{"id":2318,"date":"2016-04-20T11:09:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T11:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndac.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2016-10-04T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:36:44","slug":"scuba-diving-around-under-the-saltfree-pontoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/scuba-diving-around-under-the-saltfree-pontoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Scuba Diving around &#038; under the Saltfree Pontoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndac.co.uk\/news\/images_news\/gen_images\/saltfree\/saltfree-pontoon_650.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"272\" alt=\"Saltfree Pontoon\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a reminder for scuba divers &#8211; please could you avoid the area around &amp; underneath the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltfree.biz\" target=\"_blank\">Saltfree Divers<\/a> pontoon when their A flag is flying and they are freediving. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In particular we also request that divers do not use the freedive mooring lines for decompression stops. <\/p>\n<p>If the freedivers had to release their counterweight system in an emergency, there is the risk of being caught by a 60kg weight.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming freedive meets are as follows:<\/p>\n<p> \u2022  30 April<br \/>\n  \u2022  1 May<br \/>\n  \u2022  21\/22 May<br \/>\n  \u2022  11\/12 June<br \/>\n  \u2022  9\/10 July<br \/>\n  \u2022  30\/31 July<br \/>\n  \u2022  6\/7 August<br \/>\n  \u2022  27\/28 August<br \/>\n  \u2022  10\/11 September<br \/>\n  \u2022  24\/25 September<br \/>\n  \u2022  8\/9 October<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d also like to remind any divers using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndac.co.uk\/rules.htm#rebreather\">re-breathers that you must also use a Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) throughout your dive<\/a>. <em>(However please note that yellows SMBs should only be used in emergencies.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a reminder for scuba divers &#8211; please could you avoid the area around &#038; underneath the Saltfree Divers pontoon when their A flag is flying and they are freediving. <\/p>\n<p>In particular we also request that divers do not use the freedive mooring lines for decompression stops. <\/p>\n<p>If the freedivers had to release their counterweight system in an emergency, there is the risk of being caught by a 60kg weight.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming freedive meets are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 30 April<br \/>\n\u2022 1 May<br \/>\n\u2022 21\/22 May<br \/>\n\u2022 11\/12 June<br \/>\n\u2022 9\/10 July<br \/>\n\u2022 30\/31 July<br \/>\n\u2022 6\/7 August<br \/>\n\u2022 27\/28 August<br \/>\n\u2022 10\/11 September<br \/>\n\u2022 24\/25 September<br \/>\n\u2022 8\/9 October<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d also like to remind any divers using re-breathers that you must also use a Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) throughout your dive. (However please note that yellows SMBs should only be used in emergencies.)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1802,1800,1799,1803,1798,1801,1627,1804],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndac.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}