Diving in Ireland

[richtpe]

I'm going to Ireland for a wedding from 24-June through 3-July and am hoping to get a bunch of diving in while I'm there. I'll be staying in Waterville in Kerry. From what I've found, this place looks to be the closest to me.

I was wondering if anyone has dove with that outfit before, and what you thought of them if you did. If anyone knows of a better and/or closer dive shop that you could recommend, that would be appreciated. Also, what's the average water temp this time of year? I'm trying to decide if I need to try and rent a dry suit or bring my 7mm semi-dry.

 

[chrisch]

I don't know that centre but the area is very nice. The centre I knew there is now sadly closed.

Sea temp should be about 12-16C. I would dive dry myself, but you should be OK with a thick semi if you don't feel the cold too much.

There's some good diving at Baltimore as well which isn't too far away.

Chris

 

[richtpe]

Thanks very much for the info. That temp is pretty much right on the border for me, so I think I'll bring my semi-dry and see how it goes.

I emailed the dive valentia place and haven't heard back yet. I just found a couple of other places that will be closer to me - Skellig Aquatics Dive Centre and Ballinskelligs Watersports - that I'm going to contact if I don't hear from dive valentia in a couple of days. If anyone has feed-back on either of those places I'd appreciate hearing it.