Past Events
Christmas night out
The Christmas Party is taking place Tuesday 9/12/2008 in the Sheep's Heid Inn from 6.30 to 11 pm
The cost will be £3 per person on the night and if you want dinner you can order food until 7.30 pm:
- Basket Suppers £4.95 each
- Fish & Chips
- Cheese Burger & Chips
- Chicken Nuggets & Chips
- Spicy Bean Burger & Chips (v)
Everyone is welcome so bring your friends along
How to get there: http://www.sheepheid.co.uk/
Diving West coast 26/10/2008
We will be leaving early on Sunday ( around 8 am ) from the lock up to go diving on the west coast. We will use personal cars or NSA minibus depending how many people are going. If you want to come, please contact Marie ASAP as we have a few spaces still available. If you need some equipment from the lock up, please let us know and we will sort this out on Thursday If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Marie..
First Lecture
The first lecture is going to be held on Thursday 16th October 2008 at 6.30pm in room D20 (Merchiston Campus).
First dive this academic year
On Sunday 12/10/2008 we are going to dive first time in this academic year. If you are joining the club with some qualifications and you are interested, then get in touch.
Induction Evening
Students and staff interested in joining the Sub Aqua Club are invited to join us for this year's induction evening. It will be held on Thursday 9th October 2008 at 6.30pm in room D20 at Merchiston Campus.
The meeting will be followed by optional visit to pub for interested parties.
12 -13 Feb - Training Trip to Oban
This was a good trip. Low numbers meant that a considerable amount of training was achievable.
30 April- 3rd May - Club annual trip to Trailee Oban
This trip was well supported and enjoyed by all who attended.
4th-6th June - Club trip to Port Napier Trip
The wreck of the Port Napier lies just south of the Skye Bridge. It is a fantastic dive offering diving for people of all levels. By all accounts a good trip, many thanks to Steve for organising it. We spent all weekend in Kyle of Lochalsh managing 3 dives on the Port Napier and 1 on a barge a little further north.
Regular west coast, winter diving season
The regular west cost, winter diving season has restarted giving many of the less experienced divers some good training opportunities.
We mostly dive Ardgarten and Finnert in Loch Long, sometimes venturing on to St Cathrins or Furnace in Loch Fyne.
These are usually one day diving trips departing Edinburgh at around 8am and returning in the early evening. We charge a share of the fuel to each member diving.
14/15th Feb 2004 - Club training w/e Oban
A fantastic training weekend, congratulations to those who completed assessments and contributed to the trip.
Many thanks to David for organising the trip.
16th 17th August 2003 - 2nd club trip to the Port Napier
The wreck of the Port Napier lies just south of the Skye Bridge. It is a fantastic dive offering diving for people of all levels.
By all accounts a good trip, many thanks to Wojtec for organising it. We spent all weekend in Kyle of Lochalsh managing 4 dives on the Wreck.
Weather dependant East Coast diving
The regular weather dependant East Coast diving has reliably re-started this June.
We mostly dive either, Dunbar, St Abbs, Petticowick or Wezel Loch. We often visit these sites in the evening as well as at the weekends
June, July and the first 3 weeks of August have seen some of the best east cost diving for the last couple of years, the stunning summer has seen water temperatures up to 17oC.
23rd-25th May 2003 Port Napier Trip
The wreck of the Port Napier lies just south of the sky bridge. It is a fantastic dive offering diving for people of all levels.
2nd-5th May Annual club trip to Oban
The trip comprises of shore diving on the Saturday, the wreck of the SS Breeder on Sunday and Crean Narrows on the Monday
5/6th Apr 2003, Scotsac Training weekend
Several people managed to get through much of there training, on both the Saturday and Sunday.
We took the mini-bus through to St Cathrins on both Saturday and Sunday for the day.
4th Aug 2002, Red Sea, 1 week live aboard from Sharm
A fantastic trip, great diving in the warm waters around the Gulf of Aquba and the Gulf of Sues including the Thistlegorm and Shark reef. All will remember the joys of the trip for a life time, including the electric hand rails, telephone sounds from Keith's computer and quad biking in the desert. Many thanks to Al Bal for Organising the trip and training those of us that required it.
A weeks Live aboard from Sharm on-board the Al Farouk. Fantastic warm water diving in the Red Sea great opportunity costing aprox £700 each.
