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Welcome to the Aerodivers BASAC
If you are thinking of starting diving, you could come to our pool for a try-dive.
It costs £15 for an evening try-dive session in our pool, one-to-one with your own personal instructor.
We supply all the kit: mask, fins, cylinder, regulators and buoyancy jacket, you just need an old tee shirt to wear under the jacket.
Or if you want to learn to become a qualified diver, you can do that with us also.
You can read more about us in the Our Club section of the site.
We also welcome qualified divers who want to crossover from a different organisation, extend their qualifications, or just dive with us.
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Latest News
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Good luck Mike, from all of the Aerodivers.
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A note from the Webmaster: I have withdrawn my feedback form and now rely on the simple email link at the top right of this page.
This is because I had a bother getting the php to work properly.
However I am sorry to disappoint the person who sells handbags in China,
who has posted hundreds of messages to my website at a rate of about 50 per day, rest assured that the code to record everything you typed worked fine,
even if the actual emailing didn't !
LB Webmaster.
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Indonesia Expedition February 2012
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Report imminent with luck.
LB February 2012.
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Red Sea Clean-up January 2012
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Saturday 28/01/2012 Poseidon Reef
Saturday 28/01/2012 Abu Nuhas
Saturday 28/01/2012 Abu Nuhas night dive
Sunday 29/01/2012 Shark and Yolanda
Sunday 29/01/2012 Shark and Yolanda
Sunday 29/01/2012 The Alternatives
Sunday 29/01/2012 The Alternatives night dive
Monday 30/01/2012 Dunraven wreck on Beacon Reef
Monday 30/01/2012 Small Crack Beacon Reef
Monday 30/01/2012 The Kingston wreck
Monday 30/01/2012 Sha'ab Ali reef night dive
Tuesday 31/01/2012 Thistlegorm wreck
Tuesday 31/01/2012 Thistlegorm wreck
Tuesday 31/01/2012 Christuola wreck Abu Nuhas
Tuesday 31/01/2012 Abu Nuhas reef South side night dive
Wednesday 01/02/2012 Giannis D wreck Abu Nuhas
Wednesday 01/02/2012 Ong Ghosh reef clean-up dive
Wednesday 01/02/2012 Siyul Kebir reef
Wednesday 01/02/2012 Sha'ab El Erg night dive
Thursday 02/02/2012 Sha'ab El Erg reef clean-up dive
Thursday 02/02/2012 Fanous
LB February 2012.
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If you want to get in touch with us, our primary form of contact is email.
However, you can also come along and meet us at our club night but it's best to make contact first.
For any contact reason, please send an email and it will be forwarded to the relevant person.
Please use this link if you want to email us.
Pool Sessions
Monday nights from 8:10pm - 9:45pm
Badminton School Pool,
Cote Lane,
Westbury on Trym,
Bristol BS9 3BA
A map is available
here but don't go down Cote Lane, the drive into Badminton School is about a car length from Westbury Road.
Club Meetings
Monday nights from 10:00pm - 11:30pm
BAWA Leisure Centre,
589 Southmead Road,
Filton,
Bristol
A map is available
here.
Please contact us before
coming along, and we will arrange to meet you.
Welcome to the Bristol Aerospace Sub-Aqua Club. We are a branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC Club No. 0088)
and are affiliated to the Bawa.
Our club night is on a Monday. We meet at Badminton School Pool, Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS9 3BA, from 8.10pm until 9.30pm. Here is a map
if you need it.
After the pool session, from 10.00pm we move on to the BAWA Leisure Centre, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol.
See the map here.
If you do come to visit us, please contact us beforehand, and we’ll arrange to meet you.
Our club was formed around 1959 primarily by and for employees of the local aerospace industries of Rolls-Royce plc and
and BAE Systems here in Bristol.
However, the club is now open to all and has been for many years.
We are an active club and dive all year round both in the UK and also in some more exotic warmer locations.
You can read more about our latest diving activities in the diving section.
Our oldest active member, Frank is eighty something years young, and our youngest start at 14,
which is the minimum age currently permitted by the BSAC for SCUBA diving.
We are a ’family’ club and aim to provide a good social atmosphere, where non-diving friends or relations can join in.
These activities are aimed at improving the relationship between members, allowing people to get to know the people
that they will be diving with.
Apart from diving, we organize various events ranging from the annual Dinner Dance to the Christmas Fun Night at the pool,
as well as many other smaller gatherings, such as photo evenings.
The club has a number of facilities which are open to members.
A weekly pool session is held at Badminton School Pool for general use by members and their families.
Activities range from a quick splash to swimming, members trying out new dive kit,
training and even Octopush - If you dare!
Pool sessions are held each Monday from 8:10pm until 9:45pm. See Contact Us for maps, addresses and contact numbers.
As the club is affiliated to BAWA, we have use of the BAWA facilities for the apres pool sessions in the bar.
Here we chat over a drink and plan weekend or holiday diving, and plan other social events.
We even own our own wreck to dive on, the SS Bretagne She’s a single screw steamer of 1439 tons 231.6ft long, 35ft beam which sank along with her cargo of Welsh steam coal on the 10th August 1918 following a collision. She now lies upright on an even keel 18m to the deck, 25m to the seabed.
The club owns a wide range of equipment. At present this includes a 4.8m RIB and a 5.5m RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat).
Some members also own their own boats and these are sometimes present at club dives, particularly on our weekends away.
The club also owns all essential safety equipment including Oxygen Administration kit, flares,
VHF radios and GPS satellite navigation equipment.
We also have equipment to get new members under way with their pool training from day one.
Masks, fins, snorkels, cylinders, regulators, BC’s (buoyancy compensator jackets), weight belts, etc. are available.
The club also operates a hire scheme to assist established members who have equipment in for servicing etc.
In addition, the club purchases the latest tide almanac’s and a range of useful charts for use by the whole membership
in dive planning activities.
Honorary President Dave Jago.
The club has an elected committee, which stands for a period of one year from the AGM,
usually held late in October or early November.
The committee is currently made up of ten posts, seven positions being elected by the club membership.
The others are co-opted by elected personnel; Training Officer by the Diving Officer,
Advanced Diving Representative by the Dive Leaders and Advanced Divers in the branch and
Membership Secretary by the Treasurer.
The committee is responsible for the smooth running of the club affairs and finances and meets on the third
Wednesday of each month.
Any club member is welcome to attend and be part of any of these meetings and we would be glad of any
member's involvement, but sadly, is not entitled to vote on any topic.
| Chairman | Peter Davies |
| Secretary | Laurence Breeze |
| Diving Officer | Neil Brent |
| Training Officer | Duncan Lamont |
| Treasurer | Sheila Watt |
| Boat Care Officer | Rob Boyes |
| Equipment Officer | John Clayton |
| Entertainment Officer | Mary Breeze |
| Advanced Diving Representative | Tim Clouter |
| Membership Secretary | Bob Abbott |
Starting out diving can be very expensive, with a lot of money to find up front.
We can help by arranging payment of the membership fees in installments.
Once you've joined, you will receive a copy of the BSAC Diving Manual and your subscription to
BSAC also includes a monthly subscription to
'Dive magazine'.
The subscription to the BSAC has to be paid prior to starting aqualung training.
Once you are a member of the BSAC, you are covered for third party liability in the unlikely event of a diving accident.
Fees are liable to change, so please Contact Us for further details.
Our club's primary source of information is the club notice folder which is present at our weekly meetings,
as not all members may have regular access to the internet. Acutally only one hasn't. But this was written a long time ago.
However, a large proportion of our membership are now online so we do have our own private Email mailing list
that can be used by any club member. Our mailing list is operated free of charge by Google,
Google Groups.
All new members are encouraged to sign up as this is an excellent means of communication for organising those last minute dives! However this link will not work if you are not a member.
To register for our BASAC Google Group, you must either be a current or an ex-club member.
Further instructions and information about the group will be forwarded to you on joining.
The nearest thing to underwater hockey.
Octopush is usually played at the pool on Monday evenings after the diving and swimming.
The aim of the game is to try to gouge your opponent's ears off with a wooden paddle while five or more of the
opposing team (and some of your own) pin you to the tiles at the bottom of the pool preventing you from
surfacing for a breath.
From this position you can try to score for your team by shooting a puck into the opponent team's goal.
But seriously, it is a very challenging and physical game of Underwater Hockey, and besides being great fun is a
good way to build up your stamina, skills and confidence in and under the water.
Read the report below from one of our young female players. A First Hand account
The British Octopush Association
We dive all year round in the UK primarily in the South & West of the UK (Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and West Wales).
Throughout the year we organise many diving weekends around the Bank Holidays.
These short breaks are always well attended by members and their families and offer a wide range of diving
suitable for all levels.
Our diving takes place primarily from our own boats, though shore diving is very popular especially in winter.
Occasionally we charter hard boats for the club's use depending on the site.
Looking to warmer climes there have been many club holidays over the last few years.
Popular destinations with members include the Red Sea, Channel Islands, Ireland, Spain, Tenerife, Thailand, Cuba,
Mauritius and the Maldives. Many of these trips can be read about in our Dive Reports section.
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Organising a Club Dive
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Any grade of diver can organise a dive expedition provided they have a Dive Leader or Advanced Diver to
help organise and marshal the diving activities.
In the past many trips have been organised by Ocean divers or Sports Divers. So everyone can play a part.
If there is a dive that you want to do, why not organise it.
A little basic research of the site, amenities, transport, and accomodation is often all that is required.
Then issue a Dive On notice at our weekly club night and email the club mailing list to gather interest.
Provided an experienced diver is available to Marshal, Dive On!
Of course, all club dives should first be cleared with the Diving Officer for safety before the day.
So, safe diving & lots of it for the future.
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Contact us
Risbecia nudibranch. Winner of 2010 Photo Competition, Geoff Wilkinson.
Clown fish in bubble anemone. Second place, 2010 Photo Competition, Geoff Wilkinson.
Divers on El Mina wreck. Third place, 2010 Photo Competition, Cyril Hucker.
Splendid Spooner crab. Fourth place, 2010 Photo Competition, Geoff Wilkinson.
Picture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge from Leigh Woods side.
Tommy. Overall winner of 2009 Photo Competition and 1st in Natural World class, Mark Stinchcombe
Beautiful Risbecia nudibranch, Risbecia pulchella. Overall 2nd place 2009 and 2nd in Natural World, Bob Abbott
Pleasure of diving. Overall 3rd place and 1st in Spirit of Our Club class 2009, Mark S
Halfspotted hind, Cephalopholis hemistiktos. 3rd in Natural World class, Mark S
High-O Silver. 2nd in Spirit of Our Club class, Laurence Breeze
I'm sure they were there when I set off! 3rd in Spirit of Our Club class, Rob Boyes
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