Hello everyone!

 

We trust you have had a nice winter/spring. It Bank Holiday weekend….The sun is finally shining, viz is about 10m and water temp is a little slow at heating up, but is now a toasty 12 degrees. So it’s time to dust off the dive gear and get back in the water! Most of us have been working hard over the winter, getting things ready for this season, although some lucky ones (Dave, Darren and Matt) have been able to escape to hotter climates over the winter. Everyone is back now though and we are all excited to see everyone again very soon!

 

Accommodation

All our new accommodation is now ready! Our log cabin is set back from the main house with sea views and an alpine feel! It’s lovely spacious accommodation that sleep s up to 8 people. There is an open plan sitting room, kitchen and dining room, equipped with all the essentials (cooker, fridge/freezer, microwave, TV, etc.) There is a bathroom with a toilet, sink and shower and also a separate room for coats and shoes etc. The log cabin has 3 bedrooms – 2 rooms have 2 single beds and 1 room has 2 single beds and an adult bunk.

There are also 4 apartments in the main house. All these apartments are self catering. 2 apartments sleep 2 people and 2 apartments sleep up to 4 people. The log cabin and all apartments all have outside seating areas, perfect for relaxing at the end of a busy days diving. 

If you would like a price list and / or any further information on our new accommodation then please email us at info@porthkerris.com or call on 01326 280620

 

Diving

As usual we are taking bookings for all charters on the CAT and KITTEN, the summer is looking busy already so please confirm bookings as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. 

Shore diving is always available, night or day, as long as the wind is kind to us, and its just £5 for a day’s shore diving plus parking. We have an air filling station and kit hire on the beach.

 

Courses

Porthkerris is a 5 Star IDC Centre and we run all PADI courses from Discover Scuba Diving to Instructor. Last year we also became a BSAC Centre. We also have various courses arranged throughout the summer, so let us know if you would like to enhance your diving skills or want to introduce anyone to the wonders of diving. We can be pretty flexible, so give us a date and we will see what we can do….

 

Other Improvements

Shower water pressure fixed!

Road down to Porthkerris has been improved for a smoother ride!

New and improved menu for the Galley Beach Cafe!

Plans to put in a laundry room on the beach.

Dave just about to get a hair cut (!)

 

Galley Beach Cafe

The Galley Beach Cafe is under new management this season! We would like to say a big welcome to Tracy who is taking care of the catering side of things. Tracy will be making lovely homemade ready meals which are perfect for all the new diver's accommodation, and BBQ packs, perfect for campers – if you're arriving late why not pre-order them? Menu to follow soon…

 

Staff

Mike and Jo have been extremely busy all winter, farming (lambing season almost over!) and getting the accommodation ready for the new season, as well as their own house!   As usual Mike will be skippering the CAT. Jo in the office and behind the scenes. They’re both looking forward to seeing lots of familiar faces, as well as new ones this coming season.

Dave has been away to Morocco for a surf trip and is back again. You’ll be seeing him skippering the Kitten and conducting dive courses.

Darren has been busy working on the building work over winter as well, but managed to get away for a sneaky 2 weeks diving in the Phillinines. Hi is now back again this season, he’ll be be taking care of air fills, launching boats, try dives, escorted dives and all your general diving needs. Darren is also in training to be our next Skipper!

Matt has been away to India and the Philippines for a dive trip / holiday and is in the office and shop this year (you may recognize him from the catering wagon from last season).

Tracy will be managing the Galley Beach Cafe this year and has plenty of delicious meals for you all to try!

Jeremy our part-time instructor will also be around during the season.

We will also be taking on some divemasters this summer….so more new faces!

 

From all the team at Porthkerris we are looking forward to seeing you all and a great season ahead!

 

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PORTHKERRIS DIVERS MID SEASON NEWS 2011

Greetings from Porthkerris!  Well, we are now well on our way into the season down here at Porthkerris, and it’s going well……….

NEWS
This year ‘The Galley’ was replaced by a bigger, better, newer catering wagon which is the ‘Porthkerris Galley Beach Café’.  Jules is doing a fantastic job, as the feedback suggests!  ‘Belly Buster’ breakfasts are a sure winner with the local produce that Jules uses in her menu.  And she has other specialties such as ‘Dezzies Chip Special’ that are unique but wonderful!   Remember too that you can always book an evening function with Jules such as fish and chips or curries….mmmm!                                                                    
Other news as you may have seen is that ‘The Five Pilchards’ (the pub in the next bay, Porthallow) is now doing B&B, so have a look at their website, and while you’re on the internet check out ‘The Three Tunns’, there are new owners running the pub (divers!) and they have refurbished the place too.

BOATS                                                                                                                                                                                                
The Kitten’s lift is proving to be a very popular addition, once again she is a great, easy boat to use.  And remember we can run her with just 2 people, so if you fancy a last minute getaway give us a call and we can book you on.

SEA LIFE                                                                                                                                                                                              
We have been running a few Basking Shark Trips, with ‘Shark Dances’ and all and quite a few have been successful, there have been a few juveniles around and one group even got in the water and snorkeled with one!  Usually you wouldn’t be able to do this with a juvenile as they can be skittish and scared off easily, so it was a special day for that group!  Not all the trips have been as successful as the sharks do not appear to have been here in their ‘large’ numbers as they were last year, so fingers crossed they’re just late!  On Drawna rock we have had reports of 8 metre viz, seen cuttlefish, angler fish and the rarer black faced blenny and tadpole fish…..And they have been spotted on more than one occasion, so hopefully they’ve found a nice new home for a while!                                                                               

COURSES
Courses we running in the near future are:
Open Water – August 23/24/25^th
Advanced – August 6/7^th
Rescue – August 12/13/14^th
Peak Performance Buoyancy – August 9^th
There are spaces on all of these so please contact us if you are interested.

FACEBOOK
Keep an eye on our Facebook page for news as it happens, courses and boat spaces.  We will have some photos of the new galley very soon!

BOOKINGS                                                                                                                                                                                         
We are always on the end of the phone or an email for bookings for the coming season. Either 01326 280620 or info@porthkerris.com and we’ll get straight back to you. We are taking bookings for 2012 already (!) so if you have any dates in mind please do get in touch…….. Contact us if you are interested in boat dives, shore dives, courses, camping and we’ll book you in!

JOB VACANIES
We are also looking for keen, enthusiastic divers wishing to further their knowledge in the dive Industry and complete their Divemaster course this year.  At Porthkerris we prefer to train our Divemasters using the Internship method. This gives you genuine day-to-day experience of assisting in training real students and guiding real divers. As a Divemaster Intern you will be part of the team at Porthkerris working alongside an instructor to gain experience in assisting with training at entry level and advanced level, running the Scuba Review and Local Orientation courses, acting as a Divemaster on our boats, and escorting nervous, rusty or simply lonely divers! The course lasts about 6 weeks, and we can also help find cheap accommodation. 

We gladly welcome feedback from everyone who has visited us here at Porthkerris, and if there is anything which we could improve on here to make your experience better then please let us know. 

Bestest wishes from all of us at Porthkerris……

Mike, Jo, Dave, Sarah, Darren, Jeremy and Jules.