Training with CFT

Are you interested in taking up Scuba Diving or Snorkeling in Ireland? Now is the best time to start!

Our training system emphasis’s experience rather than theory. Everybody trained by an Irish Underwater Council recognised club is guaranteed to experience a high level of enjoyable safe scuba diving and snorkeling. Members / Instructors give their own free time to pass on their experience to others travelling along diving / snorkeling training path.

The Majority of our clubs around the country begin their new training season in September / October. This gives you the opportunity to learn and perfect your skills in the pool over winter months. Once the New Year starts you will be ready for the open seas with the confidence that can only come from our structured training program.
For details of you nearest club click here or contact us on 01 2844601

Why go Diving……Especially in Ireland????

Well instead of listing reasons and giving facts and figures why not read this tale of a trainee divers experience on a dive to Lambay Island off the coast of Dublin on a summers evening....

Experiences of a Trainee Diver!! (well worth the read)

As we left from Malahide Marina, we were told of dolphins swimming off Ireland's Eye. Dolphins in Dublin Bay - when did you ever think you would see such a thing!
After a few days of beautiful weather, the sea was very calm and the waters very still as we made our way out to Lambay. I was a little disappointed that we weren't going to get a chance to see the dolphins off Ireland's Eye, but that disappointment wasn't going to last long.

As we approached Lambay, we saw as usual, a huge number of birds, mainly Guillemots and Razorbills. As the rib approaches them they either scurry along, skimming the waves as they fly low or else they simply dive for cover.
We "parked" (I know that's not the right term for a boat but you know what I mean) over the wreck site and as we kitted up, somebody spotted dark shapes behind us in the water. It tuned out to be a number of porpoises, swimming along and breaking the surface of the water, looking like a school of small dolphins. What a great start to the evening and we hadn't started diving yet.

As we getting ready we talked about the wreck. The ship (The Tayleur) was on its maiden voyage and was headed to Australia. Many of the passengers aboard were hoping for a better life in the new colony, but they got no further than Lambay. There were stories of women who had their fortune in gold coins sewn into the hems of their dresses for safekeeping on the long journey, but as they struggled in the water, their fortune cost them their lives as their weighted clothing dragged them under the waves.

But then the absolute best part was the octopus we came across sitting on the bottom of the sea. A perfect example of a beautiful animal which was fascinating to watch. As a certain diver's big hands got a little too close for comfort, he darted away and it was fascinating to watch him change the shape of his body and
propel himself away.

When we surfaced, everybody was delighted at how good the visibility had been, and so we headed back to Malahide, the view of the seashore all lit up was beautiful and made me wonder what I would have been doing if I hadn't been out diving. Probably stuck at home watching telly and wouldn't that have been a terrible wasted
opportunity. What were you doing last weekend…Wouldn't you rather have been out in Malahide with us.

By Eamon Corcoran

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