Club Information
History
Colchester Diving Club, until recently known as North East Essex Sub Aqua Club, BSAC 54, was formed in 1958, based in Harwich. It continued until about 1964 when it went into a form of temporary hibernation! It re-emerged in 1966 and shortly afterwards, relocated to Colchester, where most of the membership were coming from, and has been based there ever since.
Clubhouse
Our clubhouse is a building shared with the Boxted Cricket and Football Clubs, (click here for a map). We meet there every monday evening from 8 p.m. for training lectures, getting our air tanks filled, discussion about past and future dives and general socialising! This is where we store our boat and compressor.
Pool Facilities
We use the fitness pool at Colchester Leisure World (click here for a map), for training purposes, on friday evenings between 8:45 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. The deep end is 3.5m and this is excellent for training and try-dives. If you are interested in trying out the scuba experience, please visit the try-dive page. Friends and family are welcome to come along and swim or snorkel between these times. We normally visit the bar afterwards! Costs for using the pool are divers £4, divers non members £6, adult swimmers £4, child swimmers £2.
Dive Equipment
The club has dive equipment, masks, fins, air tanks, Buoyancy Control Devices (BCDs), weights, regulators available for the use of club members and for try-dives.
Compressor
The club has a compressor and members can get their tanks filled with air on monday evenings.
Boat
The club has a boat that is available for hire by any member who has attained the BSAC boat handling certificate.
Our dive boat is a Humber Sport 5 metre Rib with a Yamaha 55 hp outboard motor on a road trailer, suitable for going offshore up to ten miles. This Rib has GPS navigation, ship to shore radio, fish finder for depth readings and bottom contour shape. This rib is ideal for four divers and one coxswain (driver).
The boat is booked out by members filling in a boat booking form which is then given to the boat officer who then confirms the booking.
The cost of boat hire:
£20-00 per day, plus insurance cover.
Boat must be booked and a refundable deposit (£100) paid before taking the boats out.
Dives
We arrange regular diving for club members for training and for pure enjoyment! Click here to see what’s planned.
Social Events
We hold an annual club dinner for members past and present in January of each year. In 2009 this was at Birch Grove Golf Club, 2010 was The Green Room on North Hill. Throughout the year we have quiz nights, a firework party, BBQs and whatever anyone decides to arrange! Keep coming along on monday nights and watching the website for details.
