Fourth Element is known for producing high quality, good-looking and forward thinking dive wear. I am lucky enough to receive sponsorship from this young and exciting company, and this includes the Proteus wetsuit. When deciding what thickness of Proteus to choose for my scholarship year, Jim Standing (Fourth Element Director and my scholarship coordinator) […]

  As well as finding out more about the marine renewable industry on Orkney, I used my return trip to the treeless islands to further explore what was on offer both above and below the water. The wrecks of Scapa Flow captivated me during my first visit and so I jumped at the chance to […]

Whilst in Orkney in early July I began to hear a lot about the marine renewable energy projects taking place there. Orkney has been described as a global centre of excellence for the marine renewables industry, and this is thanks to the profusion of expertise, investment and enthusiasm currently gathered – and still gathering – […]

Everyone I meet seems to have an opinion on rebreathers. The opinion seems to be one of two extremes: adoration or loathing. I made a conscious decision to remain neutral before trying one for myself – all too often your “own” opinions are in-fact nothing of the sort. Instead they are the insights’ of others […]

Commercial diving: hardy, manly, tough. Tick tick tick. But it is a whole lot more – as I found out in the latter part of July when I embarked on my Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Scuba course with Andark Diving and Watersports, near Southampton, UK. A number of people had mentioned the HSE Scuba […]