Club Info

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The Club was established in 1974 & we now have approximately 50 members, which include 8 qualified instructors. We therefore have a good ratio of instructors to trainees. Each year we take on 10 - 12 trainees.Training starts in November & continues over the winter months. It consists of in water training in the Curragh pool & 4 x sets of lectures on dive theory which takes place on Sunday afternoons. We start snorkeling on the 1st January & weather permitting diving commences mid February to early March.
 

Our club is affiliated to CFT, (The Irish Underwater Council ) which in turn is a member of CMAS, (Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques) the world governing body. All the diving courses & tests are run either in club or on a regional basis. It is a very well structured system with the emphasis always on safety. Some of the courses we run are Trainee Diver, Club Diver, Diver Medic, Diver Cox’n, Rescue Diver, Leading Diver, Nitrox Diver, Nitrox Blender, Extended Range, Search & Recovery Diver, Mon* (Instructor), Mon **(Examiner) & Mon *** (Gods)
These are all worldwide recognised & well respected diving qualifications.
All the instructors give their time free so all the courses are all kept affordable with no time pressure. No balancing act between profit & safety.
 
Our members vary from those who just like to take the occasional dive to get wet to the techies who are not happy unless stuck in some wreck somewhere in 50mt+.
We dive every opportunity the weather gives us & our normal haunts are Hook Head, Wexford for shore diving, Slade Harbour and Kilmore Quay, Wexford for boat diving. In the summer when the evenings get a bit longer we dive out of the Coal Harbour, Dun Laoghaire on a Wednesday evening, meeting at 6.30pm. Then on Bank Holiday weekends we head further a field to places like Baltimore, Valentia Island, , Aran Islands, Mullaghmore, Kilkee, Malinbeg & Belmullet. We also go away for a week’s holiday in Ireland & this year it is to Inisbofin for third week in July (14th to 21st July). Organised groups also go foreign to such places as Gozo (Malta), Red Sea (Egypt), Lanzarote, El Hiero, Dahab (Egypt), Truk Lagoon, Cuba & Thailand.
Girlfriend, boyfriends, wives, husbands & family members are all welcome to come along to any club activities. It’s not a great spectator sport but if you give them the credit card they normally enjoy themselves also!  We normally all meet up at night for a meal, a few drinks & plenty of craic.
 
Club Fees.
The Fees for the year are €450 which include €100, affiliation & insurance fees to CFT. For this you get all your diving, all air fills, all pool training & all instruction. You don’t have to be a genius to see the value there if you are going to dive a little.
Besides the value there is also a good social element to club activities with great friendships being made.
Full fees are due on 1st December 2012. You will also be required to have a dive medical with your own GP & we have dive medical forms available to download from this site in pdf format or I have some hard copies on request (Dive medicals must be done on these forms only).
 
Club Equipment
We are well equipped with 3 x Boats (RIBS) = 2 x Northcraft 6.2mt RIBS with 130HP Honda four stroke engines,
Our latest edition which we bought for €46,000 with the help of a LOTTO grant of €25,000– a 7.3mt Gemini RIB with twin 90HP, 2 stroke Tohatsu engines. This is capable of taking 15 divers diving with all their gear in comfort & safety
We also have 2 x MCH16 Coltrisub mobile compressors,driven by Honda diesel engine to pump our own cylinders on our trips away . With the MPS gas mixing panel we are able to pump nitrox even on the weekends away. We recently bought & installed a new MCH36 Coltri Sub compressor for the club house. Funds permitting we hope to purchase a new boat next year.
 
Equipment Maintenance
Maintenance work is carried out on the club equipment on Wednesday evenings over the winter months. Cylinders are also filled over in the club house in Toughers Industrial Estate on Wednesday evenings. Jimmy Galloway (Equipment Officer) and Matt Donnelly his able assistant will always be glad of a helping hand.
 
Dive Schedule 2011 - 2012
You can look up our Bank Holiday weekend calender for the coming year on this site. Should you decide to join, your mobile number is added to the group txt list so you will be kept informed of what’s going on in the club. We normally book several houses on weekends away, leaves it very affordable & you soon get to know everyone & join in the craic.
Our diving mostly consists of scenic & wreck diving around Ireland which has some of the best diving in Europe.
 
Diving Officer
Liam Whelan is this seasons Diving Officer & is the person in charge of making all the important decisions and getting all the best diving to be had.
When replying to club txt messages always reply to Liam's mobile number as he will seldom check the number txt is sent out from as is normally sent from PC over the internet.
 
Scuba Diving Training
Rosemary Finn is this years Training Officer & the person in charge of whipping ye all in to shape for the coming years dive season. Training will commence at the Curragh pool from 7.45 – 9pm every Thursday evening. We retreat to Lumville house after the pool session where we can chat about diving and the club over a drink.
Hope this will give you something to wet your appetite & should you have any questions, feel free to ring me or send us an e-mail. naassac@gmail.com 
 
New members/Trainees 2011/2012
This year Naas Sub-Aqua Club will be taking on new members. You do not have to have any previous experience as full scuba training will be provided over the winter months by our qualified instructors. We will start with a poster campaign throughout the county and surrounding areas in October. This will be followed with free Try-a-Dives in the swimming pool in October/November. Lectures program will be held over four Sunday afternoon & pool snorkel & scuba training will take place every Thursday evening 8 – 9pm throughout the winter months. 
If you are interested in joining or want to find out more information, please e-mail   naassac@gmail.com
 
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Liam Whelan,
Webmaster/Diving Officer
Mobile: 087 2726699