British Sub-Aqua Club
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🤿 National Governing Body & training agency
🌊 Championing diving & snorkelling
🐟 Not-for-profit membership organisation
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🌊 Championing diving & snorkelling
🐟 Not-for-profit membership organisation
👌 Tag #BSACdivers
🪼 Ever been stung by a jellyfish? Karen Boswarva looks at the science behind the defensive/ offensive mechanisms of jellies visiting her Orcadian shores.
How a jellyfish stings (and why it hurts)
Karen Boswarva looks at the science behind the defensive/ offensive mechanisms of jellies visiting her Orcadian shores
www.bsac.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🪼 Ever been stung by a jellyfish? Karen Boswarva looks at the science behind the defensive/ offensive mechanisms of jellies visiting her Orcadian shores.
Congratulations to Manchester University Sub Aqua Club on 30 years of diving! 🥳
Joe Westnedge, BSAC's Uni Coach, visited the club last week to present them with their 30th Anniversary certificate for the achievement. 👏
Joe Westnedge, BSAC's Uni Coach, visited the club last week to present them with their 30th Anniversary certificate for the achievement. 👏
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Congratulations to Manchester University Sub Aqua Club on 30 years of diving! 🥳
Joe Westnedge, BSAC's Uni Coach, visited the club last week to present them with their 30th Anniversary certificate for the achievement. 👏
Joe Westnedge, BSAC's Uni Coach, visited the club last week to present them with their 30th Anniversary certificate for the achievement. 👏
🎄 Just a heads up that the BSAC HQ team won't be contactable from 4pm on Christmas Eve (24th December) until 2nd January.
🧑💻 Members will still be able to update membership details online using the self-service MyBSAC platform during this time.
👉 https://loom.ly/N3sHdiw
🧑💻 Members will still be able to update membership details online using the self-service MyBSAC platform during this time.
👉 https://loom.ly/N3sHdiw
BSAC HQ Christmas and New Year opening hours
The BSAC office closes at 4pm on Wednesday 24 December and will reopen on Friday 2 January when normal opening hours will resume
www.bsac.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🎄 Just a heads up that the BSAC HQ team won't be contactable from 4pm on Christmas Eve (24th December) until 2nd January.
🧑💻 Members will still be able to update membership details online using the self-service MyBSAC platform during this time.
👉 https://loom.ly/N3sHdiw
🧑💻 Members will still be able to update membership details online using the self-service MyBSAC platform during this time.
👉 https://loom.ly/N3sHdiw
Well done to Ipswich-based iDive club, who recently conducted a shoreline litter pick on the Suffolk coast, coordinated by their new Marine Champion, Glenn King! 👏
👉 Read the full story here: https://loom.ly/OQ_1znY
👉 Read the full story here: https://loom.ly/OQ_1znY
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Well done to Ipswich-based iDive club, who recently conducted a shoreline litter pick on the Suffolk coast, coordinated by their new Marine Champion, Glenn King! 👏
👉 Read the full story here: https://loom.ly/OQ_1znY
👉 Read the full story here: https://loom.ly/OQ_1znY
A few photos from Nottingham Sub Aqua Club's annual dive training trip to Capernwray. This annual trip saw a fresh group of Ocean Diver trainees become qualified, and they only started in October at the beginning of the academic year! 🥳
Huge well done to all! 👏
Huge well done to all! 👏
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A few photos from Nottingham Sub Aqua Club's annual dive training trip to Capernwray. This annual trip saw a fresh group of Ocean Diver trainees become qualified, and they only started in October at the beginning of the academic year! 🥳
Huge well done to all! 👏
Huge well done to all! 👏
💰 We're offering 20% off everything in our online shop during our Black Friday sale - only from today until Sunday!
👉 Learn more and get the discount code here:
👉 Learn more and get the discount code here:
BSAC Black Friday weekend: 20% off everything!
Update your diving gear, refresh your training materials, or treat yourself to some stylish BSAC clothing
www.bsac.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💰 We're offering 20% off everything in our online shop during our Black Friday sale - only from today until Sunday!
👉 Learn more and get the discount code here:
👉 Learn more and get the discount code here:
Divers from Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners (NARC) have found what is suspected to be a Russian submarine detection device, during their last underwater clean-up dive of the season! 😳
What's the strangest thing you've found underwater? Let us know! 👇
https://loom.ly/Bc5wvKo
What's the strangest thing you've found underwater? Let us know! 👇
https://loom.ly/Bc5wvKo
Suspected Russian sonobuoy discovered off Pembrokeshire coast
A submarine expert says he is confident the recovered object is an imploded Russian sonobuoy.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Divers from Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners (NARC) have found what is suspected to be a Russian submarine detection device, during their last underwater clean-up dive of the season! 😳
What's the strangest thing you've found underwater? Let us know! 👇
https://loom.ly/Bc5wvKo
What's the strangest thing you've found underwater? Let us know! 👇
https://loom.ly/Bc5wvKo
📸 A few photos from Cambridge University Underwater Exploration Group (Scuba Diving - CUUEG)'s recent Ocean Diver training during a Diver Training Day at Capernwray. 👏
👉 To learn more and to book onto a DTD, head to bsac.com/divertrainingdays.
👉 To learn more and to book onto a DTD, head to bsac.com/divertrainingdays.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
📸 A few photos from Cambridge University Underwater Exploration Group (Scuba Diving - CUUEG)'s recent Ocean Diver training during a Diver Training Day at Capernwray. 👏
👉 To learn more and to book onto a DTD, head to bsac.com/divertrainingdays.
👉 To learn more and to book onto a DTD, head to bsac.com/divertrainingdays.
🚨 Please be aware BSAC HQ team will be in training on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (25th and 25th November), with limited cover for phonelines.
📞 If your query is urgent please either leave a voicemail so a team member can get back to you, or email [email protected].
🤿 Thanks and safe diving!
📞 If your query is urgent please either leave a voicemail so a team member can get back to you, or email [email protected].
🤿 Thanks and safe diving!
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨 Please be aware BSAC HQ team will be in training on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (25th and 25th November), with limited cover for phonelines.
📞 If your query is urgent please either leave a voicemail so a team member can get back to you, or email [email protected].
🤿 Thanks and safe diving!
📞 If your query is urgent please either leave a voicemail so a team member can get back to you, or email [email protected].
🤿 Thanks and safe diving!
👀 We've all forgotten that one piece of kit as we pack for a dive trip! Getting ready for a UK dive trip is a serious undertaking, says Yo-Han Cha, as fate messes with carefully laid plans...
The challenges of planning and managing a UK dive trip
Getting ready for a UK dive trip is a serious undertaking, says Yo-Han Cha, as fate messes with carefully laid plans
www.bsac.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
👀 We've all forgotten that one piece of kit as we pack for a dive trip! Getting ready for a UK dive trip is a serious undertaking, says Yo-Han Cha, as fate messes with carefully laid plans...
👏 Another day, another inspiring #BSACMarineChampions story! Exeter Sub Aqua Club's new Marine Champion Sally Richards has hit the ground running getting her club members involved in a Halloween-themed underwater litter pick.
👉 Ready the full article here: https://loom.ly/KX8go8I.
👉 Ready the full article here: https://loom.ly/KX8go8I.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
👏 Another day, another inspiring #BSACMarineChampions story! Exeter Sub Aqua Club's new Marine Champion Sally Richards has hit the ground running getting her club members involved in a Halloween-themed underwater litter pick.
👉 Ready the full article here: https://loom.ly/KX8go8I.
👉 Ready the full article here: https://loom.ly/KX8go8I.
🤿 Snorkelling doesn't necessarily restrict you to sticking close to the shore - in this article Andy Torbet considers the allure of heading to offshore sites in the UK and beyond, armed with just mask and snorkel.
The appeal of snorkelling offshore
Andy Torbet considers the appeal of snorkelling offshore sites away from the coast in the UK and beyond
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November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🤿 Snorkelling doesn't necessarily restrict you to sticking close to the shore - in this article Andy Torbet considers the allure of heading to offshore sites in the UK and beyond, armed with just mask and snorkel.
📖 December's issue of iSCUBA magazine is here!
🤿 Enjoy a lavish photo special and an interview with Ireland's leading underwater photographer, explanations on how to ready your dive gear for winter, advice for snorkelling with your children and a boat-load more!
🤿 Enjoy a lavish photo special and an interview with Ireland's leading underwater photographer, explanations on how to ready your dive gear for winter, advice for snorkelling with your children and a boat-load more!
December 2025 issue of iSCUBA
Enjoy our lavish photo special and interview with Ireland's leading underwater photographer, four more inspiring stories from our writing competition A Dive to Remember, Neil Hope explains how to winterize your dive gear, introducing Snorkel Instructor Edmund 'Spud' Elliott, and the Two Sophies offer advice for teaching the Controlled Buoyant Lift... all in the December issue of iSCUBA magazine. Plus the latest BSAC news, updates from the diving world and so much more...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📖 December's issue of iSCUBA magazine is here!
🤿 Enjoy a lavish photo special and an interview with Ireland's leading underwater photographer, explanations on how to ready your dive gear for winter, advice for snorkelling with your children and a boat-load more!
🤿 Enjoy a lavish photo special and an interview with Ireland's leading underwater photographer, explanations on how to ready your dive gear for winter, advice for snorkelling with your children and a boat-load more!
👏 A huge well done to Cayman Islands Divers BSAC who, organised by their Marine Champion Samantha Cooper, have collected a whopping 28 bin bags of discarded polystyrene from a local beach!
🌊 If you'd like to sign up as the Marine Champion for your club, head to bsac.com/marinechampions.
🌊 If you'd like to sign up as the Marine Champion for your club, head to bsac.com/marinechampions.
Cayman Islands cleaned up thanks to Marine Champions
Twenty eight bin bags of discarded polystyrene have been removed from a local beach beauty spot by members of Cayman Islands Divers BSAC
www.bsac.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
👏 A huge well done to Cayman Islands Divers BSAC who, organised by their Marine Champion Samantha Cooper, have collected a whopping 28 bin bags of discarded polystyrene from a local beach!
🌊 If you'd like to sign up as the Marine Champion for your club, head to bsac.com/marinechampions.
🌊 If you'd like to sign up as the Marine Champion for your club, head to bsac.com/marinechampions.
🎅 Get your Santa suits ready for another festive charity dive, this time at The Lake at Cromhall Quarry.
🤿 Scuba Santas returns on 13th December, for another fantastic day of festive fun and underwater cheer, all in support of two incredible charities - DDRC and Headway Gloucestershire.
🤿 Scuba Santas returns on 13th December, for another fantastic day of festive fun and underwater cheer, all in support of two incredible charities - DDRC and Headway Gloucestershire.
Buoy To The World! Scuba Santas Return To The Lake | The Lake
Get your Santa suits (and drysuits) ready, because the most festive dive of the year is back! Scuba Santas returns to The Lake on Saturday, 13th December.
thelakeuk.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🎅 Get your Santa suits ready for another festive charity dive, this time at The Lake at Cromhall Quarry.
🤿 Scuba Santas returns on 13th December, for another fantastic day of festive fun and underwater cheer, all in support of two incredible charities - DDRC and Headway Gloucestershire.
🤿 Scuba Santas returns on 13th December, for another fantastic day of festive fun and underwater cheer, all in support of two incredible charities - DDRC and Headway Gloucestershire.
🤿 Want to make a difference within BSAC? Candidate applications are now being accepted for the BSAC Election 2026!
👉 If you have the skills and enthusiasm to help drive forward the UK’s biggest diving club then we'd would like to hear from you.
👉 If you have the skills and enthusiasm to help drive forward the UK’s biggest diving club then we'd would like to hear from you.
Help shape the future of BSAC - stand for Election 2026
Candidate applications are being accepted for the BSAC Election 2026
www.bsac.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🤿 Want to make a difference within BSAC? Candidate applications are now being accepted for the BSAC Election 2026!
👉 If you have the skills and enthusiasm to help drive forward the UK’s biggest diving club then we'd would like to hear from you.
👉 If you have the skills and enthusiasm to help drive forward the UK’s biggest diving club then we'd would like to hear from you.
👏 Well done to all who took part in BSAC Yorkshire Region's first Snorkel Instructor Training Course Assessment (SITCA).
🤿 Even for seasoned divers, snorkelling is a great way to put the heavy kit down and enjoy moving more freely in the water.
👉 Learn more about the course at bsac.com/sitca.
🤿 Even for seasoned divers, snorkelling is a great way to put the heavy kit down and enjoy moving more freely in the water.
👉 Learn more about the course at bsac.com/sitca.
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
👏 Well done to all who took part in BSAC Yorkshire Region's first Snorkel Instructor Training Course Assessment (SITCA).
🤿 Even for seasoned divers, snorkelling is a great way to put the heavy kit down and enjoy moving more freely in the water.
👉 Learn more about the course at bsac.com/sitca.
🤿 Even for seasoned divers, snorkelling is a great way to put the heavy kit down and enjoy moving more freely in the water.
👉 Learn more about the course at bsac.com/sitca.
🗑️ Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found
🌊 The scientists found that existing pollution would still float on the surface for more than 100 years, even if no more was dumped in the ocean.
🌊 The scientists found that existing pollution would still float on the surface for more than 100 years, even if no more was dumped in the ocean.
Plastic pollution spends a century on ocean surface, study finds
Scientists from HR Wallingford say the study provides critical insights into tackling plastic pollution.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🗑️ Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found
🌊 The scientists found that existing pollution would still float on the surface for more than 100 years, even if no more was dumped in the ocean.
🌊 The scientists found that existing pollution would still float on the surface for more than 100 years, even if no more was dumped in the ocean.
Congratulations to Denys Ilyushenko who has been welcomed as the new BSAC Regional Coach for the East Midlands region. 👏
We would like to thank Jeff Roberts for his past four years in the role, and for his continued support in welcoming and supporting Denys as he takes up the reins. 🙏
We would like to thank Jeff Roberts for his past four years in the role, and for his continued support in welcoming and supporting Denys as he takes up the reins. 🙏
Denys Ilyushenko welcomed as new BSAC East Midlands Regional Coach
The new Regional Coach for the East Midlands is able to offer help and enable diving across the region
www.bsac.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations to Denys Ilyushenko who has been welcomed as the new BSAC Regional Coach for the East Midlands region. 👏
We would like to thank Jeff Roberts for his past four years in the role, and for his continued support in welcoming and supporting Denys as he takes up the reins. 🙏
We would like to thank Jeff Roberts for his past four years in the role, and for his continued support in welcoming and supporting Denys as he takes up the reins. 🙏
🧭 Well done to the three students who completed their Chartwork and Position Fixing Course with BSAC Seamanship Centre Wreckspeditions last weekend!
👉 Learn more about the course here: bsac.com/training/skill-development-courses/seamanship-courses/chartwork-and-position-fixing/
👉 Learn more about the course here: bsac.com/training/skill-development-courses/seamanship-courses/chartwork-and-position-fixing/
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🧭 Well done to the three students who completed their Chartwork and Position Fixing Course with BSAC Seamanship Centre Wreckspeditions last weekend!
👉 Learn more about the course here: bsac.com/training/skill-development-courses/seamanship-courses/chartwork-and-position-fixing/
👉 Learn more about the course here: bsac.com/training/skill-development-courses/seamanship-courses/chartwork-and-position-fixing/
🌱 Project Seagrass is marking the 10th anniversary of its SeagrassSpotter app by asking divers and snorkellers to get involved and submit new seagrass data recordings to help conservation efforts.
Help mark 10 years of SeagrassSpotter - record your sightings!
Since its launch in 2015, thousands of seagrass observations have so far been uploaded to the app
www.bsac.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🌱 Project Seagrass is marking the 10th anniversary of its SeagrassSpotter app by asking divers and snorkellers to get involved and submit new seagrass data recordings to help conservation efforts.
👌 Pool training and skills refreshers are a great way to keep the fins wet when the weather isn't so good.
🤿 Most divers have a particular skill or two that they're not a fan of - and practicing is often the only way to get more comfortable with it.
📸: The Golden Lion Sub Aqua Club
🤿 Most divers have a particular skill or two that they're not a fan of - and practicing is often the only way to get more comfortable with it.
📸: The Golden Lion Sub Aqua Club
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
👌 Pool training and skills refreshers are a great way to keep the fins wet when the weather isn't so good.
🤿 Most divers have a particular skill or two that they're not a fan of - and practicing is often the only way to get more comfortable with it.
📸: The Golden Lion Sub Aqua Club
🤿 Most divers have a particular skill or two that they're not a fan of - and practicing is often the only way to get more comfortable with it.
📸: The Golden Lion Sub Aqua Club
The closing date for BSAC clubs to enter the Heinke Trophy 2026 is midnight on 30 November. If your club is thinking of taking part in this year’s award, there’s still time to do it!
Your club could win a £1,000 prize and the coveted Heinke Trophy itself. 🏆
Learn more: https://loom.ly/-CWVJ0k
Your club could win a £1,000 prize and the coveted Heinke Trophy itself. 🏆
Learn more: https://loom.ly/-CWVJ0k
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The closing date for BSAC clubs to enter the Heinke Trophy 2026 is midnight on 30 November. If your club is thinking of taking part in this year’s award, there’s still time to do it!
Your club could win a £1,000 prize and the coveted Heinke Trophy itself. 🏆
Learn more: https://loom.ly/-CWVJ0k
Your club could win a £1,000 prize and the coveted Heinke Trophy itself. 🏆
Learn more: https://loom.ly/-CWVJ0k
⚓️ Interested in shipwrecks and underwater archaeology? The Nautical Archaeology Society annual conference is taking place in Portsmouth on 14th-17th November!
🎥 Online tickets are also available for those who can't make it in person.
Learn more about the conference here: https://loom.ly/WudHKnU
🎥 Online tickets are also available for those who can't make it in person.
Learn more about the conference here: https://loom.ly/WudHKnU
Annual Conference
Every year the Society hosts a two day annual conference. In November 2025 we are back in our home town of Portsmouth in partnership with the University of Portsmouth - Bringing the Past to Life. Tickets now on sale.....
www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
⚓️ Interested in shipwrecks and underwater archaeology? The Nautical Archaeology Society annual conference is taking place in Portsmouth on 14th-17th November!
🎥 Online tickets are also available for those who can't make it in person.
Learn more about the conference here: https://loom.ly/WudHKnU
🎥 Online tickets are also available for those who can't make it in person.
Learn more about the conference here: https://loom.ly/WudHKnU
A fantastic example of divers getting involved with a brilliant conservation initiative. 👏
BSAC divers with The SHIPS Project helped to identify a new seagrass bed in Cawsand Bay in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. 🌱
BSAC divers with The SHIPS Project helped to identify a new seagrass bed in Cawsand Bay in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. 🌱
The SHIPS Project
Recently, while diving from our dive boat, Minerva, the SHIPS Project BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club divers helped to identify a new seagrass bed in Cawsand Bay in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park ....
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November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A fantastic example of divers getting involved with a brilliant conservation initiative. 👏
BSAC divers with The SHIPS Project helped to identify a new seagrass bed in Cawsand Bay in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. 🌱
BSAC divers with The SHIPS Project helped to identify a new seagrass bed in Cawsand Bay in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. 🌱