Bsac - British Sub-Aqua Club

VIDEO: 11 things to check before you launch your RHIB. For many UK divers and snorkellers, it will soon be time for that first 'real' dive of the year and correct boat preparation is vital. Find out more > www.bsac.com/…/essential-pre-start-chec ks-before-you-launch…

Calling all BSAC Clubs - it's free to list your club (or as Google says 'Business'). Your Club (Business) Profile appears right when people are searching for your Scuba Diving or Snorkelling Club (business or businesses like yours) on Google Search and Maps 🗺 Google My Business makes it easy to create and update your Business Profile – so you can stand out, and bring members and customers in.

Fab pic from the recent Know and Grow workshop and the very first regionally run Dive Officer workshop held in Exeter by BSAC SouthWest Region Coach Kevin Ford, Geoff Bacon and Adrian Collier from BSAC HQ. Gerry from BexleySubAqua 982 said “I thought both courses were excellent. I found them a breath of fresh air. I'm moving forward already on the ideas I took from the Know and Grow Workshop. I'm sure our club will certainly benefit. So, really great stuff.” Weymouth & Portland Sub Aqua Club, North Dorset sub aqua club, East Cornwall Divers, Exeter BSAC, Norad Sub Aqua Club, Ilfracombe & North Devon Sub Aqua Club.

Volunteer beach cleaners collected over 400 items of rubbish at the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) spring beach clean and litter survey at Cramond beach on April 6th. Catherine Gemmell, MCS Scotland Conservation Officer and BSAC Diving Conference 2019 speaker, reports on their finds such as a Coca Cola can from 1988 – supporting the Olympics, held that year in Seoul, South Korea!! www.bsac.com/…/wet-wipes-and-an-olympic -shocker-at-cramond-…

Lisburn Sub Aqua Club tells us why raising the public profile of your club is a great way to reach potential new members. And they give clubs some hints and tips on how social media, in particular, Facebook offers you a fantastic way to get your message in front of a big audience with relatively little effort. Please log in as a BSAC member to read > www.bsac.com/news-a…/raising-the-public -profile-of-your-club

Curious about other rebreather units? Have you trained on one type of rebreather unit but are now interested in other options on the market?
If that’s the case, book your place on Saturday 18 or Sunday 19 May to give another unit a go at NDAC (the National Diving and Activity Centre) in Chepstow. The event is open to non-members so feel free to bring along any non-member friends.
... It’s an opportunity to try other units and to chat with the BSAC Technical Team about what’s out there and what may be best for you. Plus, join us for an evening social with speakers from the BSAC Tech Team.
The event is kindly supported by AP Diving, Liberty, Red Bare and Poseidon, and the following units will be available to try:
● APD Inspiration and Evolution ● Dive Soft Liberty ● Red Bare ● Poseidon MkV1 and Se7en
Try Tec CCR Experience Entry level for this course is BSAC Sports Diver, or equivalent, minimum age 18. Included in your booking: ● 2 CCR try dives (each an hour, CCR unit provided) ● Dry practical session on the 4 rebreathers available on the day
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Fancy a Try Tec Rebreather and Scooter Experience?
Are you a qualified Sports Diver or above? Have you been thinking about technical diving? What it’s actually like? Would it be right for you and where could it take your diving?
Book your place on Saturday 18 or Sunday 19 May to give Technical Diving a go at NDAC (the National Diving and Activity Centre) in Chepstow.... The event is open to non-members so feel free to bring along any non-member friends.
A great opportunity to find out more about technical diving...
● Get to give it a go yourself with one of the BSAC Tech Team guiding you every step of the way ● Understand the costs and training required ● Discover rebreather units themselves and how they work ● Join us for an evening social with speakers from the BSAC Tech Team.
Entry level for this course is BSAC Sports Diver, or equivalent, minimum age 18. Included in your booking: ● 2 CCR try dives (each an hour, CCR unit provided) ● 30-minute SUEX Scooter dive (Scooter provided but diver must bring own OC/CCR kit for dive to 10/12m) ● Dry practical session on the 4 rebreathers available on the day
Places are limited on both Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May so please book now if you're interested.
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Curious about technical diving? Join us for a Try Tec Open Circuit Skills Experience Day
Have you been thinking about technical diving? What it’s actually like? Would it be right for you and where could it take your diving?
... Book your place on Saturday 18 or Sunday 19 May to give Technical Diving a go.
Following the success of previous Try Tech events, this one will be held at NDAC (the National Diving and Activity Centre) in Chepstow. The event is open to non-members so feel free to bring along any non-member friends.
The event will be an opportunity to find out more about rebreather diving... ● Get to give it a go yourself with one of the BSAC Tech Team guiding you every step of the way ● Understand the costs and training required ● Discover how technical diving gear works
What's included in your booking: ● Two in water workshops (each 35-45 minutes) ● Buoyancy, trim and finning – in water coaching to really improve underwater positioning and propulsion as well as confidence in performing decompression stops. Fundamental for anyone wanting to move on to decompression and mixed gas diving (entry level Sports Diver). ● Stage trim and handling (stages and stage regs provided) – the chance to try diving with different size aluminium and steel stages in underwater with some stage skills and drills. ● ​​​​​​​Sidemount Try Dive (sidemount kit provided) – the chance to have a go at diving sidemount. ●​​​​​​​ Dry practical session on dive expedition planning
*Entry level for this course is Ocean Diver, or equivalent (available for divers with single cylinder or twinset kit).*
Then join us for an evening social with speakers from the BSAC Tech Team.
Photo by Marcus Blatchford
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Hear first hand what's it like to be a new Assistant Diving Instructor from Newbury Scuba Diving Club's two new ADIs following the completion of their BSAC Instructor Foundation Course (IFC). www.bsac.com/…/whats-it-like-to-be-a-ne w-assistant-diving-i…

Do you have a burning ambition to dive somewhere special? Sarah Conner, SCUBA columnist and assistant producer on Blue Planet II, has some essential tips for expedition diving. www.bsac.com/news-a…/expedition-plannin g-the-blue-planet-way

BSAC’s Try Tech is returning to Chepstow on 18 and 19 May, with two days of all things technical at the National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC). This year’s Try Tech NDAC weekend will offer even more opportunities for BSAC members to have a go at Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) diving or build their existing tech skills. Discover more > www.bsac.com/news-and-blog/try-tech-retur ns-to-chepstow

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Welcome to the BSAC family Poni Divers, Southeast Asia! Having completed the Instructor Crossover course they are now a BSAC training centre. www.bsac.com/advice-and-support/become-a- bsac-centre
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Please note the 2019 deadline for voting for Chair and Council has been moved to 27th April at 12noon from 1st May at 9:30am. We apologise for any inconvenience caused❗please get your votes in as soon as possible before 12noon on 27th April❗

Isle of Purbeck Sub-Aqua Club's (IPSAC) Valentine 75 project has been mapping and recording the history of the tanks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-4776 6293

Steve Brown's five top tips to help protect the planet. Working on Blue Planet UK has inspired Steve to change his behaviour by learning more about our oceans. If you’re inspired to do the same, click the link for some of Blue Planet UK and Countryfile presenter Steve's top tips… www.bbc.co.uk/…/steve-browns-five-top-t ips-to-help-protect-…

A special commemorative ‘SCAPA’ edition of BSAC’s member magazine SCUBA has been made available to all divers, and everyone who loves the underwater world, to help mark the centenary of the scuttling of the German High Fleet. www.bsac.com/…/bsac-makes-scapa-magazin e-available-to-all-f…

Were you amazed by Blue Planet Live? Don’t forget the UK’s coast is full of wonders too! Click to read some of Blue Planet UK and Springwatch presenter Gillian Burke's top picks... 🐋www.bbc.co.uk/…/1v…/gillian-burke s-blue-planet-uk-highlights

In today's episode of Blue Planet UK, BBC's Chris Packham interviews Kirsty Andrews about her spectacular images of British species. Kirsty is an underwater photographer, BSAC diver and SCUBA magazine columnist. Airs today at 16:30 BBC One. www.bsac.com/…/kirsty-andrews-bsac-dive r-blue-planet-uk-int…

great people and clubs really helped me along the way �

Wherever we have moved, abroad and the UK, we look for our local BSAC club. It’s not just a dive club but a local resource and place of friendship

Taught by a Gentleman by the name of Ron Ward, and others, at Leeds Branch 115 in 1973. Many happy memories and I am still Diving and a BS-AC member today.

My club (Cirencester Dolphin SAC BSAC1145) have been working recently with BSAC in order to "know and grow" our club. The support from HQ has been 1st rate and I cannot praise them enough.

Learned to dive with BSAC 23 Years ago ang haven't looked back since. It is a fun and friendly environment to learn and make new dive buddies

Joined 30 years ago, what I learned has shaped the way I have dived all these years, approximately 4000 dives and less than a handfull were "exciting" in the negative way thanks to the training of BSAC

It's intresting.for improve we self

I have enjoyed 19 years of great fun diving with the brilliant BSAC family

I had the pleasure of being thought by Leo Zanelli way back in 1962/3 then join No5 Mersyside Branch. I must give a great big thanks for all those people who give up their time teaching budding young & old divers. I am now writting the history of NORFED which was founded in 1957/8, So next year will be NORFEDS 60th Anniversary. This years guest speaker is the man whe started "Dolphin Watch" BSAC Photographic group. Dr. Horace Dobbs. Tickets still available for our 59th Annual Dinner Saturday 4th September

I admire the fact that 3 years ago I wouldn’t think even to be 2 meters underneath of water for one minute.

Instructors volunteers their time to help you to achieved on your own pace the things that you have the potencial to get and you didn’t even suspect that you are able to do.

The reward is the constant growing experience on the way of conquest this new fantastic underwater world; is just “awesome and amazing “ I simple fall in love with scuba diving.

I rediscovered my potential with the knowledge and safety steps that are so necessary to keep you safe.

Practice made perfection, saying this practice, practice, practice is a fundamental key.

I can not be more grateful for all the Bsac volunteer team on my way to be a good and responsible diver.

I am so happy for just trying in first place and don’t you worry is normal to be nervous and afraid your first time just go for it �

Have really enjoyed the training at the students pace and feeling part of a club....

Great to belong to the BSAC, their support makes diving safer and more universal

Great opportunities, great people who are genuinely interesting in a branch environment.

Great clubs and Enthusiastic Instructors

Completed my Ocean Diver training just over a week ago with Carlisle and District Divers. I've loved every minute and already started Sports Diver training. Great instructors and club members. Experienced some amazing trips for dives, received excellent training, and made some great lifelong friends.

Been diving with BSAC for a year now. I absolutely love being part of a club receiving ongoing training to improve my diving. Qualified as Sports Diver 2 days ago, and I'm already looking for my next challenge here with BSAC. As a snorkel instructor also I am loving training and preparing our next generation of divers ready for SCUBA. Keep up the good work BSAC.

My second school - 1993 with Cipreia

I learned in Scunthorpe 449 branch 30 years ago and am the longest serving active member, so thanks to the people who gave up their time for me because i still love diving in my club with a good bunch of like minded people.