If you are interested in SCUBA diving in York and on the Yorkshire and North East coasts of England, then you have come to the right place! Scuba Diving, Sub Aqua, SCUBA or just plain diving what ever you wish to call it. This is the website of York Sub-Aqua Club (YSAC) We are branch number 50 of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC), we are the original and oldest BSAC SCUBA diving club in York, and most of our diving takes place off the east coast, especially around the Farne Islands and Bridlington Bay. However we love Scotland too!
Recent trips have seen York BSAC diving at St Abbs, the Clyde, Red Sea, French Riviera, Truk Lagoon, Palau, Mull, Plymouth, Scapa Flow Anglesey, Gozo, Normandy and the Channel Islands. Return visits in 2006 are already planned for St Abbs, Scapa Flow, the Red Sea, Weymouth, Gibraltar and the Sound of Mull! Most of July and August saw York Sub Aqua Club members diving at the Farnes or Bridlington. The scenic diving and wrecks in these areas are exceptional and we are exploring sites new to us in 2006. SCUBA diving is a passion within the club and we welcome any one from other agencies who wish to cross over and join us. We train all year round, in inland sites and at the pool at Archbishop Holgate School. Pool nights are on tuesday, and members come along to swim and socialise afterwards at the club as well as train.
The winter months (October throughMarch) are when we do much of our inland training in lakes and inland dive centres, giving new divers and trainees the chance to build on pool training started in September (York BSAC provides training throughout the year) before the main diving season begins. It's also an opportunity to get to know more of the existing club members. Yes, we do still go to Capernwray! And also to 8 Acre Lake, just 40 minutes drive away from York
We are currently working on next years schedule. We will have an exciting programme of dives, training and social events, unequaled by any other Dive Club in Yorkshire! (probably!) We are happy for new members to organise dives and if they don't have the experience then we will allocate a mentor.
The club provides a lot of SCUBA diving training opportunities and new divers can train and qualify very quickly. But we make SCUBA diving the priority. If you make the time and have the enthusiasm, you will have plenty of chances for diving with York Sub Aqua Club! Look through these pages, give us a call and arrange to come down to the club house for a chat.
Now is the time to start training if you are thinking about it, so that we can get you in the sea at the start of the season. York BSAC training runs throughout the year. We have a pool (excuse the pun) of BSAC qualified Instructors waiting to take on new recruits for pool training and then on to Open Water training, even in the summer season.
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