About
Welcome to the KISH Sub Aqua Club website.
Our club was founded in 1986 and currently has some 40 members. 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. March and 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 also have 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.
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.
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 night at the Guinness Pool, Watling Street, Dublin 8 between 8 – 9pm on Wednesday 13th January. 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 13th, please contact our Training Officer, Pat Normile by e-mail at Kishtrainingofficer@gmail.com.
The try date may have passed when you are reading this, nevertheless please take the opportunity to contact our Training Office Pat in order to get details on our next available try a dive night or view our see our events calendar for details or visit our contact.
We also welcome divers from other diving organisations such as PADIand BASC and provide cross-over training to such candidates.
We have a full dive schedule set out for 2010. If you have any further suggestions or are interested in travelling on any of these trips, please contact our Diving Officer, Rob or a member of your Committee. Booking as early as possible is recommended!!
Dive Boot Sale – RNLI Fund Raiser
During the year one of our committee members John Bolger put together Ireland’s first Dive Gear Boot Sale. This event ran on March 28th, well done John and thanks to all who attended and helped out on the day making it a great success. For details the event please click here We shall post a short article about the event soon on our news section. This may become an annual event so keep an eye for more developments.
