The purpose of this page is to help as a useful aid to club and non-club members who are looking for information by providing links to known, used and trusted sources.

The BSAC Branch Officers Handbook is currently under review by BSAC and conveniently not available on the BSAC web site. Once BSAC updates it a link to the new Handbook will replace this file. In the mean time it remains useful source of information albeit a little outdated!

1. BSAC Branch Officers Handbook

2. DSAC Constitution

3. DSAC Info Pack

4. DSAC Open Water Risk Assessment

5. BSAC Membership handbook

The BSAC Branch Officers Handbook is currently under review by BSAC and conveniently not available on the BSAC web site. Once BSAC updates it a link to the new Handbook will replace this file. In the mean time it remains useful source of information albeit a little outdated!

1. Octopus Test Systems, Scott Waddell (07920492774) Air fills (up to 300bar), cylinder testing (hydro and visual), cylinder shot blasting/painting

2. Aberdeen Diving Services, run by Andy Watson. Aberdeen's only Dive shop. Great help and valuable resource

3. Aberdeen Sub Aqua Club, Local very active BSAC club

4. Ellon Sub Aqua Club, Local very active BSAC club

5. Marine Quest, Eymouth dive boats and accomodation. Cater for recreational and technical diving

6. Orkney and Shetland Charters, Great Scapa based liveboard

7. MV Huskyan, Excellent Scapa based purpose built dive boat and accommodation

8. Halton Charters, Scapa and West Coast liveboard

9. Defender - Performance Diver Training, Advanced diver training 

1. XC-Weather (free service, app available)

2. Windfinder (free service, app available)

3. Met-Office (free service, app available)

4. Passage Weather (paid service, no app available)

5. Surfline, replaced Magic Sea Weed (free service, app available)

6. Windy (free service, app available)

7. Theyr (paid service, app available)

8. YR

9. Wetter Zentrale

10. Windguru

11. Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps 

1. Navionics (paid service, app available) two week trial then one year subscription £34,99, also tides, weather, bathymetry, sonar data…

2. Marine Traffic (paid service, app available)

3. Visit My Harbour (paid service, app available) Tides/ currents

1. The Wreck Site database of wrecks with information on history, location, cause of loss depth etc. Subscription required to access some features, no app available

2. Divernet divesite tours with sketches, free, no app available

3. U-Boat Net database of germane submarines and allied losses, free, no app available

4. Buchan Divers, Peterhead based group, tracing, identifying and diving local shipwrecks

1. V-Planner / MultiDeco The defacto software for planning dives using VPM-B and or ZHL-16 algorithms 

1. Seasearch is a project for volunteer scuba divers and snorkellers who have an interest in what they’re seeing under water, want to learn more and want to help protect the marine environment around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.

2. Ghost Fishing UK, Abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear accounts for 70 percent of macro plastics in the ocean by weight. Ghost Fishing is a global charity organizing Abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear recovery and recycling

3. Sea The Change Marine conservation charity based in Eyemouth (local to us) organising beach and seabed clean-ups, promoting sustainable and ethical products etc. If you find yourself in Eyemouth (very likely) pop and say hi!

1. Dimitris’ blog: here

2. Dimitris website: here