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Diving info needed

  • 18-05-2005 12:41pm
    #1
    Juicy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi all divers, I am new-ish to diving and am looking for some info/advice/diving companions. I did my Open Water and a deep dive while travelling through Thailand last year. Did a kind of a fun dive back in Scuba Dive West in Galway when I got back and have not dived since. Now that the season is kicking off again I am interested in doing some more diving in Ireland. I don't have any gear at all so would have to go with a club. I am based in the Midlands and have found it hard to find a contact name for any local Sub Aqua Clubs. If anyone could help me out with names/numbers that would be great!


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  • #2
    NordicDiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭NordicDiver


    Peace wrote:
    Scubaireland.com has a list of CFT clubs. Its split out by region. That link is for north dublin. You can view the other regions by clicking the links in the top right.

    ...


  • #3
    nitroboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭nitroboy


    hi i'm new to the midlands too, does anyone know of any dive sites in the midlands?? any spots on the shannon?
    thanks.


  • #4
    Juicy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Juicy


    I rang the Midlands Regional Dive Officer and he put me onto another guy from the athlone club. He then told me that they are not a PADI type crowd, they do the other BSAC type training. Basically you have to join the club, train with them from Sept to Spring-ish and only then can you go out diving with them. Also, I didn't have enough cold water experience to just go out this summer with them. So I may give them a call closer to September and see what the story is.

    I rang a place in Kilkee for a dive this w/end but they aren't taking any boats out cos there's a storm expected to hit the coast there this weekend.

    So my alternative was a place up in Sligo http://www.clubi.ie/firstsite/sligo but I couldn't get through there at all. Will keep trying for maybe a place over in Achill or go back to Scuba dive West again. If I get more ambitious I could try heading down to Cork, there are a few PADI Dive centres down there.

    BTW nitroboy let me know if you find out anything?

    Thanks.


  • #5
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    You can cross train from PADI to CFT (I assume BSAC is what CFT is based on). Ring the club and find out what the story is.


  • #6
    Pingu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭Pingu


    Evil Phil wrote:
    (I assume BSAC is what CFT is based on).

    CFT and BSAC both were affiliated to CMAS. BSAC however ceased to be affiliated with CMAS a number of years ago (Large falling out). CFT continue to be associated with CMAS. Both work on the club style of training.


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