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Featured Diving Club - Ashby Castle Sub Aqua Club

A membership of about 20 people enjoy continued, safe diver training as well as numerous diving expeditions and the social events.

Diving in th UK

Several of Ashby Castle Sub Aqua Club members on 2004 Red Sea Trip. Visit their Diving Gallery for more pictures.

 If you don't have basic skills you might like to consider a residential swimming course in the UK first.

One of the things that worried me most was the tendency of most holiday dive centres to tout for business with a 5 minute swim in the resort pool and follow up bookings with VERY short pool sessions and then straight into the sea.  WOW - if that isn't enough to frighten of any timid divers I don't know what is.  And that's a great shame because just like learning to swim, we all need to go at our own pace.

Hawksbill turtle - Karen CurtisWould you really want to miss something like this Hawksbill Turtle (courtesy of Karen Curtis) just because your first experience was a bad one?  OK so I'm not saying there aren't plenty of good centres out there - just that it makes more sense to see who you're dealing with and know their safety record before you book.

 

Ashby de la Zouch is convenient for Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire.  Why not have a Try Dive with them.  You'll have your own instructor for an hour with all air and dive equipment on hand and at £12.50 it's a fantastic way to make sure you have a great first diving experience experience.

 

To find out more about this small friendly family oriented club,

Tel:  Ashby Castle Sub Aqua Club - Secretary Matt Bailey 01530 262455

 

Main ACSAC Courses:

Ocean Diver is the basic entry level qualification with BSAC. This course provides you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to prepare for open water diving. Learning to dive is all about learning to use your equipment properly and safely. The Ocean Diver training course concentrates on preparing you for this in the safety of a swimming pool or sheltered water and then introducing you to open water in a controlled and safe manner. This also gives you the opportunity to practice safety skills in the company of a qualified instructor or experienced diver. It give you the skills and confidence to dive up to a maximum 20 metres.

Sports Diver builds a sound foundation of open water diving skills and experience through a series of structured practical lessons. Once you have gained this open water experience with a qualified instructor, you are ready to take part in dives with other Sports Divers or those of higher grades to a maximum depth of 35 metres.

Referrals: Cross-overs possible from other diving organisations, e.g. PADI Advanced Open Water Diver is equivalent to BSAC Ocean Diver, and PADI Rescue Diver is equivalent to Sports Diver.

 

Other BSAC Courses include:

Dive Leader, Advanced Diver, First Class Diver

 


UK Diving Clubs

 

 Ashby Castle Sub Aqua Club (ACSAC) was formed in 1997 by Pete & Pauline Billyeald and Andy & Lesley Burton to provide high quality Scuba Diver training following the rules laid down by BSAC, the largest sub aqua club in the world.

 
 
Sub Aqua Diving  Nottingham's Octagon Divers  offer diver training at various levels from beginner to advanced. We usually conduct diver training over a number of weeks at weekly training sessions. Training is conducted by qualified instructors and all necessary equipment is supplied.
 
 

 Whether you are a complete beginner or are already partly or fully trained, we believe that North Staffs Sub Aqua Club has plenty to offer you. We also know that without a steady inflow of new members, the club would become stale, so you already have something to offer us.

 
 
Divers underwater.

The Derby British Sub Aqua Club was established in 1959 and is a friendly, sociable club. Diving is an activity where you rely upon your buddy. Derby BSAC is a great place to learn as we have a great group of people who can really be trusted and depended upon.

 
 
Cave Diving  The Cave Diving Group was formed in 1946 by the late Graham Balcombe. Its continuous existence to the present day makes it the oldest surviving diving club in the world.

 

More UK Diving and Sub Aqua Clubs

Please email if you would like you diving or sub aqua club added or updated
 

South East England

Aquamarine London
Argonauts Scuba Club
Beaumont DC Hertfordshire
Bizzy Divers Bromley
Bluewater Basingstoke
Buccaneers Epsom
BT London
Clidive
Crouch End Divers (N.London)
Ealing
Eltham & District
Enfield
Ensham
Fulham Sub-Aqua
Hackney SAC
Hampstead (London) SAC
Harrow
Hellfins
Holborn
Imperial College Underwater Club
Islington Divers
Kings College (part of University of London)
Kingston & Elmbridge Junior Snorkellers Club
Lea Valley SAC
Londinium MDC
London Hellfins
MANTA Divers, Tooting
Meadhurst, Sunbury on Thames
Meridian SAC, London
Planet Scuba
Putney
Richmond SAC
Ruislip & Northwood
Staines & District
University of East London SAC
University of London SAC
Waltham Forest SAC

 

South West England

Bristol Aero Sub Aqua Club
Clifton Sub Aqua Club
Dorset Sub Aqua Club
Falmouth Diving Club
Ilfracombe & N. Devon DC
Lyme Bay Divers
Lyonesse DC Penzance
North Dorset DC
Underwater Explorers
Weymouth & Portsmouth DC
Winfrith DC

 

North East England

Barnsley Metrodome
Batley Snorkelling Club
Bradford
Chapletown SAC
Doncaster SAC
Excalibur (York)
Harrogate
Huddersfield
Hull
Hull University SAC
John Smeaton (Leeds)
Kippax SAC
Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University SAC
Leeds University Union SAC
Octopus Divers
Pennine Orca SAC
Pontefract
Rotherham
Sheffield
Sheffield University SAC
Stingray Divers
University of Bradford SAC
Wakefield
West Yorkshire Fire Service Diving Section
White Rose Dolphins,Bradford
Whitby SAC
York SAC
York University SAC

 

North West England

Abraham Moss SAC
Alsager SAC
Aquatech SAC
Blackburn
Blue Water Divers
Bolton BSAC
Bury SAC
Castle Rushen Divers
Chadderton SAC
Chaumont
Chester SAC
Congleton Divers
Darwen
East Cheshire SAC
Eccleston SAC
Farnworth SAC
Hartford SAC
Hazel Grove SAC
Horwich Sub Aqua Club
Hyndburn
Isle of Man SAC
Jesters SAC, Chester
Kendal & Lakes
Lancaster University SAC
Lunesdale SAC
Manchester University SAC
Manx Divers
Merseyside SAC
Middleton SAC
Ormskirk SAC
Pendle
Preston Sub Aqua Club
Ramsbottom SAC
Salford SAC
Salford University Diving Society
Skelmersdale (Phoenix N. W. SAC)
Stockport Underwater Diving Group
Sub C Divers
Tameside
Trafford SAC
Warrington
West Cumbria SAC
Western Approaches DC
Wirral SAC
Worsley SAC

The Midlands

Alfreton
Alpha Divers (Warley)
Bahar SAC
Bingham SAC(South Notts.)
Birmingham
Bloxwich
Boldmere Divers
Boston SAC
Burntwood
Buxton SAC
Central Divers
Chillington Divers
Corby and District SAC
Cotswold (Gloucester)
Del Mar Diving Club
De Montfort University
Dolphin SAC (Cirencester)
Dudley Dolphins
Dudley Nautilus SAC
Grantham SAC
Headstream Divers, Etwall
Hereford SAC
Hinckley SAC
Indepthdivers
Inner Space Divers
Kings School Worcester
Leamington and Warwick
Leicester Underwater Exploration Club
Lincoln Association of Sub Aqua Clubs
Loughborough Students Union SAC
Lutterworth
Marlin Sub Aqua, Nuneaton
Maverick Divers
Newark SAC
Newman Sport Diving Club
Nauticus Divers (Birmingham)
Northampton
North East Derbyshire SAC
North Staffs Divers
Nottingham University
Octagon Divers, Nottingham
Orca Divers
Potteries SAC
Ratae SAC
Ross on Wye SAC
Rugby
Scubanauts (Nottingham)
Skegness
South Northants
Solihull SAC
Spalding
Staffordshire University SAC
Stratford on Avon
Stroud Valley SAC
Studley SAC
University of Warwick
Wellingborough & District SAC
Worcester

 

Scotland

Aberdeen Sub Aqua Club
Buchan Divers Peterhead
East Lothian Divers
Edinburgh Divers BSAC21
Edinburgh Diving Centre
Ellon Sub Aqua Club
Inverness Sub Aqua Club
Irvine Sub Aqua Club
JACSAC Moray Firth
Kinloss Sub Aqua Club
Kinsac 405 Divers
Lothian Divers
Montrose Sub Aqua Club
Reivers Sub Aqua Club Dumfries
Scottish Sub Aqua Club
Strathclyde University Sub Aqua Club

 

Wales

Aberystwyth Uni DC
Ammanford SAC
Caldicot Divers
Cardiff University SAC
Cynon Valley
Flintshire
Menai SAC
Neath Marlins SAC
Rhosneigr
Rhyl
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Wrexham Seals

 

Northern Ireland

Barracuda SAC Larne
Castlereagh SAC
Dolphin SAC
Lisburn SAC
Queen's University, Belfast SAC

 

 

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