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Vincent O'brien Awards 2018 SUBSEA Ireland’s Only Diving Magazine VINCENT O’BRIEN AWARDS 2018 B4 Vol. 10 No. 161 Summer 2018 Ireland’s Islands Trip Can you dive with Diabetes A dive between two Continents DEPARTURE DATES Book your Ryanair flights to Tenerife on EL HIERRO the designated date. I collect you at Tenerife airport and we transfer to a hotel in the nearby resort of Los Cristianos from DIVER’S PARADISE ISLAND! where we depart by fast ferry next day to El Hierro. We travel back on Sunday evening to the bright lights of Tenerife EL HIERRO THE DIVING before flying home Monday. A magic, undiscovered little gem of an The best diving in all of Spain. The Spanish island on the western edge of the Canary Open U/W Photography Competition (a AUTUMN 2018 DEPARTURES archipelago. Only 25 miles long but major, heavily sponsored event) has been 5,000ft high it has an extraordinary held here for the last 16 years! Probably I Monday 8 Oct diversity of scenery from green fields the best diving in all of Euro-land. It is, after and stonewalls like the west of Ireland, all, the most southerly (28 degrees) and I Monday 15 Oct up on the plateau, through beautiful the most westerly (18 degrees) point in pine and laurel forests and vineyards Europe. Temperatures are tropical and the I Monday 5 Nov down to fertile coastal plains awash with Ocean is 25 degrees in autumn so there is bananas, pine apples, papayas and abun dant Oceanic and tropical life, I Monday 19 Nov cereals. The people are extremely particularly in the Marine Reserve, situated friendly and there is zero crime on the in The “Mar de Las Calmas” or tranquil sea, The diving holiday price which includes island. There are no Irish bars, no English an area of several square miles completely all transfers and transport; all ferries; all bars, no fast food joints, no golf courses, protected from the prevailing NE winds by accommodation and ten boat dives with no snakes or mosquitoes - and hardly huge cliffs. tanks, air, weights and dive guide is €645. any tourists. In fact no nasties at all! The seascape is spectacular with Non divers and hill walkers (5 days guided The scenic driving and hill walking are dramatic dropoffs, caves and pinnacles. walking) travel for just €445. both dramatic and amazing so it is idyllic Depths are daunting with 3,000m not far for the non-diving spouse who values offshore. Visibility is 30m plus and the peace and quiet and an utterly relaxing sea is a vivid blue. The variety and Good Diving! holiday in the sun. abundance of marine life is exceptional. Shane 2 SubSea Summer 2018 SUBSEA CONTENTS ISSN 0791 - 475X Volume 10 Number 161 Summer 2018 5 EDITORIAL Editor's comment 5 BRIEFINGS What’s happening at home and abroad 6 DIVING WITH DIABETES IN IRELAND By Dr Richard O’Regan 7 DIABETES AND DIVING By Drs Chris Edge, Mark Glover and Phil Bryson 13 MECHANICAL KELP HARVESTING IN BANTRY BAY By Jack Trá 16 DIVING FOR TREASURE Book review by Denny Lawlor The bow of the Justicia. Darragh Norton’s entry in the 17 UW PHOTO DAY AND VINCENT O’BRIEN AWARDS Vincent O’ Brien memorial photography competition. By Ivan Donoghue 22 SIFRA, ICELAND Attention SubSea contributors By Ray Yeates 25 THE COAST GUARD AND DIVERS • Submit all material to the Editor at editor@diving.ie or to Head Office By Don Baldwin • Material must arrive well in advance of the deadline. 29 RNLI DIVER SEA SURVIVAL COURSE • Pictures are essential to illustrate news items and articles. By Ray Yeates • Authors must remember that they bear responsibility to ensure that material is not copied from another 31 IRELAND’S ISLANDS TRIP copyrighted publication. By Marco Salino • Ensure that digital photos submitted are: 120 pixels/cm (300 dpi) and sized at 30cm X 21cm. 35 DUBLIN M1 COURSE By Maja Stankovski SubSea is published by the Irish Underwater Council. The 37 REBREATHER views expressed are not necessarily those of the Council. By Steve Mulhall The magazine is not intended as an invitation or prospectus to 38 SOUTH EAST DIVE RALLY members of the public or other interested parties to dive on any of the sites that are mentioned in the text and anyone intending to do so Details of the July event and Hook Peninsula guide should take appropriate advice with regard to the safety and viability of their proposed actions. Boarding a wreck requires the permission of 42 UNDERWATER HOCKEY NEWS the owner. Diving on a 100 year old wreck requires a permit. League results Edited by: Martin Baillie-Johnston 45 OUR CLUB – SHANNONSIDE SUB AQUA CLUB Advertising: Sarah Campbell Shannonside celebrate 42 years of diving Proofreading: Eibhir Mulqueen 47 SNORKEL NEWS Colm Lowney Shannonside SAC snorkel activities Typesetting and Design: Bernard Kaye 49 NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY NEWS Honorary Archivist: Marie Grennan Affiliated to NMS Wreck Viewer and Museum Conservation Tour SubSea, Irish Underwater Council, 51 MART AND EXCHANGE 78a Patrick St., Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin. Tel: (01) 2844601. Fax: (01) 2844602. CMAS Autumn 2018 Issue Deadline Web site: www.diving.ie All articles for inclusion in the next issue of SubSea E-Mail: info@diving.ie should be sent to the editor before August 25 th . th Printed by Doggett Print & Design, Dublin. All advertising should be sent to CFT Head Office before August 25 . Tel: (01) 453 3151. Fax: (01) 453 3156. SubSea Summer 2018 3 LANZAROTE With the best situation for diving on Lanzarote, Safari Diving is located in the family friendly, safe resort of Puerto del Carmen. The shore dives are literally on the doorstep and boat dives a 5-10 minute ride. Photo © Rinie Luykx We can assist with local Lanzarote is Ireland's No 1 tourist destination !! accommodation at great rates Contact Wendy at: Email enquiry@safaridiving.com Web www.safaridiving.com Tel 0034 625 059 713 BRE THIN G AIR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LT D. CYLINDER TESTING & INSPECTION INTERSPIRO B/A EQU IPMENT IRISH AGENTS FOR NARDI INTERSPIRO SER VICED COMPRESSORS DIV ATOR AGA NO W SER VICED WORKSHOP Unit 5, Enterprise Centre, Blessington, Co Wicklow OFFICE 153 Forest Hills, Rathcoole, Co Dublin, Phone: 01 4447938, Mobile: 087 9471620, Email: eddienulty@gmail.com www.b reathin gairs ystems. KIRBY MORGAN SER VICE 4 SubSea Summer 2018 BRIEFINGS Search and Recovery medals Editorial I hope this issue finds everyone enjoying this beautiful weather and getting into the full swing of the diving season. As always people have been very kind with their time, writing articles about the great diving and snorkelling that has been taking place at home and abroad. is edition of Subsea has another fine collection of articles. CFT’s own medical advisor Dr. Richard O’Regan brings us the final instalment of his medical In recognition of the service carried out by long serving members of fitness for diving trilogy. CFT/IUC S and R units, CFT would like to invite nominations from Advanced Nitrox instructor Steve Mulhall clubs for S & R unit members with 10 or more years of service. e shares his experience of using a rebreather for the nominations should also include members who are no longer active first time with us. but have completed 10 years of service in the past. It is proposed to Ivan O’Donoghue tells us all about the Vincent award a medal to these members at the 2019 AGM. Please send your O’Brien Memorial photo competition that was nominations to info@diving.ie” held earlier this year. We have news on the upcoming North West and South East Dive rallies. Jack Tra gives an update on the environmental issue being faced at Bantry Bay. Ray Yeates brings us two articles, first an article about his trip to the Silfra and then an article about new RNLI Course. We also have articles, about the Coast Guard and Divers, Island Diving at home, the recent M1 Instructors course and information on how “long- term” Search and Rescue Team members can apply for their long service medals. We have updates on NAS News, Snorkel News, UWH News, book reviews and an article from the Shannonside Sub Aqua Club in the “Our Club” section. Please feel free to drop me a line if you have any suggestions or ideas of what you would like to see in Subsea or have your club featured in the “Our Club” section. I am always interested to hear what is going on around the country. Many thanks to all the people who helped prepare this edition of Subsea Safe Diving Marty SubSea Summer 2018 5 Diving with diabetes in Ireland By Dr Richard O’Regan – CFT/IUC Medical Officer When I was appointed to the post of developing diabetes and a further tingling, pins and needles etc. but how IUC/CFT Medical Officer I was 300,000 30-40 year old were at risk. A are we to know that diabetics with specifically asked to attempt to VHI study of 30,000 members revealed tingly feet after diving haven’t early facilitate diabetics dive. After that 17% had abnormal fasting blood decompression problems rather than discussion with the President Jean sugar levels, that 10% were pre-diabetic diabetic complications. ose with Kellegher, NDO Dermot Moynihan and that 2% were unknowingly peripheral neuropathy or being treated and General Manager Louise Gilligan diabetic. is study found that males for it will not meet the criteria for it was decided that the best were 2.5 times more likely than females diabetics wishing to dive.
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