What ’ s BSAC all about ?
65 Travel Special
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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
18 Critter Confidential Regenerative limbs , moveable stomachs … meet the spiny starfish
23 Two Sophies New Column
Sophie Heptonstall and Sophie Rennie have all the answers
24 Kirsty Andrews
Why we all need Pool Night
26 Yo-Han Cha
When weather gets in the way
29 Ocean Science
The fine details of flatfish
31 SCUBA Chat
Your letters and announcements
35 Club Focus
Leicester Underwater Exploration Club interviewed by Kristina Pedder
41 Bergen and Beyond
Join Maggs Ashton and friends as they explore the wrecks of Norway
49 Learning Curve
Combined Instructor creativity in Cyprus
52 Scuba at School
Meet the Ocean Diver trainees of Reading Blue Coat School
54 Test Centre
XDEEP Sen Ultralight Wing system + San-O-Sub Oxygen Therapy Kit on test
58 Volunteer Life
Advanced Snorkel Instructor Thomas Hawksworth steps up
60 Protect Our Seas
Kerry MacKay on the miracle of water + Paul Cox on shark tourism + giant coral discovery + ancient shipwrecks of Sicily and Spain
65 Travel Special
Classic reefs of the Sinai Peninsula on board M / Y Scuba Scene
72 Snorkelling
Andy Torbet on the art of snorkel planning
74 Crossword
Another brain-teaser from the desk of Charles Wheeldon
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