Barnsley BSAC Divers

Just another Tuesday at Barnsley BSAC. Diving. Training. DSMB. and cake! Also a huge Congratulations to Kevin who just passed his Ocean Diver course!

Look at this awesome event that some of our Barnsley divers took part in!

Hello Facebook Community. Our lovely Donna went on amazing adventure to Cyprus and has shared with us some photos and a bit about her trip (See below):

"The Dive holiday started with a night flight from Birmingham to Larnaca airport Cyprus. Arriving very early in the morning this then gave us our first day to acclimatise and relax.

The first day diving started with an 8am pickup which was the theme for the rest of the week with a 2 o`clock return time to the apartment. On the first dive day we did two dives at Green Bay. The first dive gave us plenty to see in regards to the wildlife in the gullies a rock-formations, along with a few underwater statues on the way. The second dive was more thrilling with a couple of caves and tunnels to swim through.

Day three was a rib trip out to a wreck called the Nemesis at 25m. This wreck is upright and had a lovely swim through the engine room from bow to stern. The boat was deliberately sunk to provide a natural reef for marine life and as such the wreck is upright in clear water making this a great dive. After the Nemesis we went to Cape Greko and the cyclops cave where after a tough kit carry we got to a rock platform to start our dive. We followed the rocky and sandy bottom to a wall where we dropped down to 21m and then followed the wall round coming up to 15m where there was plenty of lion fish and other fish species to see.

Day four was a rest day and a day to chill out and visit a local restaurant and ice cream parlour. Unfortunately, the ice cream parlour then became a daily visit and a few inches started to appear from nowhere by the end of the week. Day five was amazing at cape Greko. A bit of hard work carrying kit down to the entry point but well worth it. Swim out over gullies then to a sandy bottom with sea horses and octopus to photograph we then turned right to the rock formations with tunnels to swim through and caves. Finally finishing in a cave and surfacing through a hole in the centre of the cave, absolutely brilliant and thoroughly recommended. From the caves we then went to the second dive location at Musan Ayianapa which is an underwater museum. It is a long walk out in the water but then it drops to 4m then 10m for the museum which is very interesting and plenty of wild life was to be seen from scorpion fish, squid puffer fish, and a range of other fish species. It is quite strange seeing people free diving and swimming above you.

The fifth day was the longest day for two dives on the Zenobia at 30m + and a night dive. The ferry is on its side with all the passengers cargo and in the swimming though the cafeteria we saw the original Capets still holding on for life. The coffee machine was a crazy sight to see, so there is plenty to see and swim through, plus a little barbeque on our boat for the surface interval.

The last dive of the trip was a night dive of 9m at Geen Bay which was amazing, everything by torch light, octopus, moray eels, lion fish and a variety of other fish and a dive that I would thoroughly recommend doing.

We dove with wreck2Tech Divers and Will put the dive package together along with Maria who guided us through many of the dives. The next time we go to Cyprus we will stay at Will`s apartments above the dive shop where all the local amenities are close by plus a swimming pool to chill out at."

Donna Is going to put together a group trip so please reach out to the organisation if you are interested!!

❗️Are you interested in learning how to scuba dive?❗️

You could get your qualifications at BSAC Barnsley with try dives for £25 (this is a contribution to the cost of providing a try dive)!

⭐️ Email [email protected] to get your try dive scheduled! ⭐️

For ages 12+

🤿Weekly round up!🤿

Last Tuesday we had pool training including some fun water entries (🤸)! We also had some theory training in the room including oxygen administration led by Ezra! ⭐️

💦 Weekly round up! 💦

🤿 This Tuesday we had a mix of sports diver and ocean diver training in the pool as well as some DSMB and dry suit practice! 🤿

📚 In the room we had ocean diver theory and some sports diver theory tests! 📚

Looking forward to next week! ⭐️

Weekly round up! 🤿

BSAC Barnsley’s first quarterly social at the Jolly Tap! 🍻🙌

Congratulations to Jack for completing his sports diver qualification at Capernwray on Friday! Well done 👏
Also huge thanks to his instructor Tim for his support and Adrian for being a very good casualty during rescue skills practice!

Weekly round up!
Showcasing our rescue diving skills in the pool🛟