

Photos and Video from Scuba Santas 2010

Hello everyone,

Thank you to all that have sent in photos and video of the Scuba Santas 2010 event.

I’ve now made these available via the website on two pages so please click on the following links:

We here all had a great time at the event and we’re very much looking forward to seeing you all at Scuba Santas 2011

Scuba Santas 2011 – 18th December 2011 – National Diving and Activity Centre, Chepstow

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