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Diving at Cong Caves, Co Galway / Mayo

  • 28-10-2007 10:07pm
    #1
    JohnCleary
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    Anyone ever dived in the Cong caves? There was a write up about it in SubSea before, would love to know where the caves are out of sheer curiousity. I walk around there quite a bit and i'm trying to think where the divers enter.

    Lovely spot for walking/cycing/horseriding/dirt-biking ... and even diving! :D


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  • #2
    smcmullan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭smcmullan


    Martyn Farr ran cave diving courses there in the past - www.farrworld.co.uk


  • #3
    Scuba.ie
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    A mate of mine did the OHE/Cavern course with Martyn in Cong last year. He highly recommended it.


  • #4
    JohnCleary
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    What qualifications did the diver have? (Not the guy running it, the guy tagging along)

    I'm a CMAS Trainee diver *, currently clocking up my dives for club diver **

    I wouldn't mind paying to be brought on a dive like that, it'd be nuts


  • #5
    smcmullan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭smcmullan


    You'd have to do a course. Nobody is going to guide you into a cave on a one-off basis. Check out the details on the website but in a nutshell to be eligible to go on such a course you would need to be:

    Prerequisites:
    CMAS Two Star
    PADI Advanced Open Water
    BSAC Sports Diver
    A minimum of 50 logged dives in UK/British waters
    Minimum age 18 years


  • #6
    JohnCleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,209 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Thank's for that I should have opened my eyes more!

    I figured a CMAS * would still be a bit too novice. I'll wait until I get my CMAS ** and try contacting the guy


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