Newry and Mourne Sub Aqua Club

Welcome to the Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua Club Website!

Fiona's Pride and Club members

Pictured above are members of Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua Club with our newest

boat 'Fiona's Pride' a Redbay 7.5 Meter: 325 Horse Power Diesel Rib. "Fiona's Pride"

Please use the list on the left to navigate around the site and don't hesitate to get in touch with us using the 'Contact' link if you've any questions. Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua Club has been going for nearly 40 years and has members from all walks of life, some very experienced divers and others who have only just begun to discover the pleasure and excitement that can be found under the waves! The club was pioneered and funded by local enthusiasts in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua Club started with a series of shore dives in and around Carlingford Lough.

These dives often involved a long swim to reach sites and were usually carried out by single divers as there was not enough equipment to implement a Buddy system....Today we have 2 diesel & 2 petrol high powered RIBS and our Technical Team has a group of 8 highly trained Trimix Divers, capable of diving to depths of 100+ metres. Our Club was one of the first clubs in Ireland with a dedicated Nitrox Compressor Unit. (ie a Compressor unit with the capability of producing air fills with a greater oxygen content than that of 21%.) We have just purchased a second new Compressor at a cost of £7k, funded soley by the Club, in order to cope with the 400% increase in membership over the past 24 months.

Click to play a short video taken on the SS Lochgarry. A troop transport ship the SS Lochgarry foundered in bad weather and eventually sank off the coast of Rathlin Island in January 1942 and lies at a depth of 34m. Much of the colour spectrum is lost at this depth and a strobe light should ideally have been used. This explains why the video appears very green in colour. However, the viewer can see from this short video the large amount of marine life on the wreck and the fish that can be seen are Pollock, Wrasse and Dogfish.

Club News

Updated 06.02.09

Congratulations to Paula O'Hare, Gary Magennis and Tommy Murphy on completion of the O2 Administration course.

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A new compressor has been purchased by the club to cope with the increasing membership. More here..

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A new booster pump has been purchased to provide trimix gas fills for those undertaking the new entry-level trimix course for sports divers recently launched by BSAC. More here.. .

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A further 6 divers completed the BSAC Boat Handling Course on Saturday 3rd January 2009 under the instruction of Keith Farrell.

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A project to allow Newry & Mourne Sub Aqua to develop its club by purchasing a new boat has received a£ 15,000 boost. Read more....

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Four newly qualified trainers begin training new members.

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New virgin wreck "Girl Maureen" discovered at 60 mtrs in Donegal Bay, by our Technical Team.

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Bucket collection in Newry City on 09th August 08....nets ?2600, towards Search & Rescue Unit. Details to follow..

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Trip to Cyprus over Easter. Diving The Zenobia. 14 Divers and families returned home after a fantastic trip....Full report to follow.

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Gary Magennis, Ciara Murphy & Tommy Murphy commence BSAC Instructor Course.

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New ?50k, 325 Horse Power Diesel Redbay 7.5 Metre RIB purchased.

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The trip to Mailin Head on 31.05.08 for Trimix Diving was a fantastic success for 5 members of our Deep Diving Technical Team, who dived both the Empire Heriage & The Audacious. Full story to follow.

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Technical Diving Trip to Normandy 24.07.08 to 30.07.08. There are 4 spaces available. Please call 07836774694 for details.

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Sept 07 : 6 divers trained.

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November 07: 5 Divers trained

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January 08:

3 Divers trained.

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February 08:

3 Divers trained

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Last Novice diving course on 14.04.08: 6 divers being trained.

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Next diving course starts in September 08. (Newry Pool) 4 students enrolled

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Keith Farrell qualifies as Irelands first BSAC Trimix Instructor.

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Kevin Pollard, Jimmy Lyons & Gerry Brown qualify as BSAC Trimix Divers. Call Keith 07764814512 for Trimix training requirements & details.

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