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In an effort to cope with the rapidly increasing Covid-19 case numbers, the Government has announced that England would be placed in lockdown for at least four weeks, starting 5th November 2020. Following on from this, an extraordinary British Diving Safety Group...

The First Minister for Wales announced on Monday (19 October) that a short, sharp “firebreak” will be introduced across Wales at the end of this week to help regain control of coronavirus.  The firebreak will start at 6pm on Friday, 23 October and end on Monday, 9...

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency are aiming to simplify, modernise and streamline the Receiver of Wreck reporting process. To make sure that the new system works for our users we would like to invite you to test our prototype reporting process and provide feedback...

The changes announced  that from Monday 14 September 2020 social gatherings of more than six people are banned does not affect existing SAA guidance on diving activity The National Government Body has received confirmation from our partners at Sport and Recreation...

The UKDMC (United Kingdom Diving Medical Committee) have published a revised self-certification medical form. As a result of this the medical process has changed slightly as follows: The new form consists of three pages, however if all questions have been answered...

The planning application for the relocation of the shore dive access road to 'Green Ends Gully' and 'Nest Ends' at Eyemouth Harbour is now live and available to view on the Scottish Borders Council online planning portal, reference number: 20/00773/FUL Eyemouth...

The Government has outlined the measures that will allow outdoor pools in England to reopen from 11 July 2020 and indoor gyms, swimming pools and sports facilities to reopen from 25 July 2020, ensuring millions of people can get back into more sport and fitness...

The SAA are pleased to announce the launch of the new BDSG website (https://bdsg.org.uk/).  This site is a major repository on all dive safety related matters, especially the Covid-19 section providing advice covering all aspects of diving. But this site is much...

As we see lockdown easing and thoughts turn to diving what should we be thinking about? Firstly what does the easing of lockdown mean – as I have seen written it doesn’t mean that the virus has gone away and we are now safe, it just means the NHS has the capacity to...

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will withdraw the guidance on boat diving in England on July 4th Thanks to lobbying from various National Governing Bodies the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today given...