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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 for 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 on.
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 info @ 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
21 Book Reviews
New books on marine life identification in the UK and the Mediterranean + decoding shipwrecks + citizen archaeology + a biography of sharks
24 Critter Confidential
Paul Naylor examines the defensive strategies used by marine creatures
26 Kirsty Andrews
Classic kit: Kirsty ponders the heritage items at the bottom of her kit bag
28 Yo-Han Cha
The mystery of the shrinking drysuit – Yo-Han takes stock of his fitness
30 Ocean Science
Karen Boswarva looks at the reproductive lives of seahorses
35 SCUBA Chat
Your letters and announcements
39 Club Focus
Kristina Pedder meets Peninsula SAC of Cornwall
44 Spirit of Swanage
Isle of Purbeck SAC reports on its mission to survey the legs of Swanage Pier
51 Voice of the Allendale
A day of discovery for members of Cynon Valley SAC
54 Test Centre
Amazfit’ s T-Rex 3 Pro wristwatch computer + Daniamant’ s AQ-4 MKII strobe light + SEAC Equipage 250 dive bag
58 Volunteer life
How two young Ocean Divers are making waves at Bingham BSAC
60 Protect our Seas
Kerry MacKay on recycling fishing lines + pushback on endangered species + medieval‘ super wreck’ discovered off Copenhagen + Greenland sharks’ self-healing eyes + coral restoration on the Great Barrier Reef
65 Travel Special
Kerry MacKay heads to Belize to report on sustainable scuba, marine parks and world renowned dive sites
72 Snorkelling
Malta Part Two, with Andy Torbet and family
74 Crossword
Cryptic conundrums, courtesy of Charles Wheeldon
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