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29/07/2010 | Martin

Inisboffin (island of white cow) is where I got back into diving with the club. It is a long story, Paul Conroy happened to say to me at work one day that the club were heading over for a week. I wa [ ... ]


article thumbnailSeasearch refresher course
27/07/2010 | Joan

  We attended a Seasearch Refresher Course in Lahinch and Doolin July 17th and 18th.      John Breen gave a very interesting lecture on the marine life that we are likely to see on a dive and  [ ... ]


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Welcome


 

The Aughinish diving club is affiliated to the Irish Underwater Council - CFT which in turn is associated to CMAS.

Qualifications are recognized worldwide.
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The Aughinish Diving Club has been in existence since 1984.

It began within Aughinish Alumina in Foynes and since then has grown to include members outside of Aughinish and the greater Limerick area. Today our membership consists of mainly people living and working in the Limerick City area.

The club currently has a membership of over 50 people, from the age of 8 to 65. These include snorkelers and scuba divers. Diving occurs on a weekly basis, with most of the diving done during the
summer and a few hard core divers getting a few in during the winter.

Our weekly dive sites are around the Kilkee area and the long weekends include trips from anywhere from Donegal to Cork. We get away for two,
one-week long trips during the season. One week we head to beautiful Smerwick harbor in Kerry and the other week, the diving officer picks an area that we have not visited at all, or have not visited in recent years.


Training:

~ The diving club welcomes new members from any organization and any levels.
~ Training for beginners take place during the winter and start in classroom and pool.
~ Training is also available for all levels, from club diver (autonomous diver) to instructor/examiner level and for specialties like cox'n, gas blender, extended range.
~ Our 11 instructors are members of the club and more are currently studying to become instructors.

 

 
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