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UCC Sub Aqua Club is the scuba diving and snorkelling club at University College Cork, Ireland. Check out our Group also: www.facebook.com/groups/UCCSAC

UCC Sub Aqua Club was set up many moons ago to allow UCC staff, students and alumni access to the underwater world around Ireland and further afield. We train new divers and snorkelers through the CFT (Comhairle Fó-Thuinn) system of learning. CFT is an Irish diving organisation and it's qualifications are recognised internationally through CMAS, one of the world's oldest diving organisations. We d

ive regularly around Cork, and other diving locations around Ireland including, Kerry, Galway and Clare from our RIB. The Club Committee for 2020/21 are:
Captain: Tara Treacy
Dive Officer: Robert Reynolds
Training Officer: Áine O’Connell
Equipment Officer: Randal Counihan
Secretary: Éamonn Joeín Mac Donnacha
Treasurer: Conor Flynn
Covid Officer: Cian Sexton
Boat Officer: Billy O’Connor
PRO: Emma Murphy
OCM: Randal Counihan
OCM: Ruairí Kenny
OCM: Andrew Meany
OCM: Niall O’Mahony

24/07/2026

BIG NEWS🥳 New Club Compressor!!💨

Last Friday saw the team from Airtec Compressors Ltd complete the commissioning of our new Coltri Compressors beast😁 After a hectic weekend, we had to come back and do a quick training session and enjoy the MUCH quieter new machine. It was sad to see our old lady leave us, but after 18 years of work and a huge amount of diving for the club, it was time to say goodbye 🤗

We have to say a massive thank you to UCC Sport for providing so much help and funding to get this off the ground. Thanks also to UCC Buildings & Estates for facilitating the install. And of course our brilliant committee for all the research, organising and prep to pull it all together 👌

University College Cork (UCC) Diving Ireland

23/07/2026

Some congratulations are due this week in the club 🎇

Well done to Emilia 🤠 on completing her training dives and becoming the clubs newest Diver 1* over the weekend at Hook Head. Its really great to see people get qualified and ready to enjoy more diving 😁

A massive well done also to Club Dive Officer Randal and instructor extraordinaire Sean on both completing the final exam in their Diver Cox'n Instructor course last night. We cannot do what we do without our instructors and it is brilliant to have even more teaching ability in the club.

A huge thank you to all who have dedicated time and effort to allow us to reach these milestones, especially Don from Cork Sub Aqua as director of the instructor course.

UCC Sport Diving Ireland

24/06/2026

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Some great diving over the last few days with the lovely weather we had divers in groups essentially on each end of the Cork coastline! 🦭

Toor Pier with the stunning sunset views had some lovely relaxed camping 🏕️ style diving with plenty of jellyfish 🪼 !

At the other end the Ling Rocks with crayfish, wrasse 🐟 and countless of jewel anenomes. As always lush with life ! 🤩

No better way to cool off in the heatwave then being meters underwater 🫧

UCC Sport University College Cork (UCC) Diving Ireland

15/06/2026

A great June weekend trip away for UCCSAC in Portmagee, diving around Valentia! 🐟

Congratulations to Alisha, Wiktor and James on all becoming D1* divers this weekend ! 🎉🤿

With brilliant weather ☀️ we had plenty of diving and almost comically scenic views with plenty of puffins & including even a deer sighting 🦌.

Sea life was lively with plenty to see - many fish 🐠, jellyfish 🪼, carbs 🦀 , big crayfish and so much more !
A massive thank you to all who helped to organise and worked together to make a lovely weekend happen !

08/04/2026

Oh but there is a grand stretch in the evenings and that can only mean one thing.... Evening dives are back!!! We love this time of the year so we have more opportunities to get in the water. Last week some members headed down for some lovely trainee dives at 7 Heads in Cork. Congratulations to .moore084 for qualifying as our newest D1*.

31/03/2026

Last Saturday saw a group from all the clubs in Cork come together for another Diver First Respinder (DFR) course in UCC. The DFR is one of the best courses for divers of all levels to have in their pocket to keep everyone safe during our club activities. Well done to everyone who completed the course and, as always, a massive thank you to the instructors who make this all possible.

25/03/2026

UCC SubAqua and are delighted to hosting a screening of the documentary Who Needs Anemones? in UCC on Thursday 16th April from 7-9pm. The documentary will be followed by a Q&A session with filmmaker for a chat and refreshments.

Tickets are free but essential and are available now on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/film-screening-of-who-needs-anemones-tickets-1985871416866?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Who Needs Anemones? follows the story of scuba divers from both sides of the Irish border on their journey to becoming citizen scientists. Through the SeaSearch Observer training and ongoing survey dives, this growing community of underwater surveyors is eager to contribute to the protection of their marine environment by collecting underwater data for biodiversity databases.

Filmed in and around Carlingford Lough, a sea inlet on the east coast of Ireland spanning the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland, the film explores the divers’ personal stories and shared passion for diving and ‘giving something back’. The lough’s colourful eye-opening marine life is showcased through stunning images taken by the divers themselves.

16/03/2026

A brilliant Paddy's Weekend diving trip away, without the diving!! UCCSAC ventured down to Kilkee, Clare and was met with beautifully harsh water conditions 🌊. Despite this, our members were able to snorkel 🤿 in sheltered areas, go on windy walks around the cliffs of Kilkee 🪨, watch the rugby on Super Saturday 🏉 and even participate in a lecture of New Materials for More Effecient Solar Cells 🧠! Also a huge congratulations to the team Beast Cork for winning the UCCSAC table quiz 📝

Even without diving, UCCSAC still had a brilliant time in the lands of Clare, familiarising new and current members of the club. All in all, an extremely successful trip. A massive thank you to all who helped organise, and hopefully there is a lot more diving to come during the rest of the year!!

26/01/2026

Club Maintenance Day! 🔧🔧
We all love getting in the water, but there is a lot of work to get us there. This weekend saw some club members doing some essential maintenance to get us ready for the next diving season.

BCD repairs and pouring a mammoth 52kg 🏋‍♂️ of lead weights for all to use. Well done and thanks to all who helped out. See you in the water soon!

18/01/2026

This cold weekend UCCSAC had plenty of snorkellers and divers in the water. Over the two days there were 21 members in the water, regardless of the cold temperatures ❄️. This year's trainees got plenty of experience snorkelling in the water, practicing different crucial skills required to become a D1! Well done to all involved and well done to the club for being so active this time of year 🤿

Address

Ferry Lodge, Mardyke Walk
Cork
CO.CORK

Telephone

0214904752

Website

http://subaqua.ucc.ie/

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