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National Diving & Activity Centre to remain closed for 2020 season
Sunday, July 5th, 2020
Update August 2020
We’re pleased to announce that we will be reopening for Scuba Diving from Saturday 31st October.
Initially the centre will be open for Scuba Diving Only and will only be allowing visitors who have pre-booked their Scuba diving.
It’s been a difficult and very worrying year for everyone. COVID 19 has taken more lives and businesses than it should, but thanks to the Government, banks and services, we have managed to remain stable.
As we approach coming out of lockdown and some businesses reopening, we have considered our business reopening. However, we have decided to not open the National Diving & Activity Centre to the general public this year.
New smoking and vaping area
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
We now have a designated smoking area at the National Diving & Activity Centre.
The smoking area can be found by the side of the View Cafe Bar for all of you who need to smoke or vape.
This is the only area on site where we allow smoking or vaping.
St Patrick’s Day Dance & Fundraiser
Friday, December 6th, 2019
The Wye Valley Greenway is now open for walkers and cyclists.
The Wye Valley Greenway provides a sustainable way to explore the beautiful Lower Wye Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Unfortunately the St Patrick’s Day Dance & Fundraiser has been cancelled by the event organisers
An Irish Dance performance at the National Diving & Activity Centre in celebration of Ireland and St Patrick to raise funds for the Wye Valley Shared Use Path.
The St Patrick’s Day Dance event takes place on Saturday 14th March 2020 from 7pm at Chepstow’s National Diving & Activity Centre.
Includes authentic food and drink, dance and singing performances, raffle and auction.
An evening not to be missed!
• Tickets are £15-£25 and available here »
Programme for St Patrick’s Dance
• Irish Dance Routine walkabout and Line Dancing performance
• Presentation about the Wye Valley and Wye Dean School planning applications by David Judd on behalf of Greenways. (Caroline Lovett and John Grimshaw)
• Including satellite video footage of the whole proposed Wander Wye Route.
• Singing performance by local choir. (details to be confirmed)
• Irish Food and Drink: choice of potato cakes and Irish Apple cake with Guinness to accompany!
• Auction/Raffle (prizes to be confirmed)
• Irish music by great local Acoustic Duo Bertie and Jonny accompanied by Irish singer Lucian.
• Double Measure with singer Sue Skinner from Treblemakers
• Time for a dance!
• Finale
Find out more about the Wye Valley Shared Use Path here »
National Police Dive Exercise hosted at the National Diving and Activity Centre
Thursday, November 28th, 2019
Words by PC Finnegan
During September, Avon and Somerset Constabulary Underwater Search Unit hosted a National Police dive exercise at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC). This was a great opportunity to work in partnership with other dive teams from around the country.
The exercise was attended by Underwater Search Units from Metropolitan Police, South Wales Police, Devon and Cornwall Police, Yorkshire and Humberside Police along with representatives from Northumbria Police, instructors from Police Scotland dive school, Health and Safety Executive and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DTSL).
The scenario was created to recover of bodies (mannequins), body parts and personal items placed around a variety of the many and diverse dive sites within the NDAC dive site. The exercise gave valuable learning for all involved and created new working partnerships, from the planning phase of the dive operation to the execution of the plans. There were also lectures at the site to Senior Investigating officers and Police Search Advisors around the roles of underwater search units along with demonstrations around new technology from DTSL.
It was an excellent sight to have 4 dive teams in the water at once, working together around multiple sites within the quarry. In the evening there was the obligatory social event, again hosted by the staff at NDAC incorporating dinner, a quiz, a well earnt beer and customary exchange of stories from the past year!
Our thanks go out to Darren and his team at NDAC for making this wonderful site available to us and assisting in the planning and implementation of an extremely successful exercise.
If you would like to host a training event or exercise at the National Diving & Activity Centre, please get in touch.
National Diving & Activity Centre awarded 2019 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
The National Diving & Activity Centre in Chepstow has been awarded a 2019 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.
Because we’ve earned a Certificate of Excellence every year for the past five years, we’re also pleased to announce that The National Diving & Activity Centre (NDAC) has qualified for the Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame.
Phil Short at the Rebreather Reunion April 2019
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
We are pleased to announce our first guest speaker at Rebreather Reunion 2019 will be Phil Short. He will present a 60min talk on J2 1000 hours under the earth. Using CCR in extreme places.
A combination of Dry Caving, Cave Diving and CCR as a lead exploration diver on the United States Deep Cave Diving team J2 cave project under the leadership of Bill Stone that saw Phil and Marcin Gala pass the 4th sump in the J2 cave to discover dry cave beyond at over 1 kilometre vertical and 12 kilometres horizontal from the entrance. The project utilised Poseidon MK 6 CCR and saw Phil spend 45 days underground during the 3 month project.
In 2015 Phil became a member of the Explorers Club, being sponsored by Bill Stone and Jill Heinerth.
Phil was awarded ‘Diver of The Conference’ award at the Tek Dive USA conference 2016.
Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
Over a 25 year professional dive industry career Phil has logged over 8000 dives and 3500 plus hours on CCR
The Rebreather Reunion is a two day social gathering for like minded divers from all backgrounds and levels of diving experience.
Join us for a weekend of diving and socialising as well as live talks & presentations from our guest speakers.
FREE Live Music from ‘The Three Pieces’ Saturday 29th September
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Free live music at Chepstow’s National Diving and Activity Centre.
On Saturday 29th September we will be hosting ‘The Three Pieces‘ with Pub Rock Covers and even some requests!
The Three Pieces are a Bristol based classic rock covers band. They cover bands like The Foo Fighters, Cold Play, Arctic Monkeys and Chilli Peppers. Come and see them, you’re guaranteed a great night out!
This FREE gig will start around 630pm.
We’ve lots of other live music events planned so keep an eye on the website and our Facebook Events Page.
Free Horror Movies
Following the concert we will have a FREE Horror Movie screening at our Drive-In Cinema. Throughout the month we have free horror movie screenings to celebrate the launch of this year’s FearFest-Evil horror event.
To book your FREE tickets to the Drive-In Cinema you will need a redemption code. We will be releasing these codes on the FearFest-Evil social media channels. Full details »
FREE Live Music from ‘You Me And The Dance Floor’ Saturday 22nd September
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018
Free live music at Chepstow’s National Diving and Activity Centre.
On Saturday 22nd September we will be hosting ‘You Me And The Dancefloor’
You, Me and the Dance Floor are the ultimate party band. They rock the songs that make your night as epic as you imagine it to be! covering all your classics from 60’s to present day.
This FREE gig will start around 630pm.
We’ve lots of other live music events planned so keep an eye on the website and our Facebook Events Page.
Free Horror Movies
Following the concert we will have a FREE Horror Movie screening at our Drive-In Cinema. Throughout the month we have free horror movie screenings to celebrate the launch of this year’s FearFest-Evil horror event.
To book your FREE tickets to the Drive-In Cinema you will need a redemption code. We will be releasing these codes on the FearFest-Evil social media channels. Full details »
Free Art & Craft Workshop with Craft Fair
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
We will have various arts and crafts for adults and children to take part in at the National Diving & Activity Centre on Saturday 8th September from 10am.
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Free African Drumming Workshop
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
We will have a free African Drumming workshop at the National Diving & Activity Centre (NDAC) with the amazing Djabot Drumming Group.
