Welcome to the Kish Sub Aqua Club Website
KISH Scuba Diving Club was founded in 1986 and currently has some 40 members We are an adventure sports scuba diving club based in Dublin City. We named our club after the KISH Light House in Dublin Bay. We are an affiliated of the Comhairle Fó-Thuinn – Irish Underwater Council (CFT). CFT is the coordinating body for Underwater Diving Clubs in Ireland and is the representative body for Ireland in the World Underwater Federation (Confédériation Mondiale des Activitiés Subaquatiques – CMAS).
What we offer
We offer weekly diving in and around Dublin bay from March to October every Sunday and most Thursday nights in Dublin Bay. Diving in Dublin ranges from the Muglins to Lambay Is. and includes many well known wrecks such as the MV Leinster, Guide Me II, RMS Tayleur and the Vanguard. We teach people how to dive from scratch. We also welcome divers from other diving organisations such as PADI & BASC we provide cross-over training to such candidates. Our members range in age from 17 to 60, and we have a vast experience built up within the club. If you want to learn more please contact our training officer at kishtrainingoffice@gmail.com and we shall contact you in due course.
Check out our blog posts to see our activities – latest one being our annual New Years Day Snorkel 2012.
Diving in the South Pacific
Try a dive
Ever wanted to try scuba diving?…..now is your chance! We offer a no obligation opportunity to experience the wonder of scuba in a safe environment. Kish Sub Aqua Club will be holding a Try Dive nights at the Guinness Pool, Watling Street, Dublin 8 between 8 – 9pm on Wednesdays can be organised with the Training Office Kishtrainingofficer@gmail.com at any point during the year. Our qualified instructors will take you through the basics. Our members will also be on hand to answer your questions. All equipment will be provided, you just need to bring a towel and you can enjoy a nice warm sauna after your dive. So come and join us on Wednesday and take the opportunity to contact our Training Office Pat in order to get details on our next available try a dive evening or view our see our events calendar for details or visit our contact.
Where we train
Each Wednesday we swim and train in the Guinness pool on Watling Street (opposite St. James’ Gate) from 8pm-9pm. Out of diving season to keep fit we snorkel out from Sandycove on a Sunday morning circa 10am.
Diving Trips 2011.
We have a full dive schedule set out for 2011. If you have any further suggestions or are interested in traveling on any of these trips, please contact our Diving Officer, Rob or a member of your Committee. Booking as early as possible is recommended!! Our regular trips during the diving season to other scenic Irish Dive locations, see our events calendar. We organise trips abroad for our members to various excellent dive site around the world. In the past we have visited Australia, Carnries Islands, Corisca, Cyprus, El Hierro, Malta, Red Sea, and some of our very lucky members have been as far a field as the Azores and Bikini Atol, see our gallery for photos.