The next NDAC Night Dive is on Saturday 28th January 2012, 6-9pm.

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.

Below are the dates for the Night Dives being run at the NDAC in Chepstow for the next few months, why not put these in your diary now!

We have accomodation available in the form of our new Wooden Wigwams, to help you go glamping in style and make a weekend of it at the NDAC.

More about NDAC diver’s accommodation>

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To book on our night dives give us a call on 01291 630 046 or contact us using our online form> Don’t forget your torches and we look forward to (just about) seeing you!

Some great footage of our underwater attractions that has recently been published on our NDAC Facebook Page.

The first is a Test of Underwater Video Light for GOPRO camera in and around the NDAC underwater buses by light-for-me.com

Test of Underwater Video Light for GOPRO camera from light-for-me.com on Vimeo.

This second video shows the GOPRO camera being used inside the NDAC BAE 146 aircraft.

TEST GOPRO in the aircraft from light-for-me.com on Vimeo.

This last video is titled NDAC Chepstow our best Dive Site. It shows some videos of our Wigwam Village before the new Wigwams were installed.

NDAC Chepstow Our best Dive Site from light-for-me.com on Vimeo.

The Light for me video page is well worth a look for some other footage>

We’re pleased to announce that the old NDAC Snack Bar is finally to be replaced by our new Café Bar complex, named The View.

This will mean a sad farewell to the old burger bar we have used for the past five years. However we feel this investment is needed to develop the site and provide everyone with a great facility.

We hope you all agree it will be well worth the time and effort to make your days with us a bit more special.

The View Café Bar will be for everyone; Divers and visitors alike will be able to sit inside or out on the veranda, with a breathtaking view overlooking the Chepstow quarry.

As well as serving great food, the View Café Bar will also have a licensed bar and a stunning view.

Those of you staying with us in the Wigwam Village will also be able to enjoy a cold beer and something to eat after a long days diving and relax a bit more whilst at the NDAC.

Watts Construction, our building company, have been on site now for over a month and things are beginning to take shape on the new NDAC cafe bar area.

We have a projected build time of around 20 weeks and are looking to get the View Café Bar up and running in the early part of March 2012.

The View‘s build and works are progressing well, but please be patient whilst the construction works take place.

We are working as fast as we can to get The View open for business and we promise it will be well worth the wait!

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2012 is panning out to be a very exciting year for the National Diving and Activity Centre. We have continued to make a considerable investment into the centre and the final phase of our £750K investment should be complete by May 2012.

To thank you for your continued support we are putting on some inflation busting deals for the New Year that cannot be beaten by any other dive centre for ALL of our divers

2012 Price Freeze

NDAC entry fees will remain unchanged throughout 2012, despite the credit crunch and inflation we are still operating at the same entry prices as we were in 2010!

NDAC Membership

NDAC membership prices will remain unchanged throughout 2012. Our Membership prices have been frozen since 2007!

NDAC Opening Hours

This Summer season (from April 2012) we will operate even longer opening hours you will be able to dive till 8pm on Saturdays, daylight permitting.

The View Cafe Bar

The View, our new Cafe Bar, with Licenced Bar, will be open and ready for the Easter weekend.

The Wire

The Wire, the UK’s Longest Zip Slide opens Saturday 21 April 2012.

More on this to come shortly, watch this space . . .

Wooden Wigwam Accommodation

Our onsite wooden wigwam accommodation has been developed recently to include a toilet & shower block and a water treatment plant. We have also expanded the Wigwam Village to 19 wooded wigwams.

Opening Times

We will continue with the seven days a week opening times throughout 2012 following their success over 2011.

Thanks for all your support over the last year and we look forward to seeing you in 2012.

The National Diving & Activity Centre to feature on BBC’s The Magicians.

We recently closed the site for a day to allow the team from the BBC’s the Magicians show to carry out some filming for their upcoming TV series.

The Magicians returns to BBC One with a show-stopping new live format and viewer vote. Presented by Darren McMullen, the shows feature magicians Barry and Stuart, World Champion of Magic Latimer and comedy magician Pete Firman paired with stars from your favourite TV Shows.

With more daring, dangerous and mind-blowing magic than ever before, each act will perform four tricks – and two will be live, so anything could happen. Once all three acts have performed, viewers get to vote for their favourite, with the losing team having to face a terrifying live forfeit. Who will it be?

We’re pleased to announce that the National Diving & Activity Centre will feature on the Second episode of the series on Saturday 14th January 2012 at 6:30pm.

We can’t give anything away, but it would be well worth watching!

From the 1st of April 2012 we will be making a great change to our Summer Opening Times.

With the extra daylight and increased visitors to the site we have decided to extend our opening hours on Saturdays until 8pm. This means upto an extra 2 hours of diving in the NDAC Quarry. Combined with our seven days a week opening, there are loads of opportunities to scuba dive in Chepstow!

New 7 day Summer opening times (01 April 2012 – 31 October 2012) 
Monday: 0930 -1700
Tuesday: 0930 -1700
Wednesday: 0930 -1700
Thursday: 0930 -1700
Friday: 0930 -1700
Saturday: 0800 – 1800 2000hrs.
Sunday: 0800 – 1800
Bank Holidays: 0800 – 1800
Clear of water 1 hour before dark

Following the success of our seven day opening this Winter we are pleased to announce that we will be continuing with the seven day opening throughout 2012.

The centre will be open 0930 -1700 weekdays and 0800 to 1700 at weekends and bank holidays throughout the rest of the Winter Season.

New 7 day Winter opening times
(01 November 2011 – 31 March 2012) 
Monday: 0930 -1700 (Bank Holidays: 0800 – 1700)
Tuesday: 0930 -1700
Wednesday: 0930 -1700
Thursday: 0930 -1700
Friday: 0930 -1700
Saturday: 0800 – 1700
Sunday: 0800 – 1700
Bank Holidays: 0800 – 1700
Clear of water 1 hour before dark

New 7 day Summer opening times
(01 April 2012 – 31 October 2012) 
Monday: 0930 -1700
Tuesday: 0930 -1700
Wednesday: 0930 -1700
Thursday: 0930 -1700
Friday: 0930 -1700
Saturday: 0800 – 1800 New later opening time 2000hrs. Two hours more diving time!
Sunday: 0800 – 1800
Bank Holidays: 0800 – 1800
Clear of water 1 hour before dark

The National Diving & Activity Centre will be closed to the public for all activities on Tuesday the 24th, Wednesday the 25th and Thursday the 26th January 2012 due to an exclusive-use block booking.

We are open as normal on the Monday before (23rd Jan) and will be back open to the public on Friday 27th January 2012.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Phase two development works for the Wooden Wigwam Accommodation at NDAC Chepstow have just been completed on time, on budget and before Christmas – Now thats a first!

Over November and December we have been working hard on the site infrastructure and shipping in some more Wooden Wigwams for you to go glamping in!

The final wigwam unit arrived on site on Tuesday, just in time for the Christmas rush with the 2011 Scuba Santas event and NDAC Night Dive over the weekend of the 17th & 18th December 2011. This now brings our Wigwam village up to an impressive19 units.

We were not expecting the Wooden Wigwams to be such a runaway success, but they have proved to be very popular with divers and visitors to Chepstow. We started with six Wigwams back in February, this then grew to 10 units, then to 14 units and now 19 units in ten months!  Each of the Wooden Wigwams are hand made in Scotland then send via road down to NDAC some 600miles away! 

The Wooden Wigwams offer the ideal 4 season camping holiday or short break, for group’s families and couples. A great low cost alternative to youth hostels, B&Bs, self catering or camping. Wigwams are the ultimate eco cabin; secure and lockable the wigwams offer all year round camping, and the best bit, no pitching a tent in the rain!

If you are visiting us for Scuba Santas and the Winter Night Dive, why not make a full weekend of it and go glamping in style. The wigwams aregetting booked up quickly with this busy weekend, so book your wigwam accommodation now to avoid disappointment.

And there’s more!

We are pleased that so many of you have decided to support NDAC in such a big way and wanted to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you.  The investment has also included another toilet and shower block in the Wigwam Village and a water treatment plant which will be operational before Christmas.

The total budget for the Wooden Wigwam accommodation we have in Chepstow is around £300k but we feel has been well worth it and from listening to what our customers have told us, you feel the same way.

Hope to see you soon . . .

You’re only a click of the mouse away from toasting marshmallows round your own camp fire and sleeping under the stars in the heart of the countryside. Book a Wigwam now>

Our email newsletter ‘E-Shotlines’ is available now at the link below. E-Shotlines details what has been happening recently at the centre and what is coming up over the winter period.

NDAC E-Shotlines
Issue 19 November 2011>

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