Welcome to Southsea Sub Aqua Club's web site, the online home of one of the most active diving clubs on the South Coast.
Southsea Sub Aqua Club's main aim is to provide facilities and an environment that encourages people to go diving.
We are also a BSAC branch. This allows us to offer training courses free of charge to BSAC members. It is not obligatory to join BSAC but most members do as the benefits are convenient and inexpensive. BSAC membership includes third party insurance and eligibility for BSAC's self certification medical scheme.
We run on a non-profit basis. No one gets paid, not even the bar staff! We are dependant on the volunteer efforts and good will of our membership.
Within the club you'll find all manner of divers, from all levels of sport divers to a couple of Trimix divers, through to our newest members learning to dive in the pool.
The Club enjoys a rich and varied social calendar. Having our own Club House, with a well-stocked bar, allows us to hold social evenings at the Club. Events such as partys, film nights and charity events are regularly held throughout the year.
Nine members representing Southsea Sub-Aqua Club were proud to be invited to Buckingham Palace to be presented with Highly Commended certificates by HRH Price Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for their work on the Tanks and Bulldozers project as runners up for the 2009 British Sub-Aqua Club Duke of Edinburgh Prize award. The Duke of Edinburgh Prize is awarded for the best underwater scientific project carried out by members and is the premier award made by the British Sub-Aqua Club. The award ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the British Sub-Aqua Jubilee Trust Harry Gould, Trust Secretary Dr Paul Cragg, Trust member Ernest Crook, and Clare Peddie, Chairman of the British Sub-Aqua Club together with the Prize winning team from the Jurassic Shark 2 project.
The Duke of Edinburgh was introduced to club members and presented everyone with their certificate following which Price Philip chatted to the SSAC team about their contribution to the project and their experiences of diving in the UK. After the ceremony, Harry Gould, Chirman of the BSAC Trust hosted the teams at a dinks reception followed by dinner at a local restaurant.
Southsea Sub-Aqua Club were presented with the "Adopt a Wreck" award at the Nautical Archaeology Society's 2009 conference for their work on the Tanks and Bulldozers site near Selsey Bill. The NAS acknowledged the work of the Tanks and Bulldozers Project team commenting that - "This project to record and identify the vehicles was a fantastic team effort involving team training and implementation, research and mapping, community outreach and great media interest which truly role modelled diving with a purpose."
Alison Mayor, Project Leader for the Tanks and Bulldozers project also gave a presentation on the project at the Conference. For more information about the NAS and the Adopt a Wreck scheme - visit the NAS web site www.nasportsmouth.org.uk/
CPO Kev Amaira from the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal Team will be visiting the club on Thursday 10th December to talk to us about the work of his team and in particular the disposal of the 500lb bomb Southsea SAC divers found during the survey of the landing craft this summer. Doors open at 20:45 with the talk starting at 21:30. This will no doubt be a fascinating and informative talk for all divers. All local divers welcome - just email
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if you would like to come.
