Scuba Santas at the NDAC, Sunday 18th December 2011

Scuba Santas will be entering its 5th year in 2011 and continues going from strength to strength. Often quoted as the "best dive of the year" the event has raised over £15,000 for crew training at the RNLI breaking its own world record several times over in the process.

Born out of the popular scuba diving forum Yorkshire Divers (or YD for short) the event started in 2007 with a group of 8 hardy divers heading out to do something a little different and raise some money for charity.

This years Scuba Santas event will be held on Sunday 18th December 2011, at the National Diving & Activity Centre (NDAC), Chepstow. If you’ve attended before we’re very much looking forward to seeing you at our new home. If, however, you’ve never attended before and are looking for a very fun winter dive grab yourself a santa costume and your dive gear and head on over. Divers with any level of experience are welcome and you’re sure to meet lots of new diving friends!

Don’t forget that we are holding our December Night Dive the day before, so why not book a Wooden Wigwam, make a full weekend of it and go glamping in style. The wigwams are likely to get booked up quickly with this busy weekend, so book your wigwam early to avoid disappointment.

You’re only a click of the mouse away from registering from this year's Scuba Santas event!

For more information about Scuba Santas 2011 click here>

NDAC Closed
Thu 24th Nov 11

The National Diving & Activity Centre will be closed for all activities all day on Thursday 24th November 2011.

We have a film crew on site all day to film an episode of the Magicians that will be using the site infrastructure both above and below the water line.

We apologise for any inconvenience but due to the nature of what they are doing we will sadly have to close the site that day to divers.

We will resume normal opening times on Fri 25th November, just in time for a busy weekend of Night Dives and Bungee Jumps!

Christmas Opening Times 2011/12

We are now operating our Winter Opening Times and below are our Christmas opening times.

Sat 24, Sun 25 & Mon 26 Dec 2011
Closed for Christmas

Tue 27 Dec 2011
Open 0930 -1700

Wed 28, Thu 29, Fri 30 & Sat 31 Dec 2011
Open 0800 – 1700hrs

Sun 01, Mon 02 & Tue 03 Jan 2012
Open 0800 – 1700hrs

Wed 04 Jan 2012
0930 -1700

Normal opening times resume Wed 04 Jan 2012.
Don’t forget our Winter Events. The 2011 Scuba Santa Event and our Christmas Night Dive.

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400ft Special Bungee Jump day at NDAC, Chepstow

Following the success of our recent Bungee Jump Weekend we will be hosting another 400ft Bungee jump event on Sunday 27th November 2011.

This is a truly unique jump falling 400ft and disappearing into a quarry over the waters of the NDAC!

•  Bungee Jump day Sunday 27th November 2011
•  Jump Height 400ft
•  Crane Bungee Jump
•  Pre-booking is essential
•  Jump over the water of the NDAC
•  Location: Chepstow/S Wales

The National Diving & Activity Center have teamed up with UK Bungee to provide this iconic Bungee experience. As you are raised up to the top of a 300ft crane over a 100ft quarry you will realise the magnitude of what you are about to undertake.

Once at the top you will hear the famous countdown “3, 2, 1, bungee” and then……..it’s up to you!

For full details and to register click here>

Thorpe Park
Rangers at NDAC

This is one of three new attractions that have just arrived at the NDAC.

Kindly donated by the Merlin Group, these three park rangers have retired from Thorpe Park after many years of service and will be keeping an eye on things in the Gnome Garden.

The three new underwater attractions are going to have a new lick of paint and some TLC before being carefully placed underwater.

We expect them to be in place in the next month.

If you have any ideas of names for the three Thorpe Park Rangers, please make your suggestions in the comments field on our news page>

NDAC Night Dives
November & December

We have two of our popular NDAC Night Dives remaining before the end of 2011:

Saturday 26th November 2011, 6-9pm
(Same weekend as Bungee Jump Event)

Saturday 17th December 2011, 6-9pm
(Same weekend as Scuba Santas Event)

The adventure, thrill and excitement of night diving can be yours on a NDAC Night Dive.

If you have never been on a night dive before, you could consider joining on one of our PADI Night Diver Speciality Courses.

To book on our night dives give us a call on 01291 630 046 or contact us using our online form>

With our Bungee Jump and Scuba Santas happening over Night Dive weekends, both weekends are likely to be busy with guests in our Wooden Wigwams. We advise you book your wigwam early if you want to make a glamping weekend of it.

Don’t forget your torches and we look forward to (just about) seeing you!

Have you caught the new bus yet?

Over the Summer we had four new attractions installed at the National Diving & Activity Centre.

We now have a new addition to Land Rover Lagoon, a Double Decker Bus, a Single Deck Bus and a 16 tonne Abbott Self Propelled Gun.

One of the buses was used in active service throughout Cardiff over the past 15 years. She has clocked up an impressive 500,000 km so I’m sure some of you may have even travelled on her at some stage!

We believe these underwater buses will not only provide an exciting training platform but will also act as a swim through attraction for the more confident divers amongst you. So whilst our students are conducting their skills and drills above, you could be swimming through underneath them – You won’t even need a ticket!

The Abbot Tank or ‘Self Propelled Gun’ was used by the British Army between 1965 and 1995. In its day the Abbot FV433 was able to swim across water due to a flotation screen fixed around the hull. This Abbot’s floating days are long over and it now is retiring happily at the NDAC quarry, reunited with it’s old friend the Stalwart ‘Stolly’.

Both buses are under 20 meters and the Abbot is sitting around 30 metres. The new landrover is situated around 10 metres.

None of this would of been possible without the help from the Corps of Royal Engineers and our thanks goes out to them.

All the attractions are ready to dive now, so why not pop down and have a look yourself. More details of the new attractions are available here>

New Slipway

Here is a picture of the recently laid concrete on our new and improved slipway – all 35 cubic metres of it!

This will form the foundations of the new entry and exit point for divers wishing to get wetter quicker!

More pictures of the slipway construction can be seen here>

Follow the NDAC for an update on works!

Royal Engineers at NDAC

The National Diving & Activity Centre has featured in the latest Edition of Soldier Magazine.

Soldier Magazine visited Royal Engineers that were undertaking their advanced diver training at our Chepstow Scuba Centre.

The result was a three page article detailing the training and work the Royal Engineer Divers carry out.

The depth of the NDAC and the numerous onsite resources make our dive centre the perfect location to undertake this kind of training.

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