The Rez - Experience total darkness diving.
Location: The Rez. Longsdon, Staffordshire
Cost: £14 for the day.
Co-ordinator: Tim Burge
Minimum Qualification Level: This dive is open to all suitably qualified divers.
Due to the nature of the diving environment at the Rez, divers must use a drysuit, own a torch and be comfortable diving in total darkness.
Dive Details:
The Rez is a 40m x 20m pitch black diving environment.
At only 2m the dive experience is relatively safe but very deceptive, spatial awareness is altered by the darkness and the internal structure of the facility.
Even the shallowest of water presents a danger, so The Rez has a full 0.5 m of airspace throughout.
The Rez is an adventurous undertaking and can only be dived by suitably experienced and qualified divers.
All divers must…
a) Belong to a registered governing body.
b) Hold the minimum qualification to allow safe diving
c) Be dry suit trained with a minimum of five open water dives in a dry suit.
d) Be medically fit to dive according to The Rez membership Terms and Conditions.
e) Be partnered, no solo diving.
f) Be confident in a total darkness environment
g) Be prepared for the cold. Temperature range throughout the year between 5°C and 15°C
There are no compressor facilities on site. If you need two cylinders, please bring them with you.
Divers: Tim Burge, Bryan Johnston, Bev Collett, Dan Cocks, Nora Holford, John Campbell, Jonathan Goldstein, Roger Selwyn, Clare Selwyn, Mike Hoolihan, Joe Roberts
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Other information:
The Rez opens at 10:00 and closes at 16:00 and there is a cafe on site.
It's near Alton Towers and if you're interested in heading there on the Sunday, for £7.00, you can camp at the Rez overnight.