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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
6 SCUBA HUB
All the latest BSAC and diving news
16 Critter Confidential
Paul Naylor on the private life of the lesser sand eel
19 Kirsty Andrews
... has a date with a crawfish
21 Yo-Han Cha
... at the Scottish nudibranch festival
23 Becky Hitchin
Climactic change and coral bleaching
24 Centres Forward
Worcester BSAC and SevernTec link up
27 SCUBA Chat
Your letters , announcements and memories
30 Club Focus
Kristina Pedder interviews Tameside BSAC
38 BSAC Courses
Get your training back on track
40 Wreck Detectives of the Channel The buddy team whose discoveries are rewriting the history books
44 Protect Our Seas
White shark hotspot Guadalupe closed to diving + Outrage for Freya the walrus + Looking beyond Shark Week + Jane Maddocks on diving-based careers
49 Travel Special – Canary Islands Focus on affordable winter diving in Tenerife , Gran Canaria and Lanzarote
60 Test Centre
Northern Diver ’ s 5.5 / 6.5 Semi- Tech Wetsuit and semi-dry counterpart + Tecline Power Fins + Beaver personal mouthpiece reviewed by Neil Hope
64 Snorkelling
Andy Torbet indulges in a cheeky dip off Mallorca while visiting a solar-powered yacht
66 Crossword
Charles Wheeldon is back with another brain-baffler
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