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Cyprus 2008
Sunday 14th September 2008 at 8am I woke up with a jolt. Yahoo! The Cyprus Trip has arrived. Gawd, would my dive bag pass the 21kg threshold of Easy Jet. I put it on the scales one more time. Right on the money, (excuse the pun), hopefully. Right!! Cyprus here we come. Been looking forward [...]
South-East regional courses in 2008
Feeling a little bored, no diving planned for the coming weekends?
Well, worry no more here are the up and coming South-East regional courses.
Any queries, please email Graham Pettett (South East Regional Coach)
Three pass Extended Range Diver qualification
Congratulations to :
Chris Hunka Gren Hamlyn Jonathan Markwell
They all passed the BSAC Extended Range Diver qualification allowing them to use up to 100% Oxygen for accelerated decompression. This is a challenging qualification that has taken a lot of time and effort for these members to [...]
The insider’s guide to Plymouth’s greatest dives
Everyone has their own idea about the perfect local dive site, so we asked members of Plymouth Sound BSAC to nominate their top ten.
Has anyone ever thought of producing a pack of Top Trumps for UK wrecks? Good idea, eh.
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Diver finds shotgun in Suffolk river
A diver recovered a sawn-off shotgun on a river bed during a volunteer clean-up in Ipswich.
That’s nothing — I remember when Rob Lea found a ladies erm “adult” entertainment device on our dive in Plymouth. Bringing it onto the dive-boat he asked the skipper “Hey, Pete. You were in the army. What calibre is this?”. [...]
British Beasts: Topshells
Topshells are so called because the conical shape of these sea snails typically resembles an old-fashioned spinning top.
(Visit DIVE to read more)
Another year, another “fantastic” Farnes!
Bigger and better every year.
After a bad year for blown-out club diving we were again very lucky to get three full days’ diving in for 32 divers in fairly good conditions and with reasonable visibility!
Two BSAC launches
BSAC has just rolled-out a new, consolidated, website and a course aimed at converting warm-water divers to the delights of UK diving.
New website
BSAC has just launched a completely re-designed website.
New features include.
The ability to check your membership details and to update them Opportunity to join bsac.com as a web member Club, Centre and dive trip finder Improved [...]
Fantasitic Farnes!
Another fantastic August bank holiday was spent diving with Seals by a record number of Kingston & Elmbridge members this year.
Diving Scapa Flow: A Primer
There are seven ships of the World War One German fleet at Scapa Flow. These comprise of four light cruisers and three Battleships…