Ipswich Sub Aqua Club

The Club 2010
The 2010 dive year really took off when 29 members descended on Lulworth Dorset for a weeks excellent wreck and reef diving. Other succesful dives this year include Lands End, Norfolk, Littlehampton and Southwold.

When we are not busy diving we will still be having fun with social events and training. We meet at Fore Street pool on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm, and afterwards at the Admiral Nelson nearby. Currently we have in the region of 60 members. If you are interested in joining our club, please get in touch. We frequently do tryout sessions and if you have not been a club diver previously, do come and talk to us and see what we have to offer.
Branch 32 Established 1956
We are branch 32 of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) which has 1500 branches world-wide - over 150 of them outside the UK - and over 50,000 members: the biggest diving club in the world!

Our club follows the BSAC syllabus for diver training and we award BSAC qualifications. We accept divers with PADI qualifications, transferring to the BSAC equivalent.

The objectives of our club are to provide training to enable our members to develop their skills and to organise dives locally, around the UK and abroad.
First Clubmark Dive Club

We have a strong social and community agenda, providing the first scuba diving experiences for many young swimmers from Ipswich and the surrounding area. As a result we are the first dive club in the UK to achieve the Clubmark registration. We are also members of the Team Ipswich initiative aimed at developing sport in the Ipswich area
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In addition to a full dive programme we also have a good social programme, and regular training meetings. For more information about club activities, click on the 'What We Do' and other links or get in touch via the'contact us' link

Latest News!

Stu, our Chairman and hero is going Prime Time Coast to A12 on Ipswich Community Radio, Thursday 20th Jan. 8am. to talk about the club and what we do. Listen in on 105.7FM! or internet Listen Live at www.icrfm.co.uk.

Eight members took a club Rib to St Abbs for a week in September and despites challenging weather had a great weeks diving. There is already a plan to return next year. The club finished the season with a bouncy weekend diving from Westbay in October.

50 members and friends went to the dogs at Great Yarmouth on the 13th November

Upcoming Events

The club Dinner Dance is at Hintlesham Hall on Friday 21st Jan. Much anticipated after last years bash there showed how well we scrubbed up. This has been organised by Bev who is also planning a St Georges Day Bash where ISAC will be rocking Stutton.

Recent events

In July we took a club boat to Lands End. A great week was had diving some of the UK's best sites, including the Runnel Stome, the City of Westminster and Longships Lighthouse. We swam with basking sharks on two occasions. Just breathtaking.

Reports of a early viz off Norfolk were investigated and an excellent dive was had on the Conway, which is now covered bow to stern in anenomes and provided three trophy bottles of Schnaps still corked. The longest day saw us diving out of Southwold.

One of the clubs biggest and best party and social events was hosted by Ian and Elaine under the guise of a wedding. IanEl[1].jpg

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