Recommended Links

Click on the links below to view on-line resources appropriate to each category

 

 

 

 

 

Dive Organisations

Irish Underwater Council
- National governing body for underwater recreational activities

Confédération Mondiale Des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)
- World federation of national dive organisations

Divers Alert Network Europe
- Non-profit medical and research organisation for recreational diving

Dive Planning - Tides

Admiralty EasyTide
- United Kingdom’s Hydrographic Office (Admiralty) tidal predictions

National Tidal & Sea Level Facility (NTSLF)
- United Kingdom’s NTSLF tidal predictions

Irish Tides
- Tidal information for Ireland from The Irish Times

Sunrise and Sunset - Dublin
- Time of sunrise and sunset for Dublin

Lunar Phases - Dublin
- Lunar phases for Dublin for determining spring and neap tides

Dive Planning - Weather

Irish Meteorological Service
- Providing regional, national and sea area weather forecasts for Ireland

United Kingdom’s Meteorological Service
- Providing regional, national and sea area weather forecasts for UK

Intrepreting Weather Charts
- Tutorial provided by UK’s Meteorological Service in interpreting weather charts

Dun Laoghaire Weather
- Weather report for Dun Laoghaire provided by DL Harbour Company

Howth Weather
- Weather report for howth

Irish Marine Weather Buoys
- Weather reports from the Irish Marine Weather Buoy Network

Dive Planning - Locations

National Coastal Infrastructure Service
- Detailed reports on Ireland’s piers, harbours and slipways

Irish Marinas
- Information on Irish marinas

Dive Ireland
- Summaries of dive sites in Ireland

Irish Wrecks
- A diver’s guide to ship wrecks around Ireland

UBoat Archive
- All you ever wanted to know about UBoats but was afraid to ask

Dive Equipment

APEKS

Aqua Lung

Beuchat

Mares

Oceanic

Scubapro

Suunto

Uwatec

Dive Magazines

Dive Magazine
- Information relating to scuba diving

UK Divers
- Information relating to scuba diving

UK Diving
- Information relating to scuba diving

Water Safety

Safety On The Water
- An initiative by the Irish Marine Safety Working Group

Irish Water Safety
- Promoting water safety in Ireland

Irish Coast Guard
- National marine search and rescue response service

Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Ireland
- RNLI - Ireland

Howth Coast Guard
- Voluntary unit of the Irish Coast Guard

International Maritime Organization
- United Nations agency responsible for improving maritime safety

Maritime Organisations

Irish Sailing Association
- National governing body for sailing in Ireland

Commissioners Of Irish Lights
- The lighthouse authority for all of Ireland, its seas and islands

International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
- International technical association effecting harmonisation of aids to navigation

Marine Institute
- National agency for marine research, technology, development and innovation

Bord Iascaigh Mhara
- National agency for developing Irish sea fishing and aquaculture industries

Irish Marine Federation
- National agency representing the commercial and leisure sectors of the marine industry

UK Hydrographic Office
- United Kingdom’s maritime charting agency