Mid Beds Dive Club

Links

General Links

  • Official Website for BSAC: www.bsac.com

  • BSAC Eastern Region website: www.bsac-eastern.org.uk

  • Royal National Lifeboat institute: www.rnli.org.uk

  • MET Office Weather: www.meto.gov.uk

  • British diving safety group: www.bdsg.org

  • Maritime & coastguard agency: www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-home

    • Medical Links

  • London Hyberbaric Chamber: www.londondivingchamber.co.uk

  • UK Sport Diving Medical Committee: www.uksdmc.co.uk

  • Diving Diseases research centre: www.ddrc.org

    • Magazines And Forums

  • BSAC Dive Magazine: www.divemagazine.co.uk

  • Divernet: www.divernet.com/index.shtml
  • Yorkshire Divers: www.yorkshire-divers.com

    • Local Dive Shops

  • Scubadoo Clothing: www.scubadooclothing.co.uk/index2.html

  • Mike's Dive store Cambridge: www.easod.co.uk

  • Hydroactive: www.hydroactive.co.uk/index.php

    • Travel And Charters

  • General guide to dive sites in the UK and abroad: www.divesitedirectory.co.uk

  • Info about Gildenburgh in Peterborough: www.ukdiving.co.uk/places/inland/place.php?p_id=33

  • Info about Stoney Cove in Leicestershire: www.aquaworld.freeserve.co.uk/Personal/divesites/stoneycovesites.htm

  • Swanage Boat Charters: www.kyarra.com/index2.htm

  • Dorset Charters: www.divedorset.com

  • BSAC Travel Club: www.bsactravelclub.co.uk

    • Wildlife Stuff ( & we don’t mean the Camel Bar in Sharm)

  • The Marine Conservation Society, probably the leading UK based Marine Conservation Organisation. Members can join Seasearch, UK and Overseas research dives studying and recording UK marine wildlife. There is ongoing research into Jelly fish distribution linked to the recording of UK turtle sightings. Please download the Jelly fish and Sea Turtle identification guides and reporting forms. Other projects include Basking Shark, Fan Shell and Pink Sea Fan studies as well as the publication of the annual Good Beach Guide and Adopt a Beach events. www.mcsuk.org

  • Probably the best Shark Site on the Web. Includes make your own sharkometer, great cartoons and Dot to Dot, but also some really serious stuff like the Basking and Whale shark projects, the Great Egg Case Hunt and Skates and Rays. www.sharktrust.org

  • Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society. Another great site. www.wdcs.org

  • Bite Back campaigns for the Protection of Sharks by reducing consumer demand for shark meat and fins. They have good shark wall paper for those not technical enough to create their own. www.bite-back.com

  • The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust. This organisation pioneered locally based conservation in the Hebrides. They run a volunteer programme for those interested in helping to record Whale and Dolphin sightings. www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk

  • A site for those who dream of diving in the Galapagos Islands. www.darwinfoundation.org

  • Bimini Biological Field Station (sharklab). This is a shark research station under threat as a result of the destruction of the Mangrove to make way for a tourist development on this island in the Bahamas. Sharklab have recorded over 13 species of shark and 5 rays around Bimini Island. They run a volunteer programme as well as shark dives. www6.miami.edu/sharklab

  • (MarLIN). The Marine Life Information Network for Britain & Ireland. A brilliant site for you to submit recordings of all sorts of UK Marine Life. For those that have dived it why not down load the recording form for “What is Settling on Scylla”. www.marlin.ac.uk

  • About deep sea stuff. www.deepseaconservation.org

  • Operation Wallacea. Scientific conservation expeditions. www.opwall.com

  • Surfers Against Sewage, not just surfers – not just sewage. www.sas.org

  • Basking Shark Project. Info, sightings, boat trips etc. www.isleofman.com

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