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If you love diving and want to benefit from great training and an international community of scuba divers and snorkellers , you should get to know BSAC .
What ’ s BSAC all about ?
BSAC stands for British Sub-Aqua Club , and we are the UK National Governing Body of scuba diving and snorkelling . We have clubs , centres , and members worldwide who are all as passionate as we are about the underwater world .
We are Britain ’ s biggest dive club , with hundreds of local clubs run by committed divers and snorkellers on a non-profit basis . With us , you can learn to dive from the age of 10 and snorkel from the age of six .
If you ’ re already a diver , that ’ s great ! All divers are welcome at BSAC . You could further your training or just join us on some great diving . Or both !
As well as developing safety and training standards and supporting our community , we are also focused on the environment and underwater heritage to help protect the waters we love to dive and the earth we live in .
Have a look at this magazine to get a real feel for what we ’ re about — we think you ’ ll love what you read . To get involved , head to bsac . com , email us at hello @ bsac . com or call 0151 350 6201 . We ’ d love to hear from you !
JOIN BSAC TODAY : bsac . com / joinus FIND YOUR LOCAL BSAC CLUB : bsac . com / findaclub or call + 44 ( 0 ) 151 350 6201
8 SCUBA HUB
All the latest BSAC and diving news
20 Critter Confidential Paul Naylor casts an admiring glance at the resurgent spiny lobster
23 Kirsty Andrews
Earning the title of ‘ Ship ’ s Cat ’
25 Yo-Han Cha
Confessions of a Broken Man
26 Becky Hitchin
The geology of British shores , and what lies beneath
28 Centres Forward
Mark Paisey meets an ebullient BSAC Egypt
31 SCUBA Chat
Your letters and announcements
34 Club Focus
Meet Skerries Scuba , a Northern Ireland club based at Portrush
38 View from the Chair
Q & A with BSAC ’ s Chair , Edward Haynes
42 Norway by liveaboard
Alex ‘ Woz ’ Warzynski enjoys some of the world ’ s greatest deep wreck diving
48 BSAC Courses
Plan your progression ; learn from the best
50 Protect our Seas
Valentine tank vandalised ; interspecies whale adoption ; seabed mapping with tiger sharks ; what to do over winter .
54 Travel Special – Red Sea Legends
Join Lunesdale Divers as they rediscover the Red Sea
60 Test Centre
Northern Diver ’ s Cortex Red Edition Drysuit ; Tecline Jet Stream fins ; Lumb Bros weight belt
64 Snorkelling
Why every scuba diver should make time for snorkelling
66 Crossword
Another three-pipe problem from the pen of Charles Wheeldon
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