The club was formed in 1976 as the Post Office Research Sub Aqua Club (PORSAC). The club was later renamed as the BT Research Sub Aqua club (BTRSAC) following the split of the Post Office into two separate businesses. The club was originally affiliated to the Sub Aqua Association (SAA) but decided to switch to the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) in 1994. By 2000 the club offered completely open membership. To recognise this fact it was renamed Sunstar Sub Aqua. In 2006 it was one of the first Sub Aqua clubs to achieve a Clubmark accreditation. In 2009 the club received recognition for 15 years of BSAC membership.
Started in 1956 by Ray Marshall and four friends it has training and sent diving groups all over the UK and the world for decades. During its many active years the club membership rose from the original 5 to over 100 in the early 2000s. Over this time the club successfully trained many hundreds of good divers to the BSAC standards. In 2016 iDive celebrated the 60th and 40th anniversaries of its founding clubs.
iDive now acknowledges the founders and past members of Sunstar and ISAC who pioneered the sport and trust they welcome the steps taken to strengthen local club diving in the Ipswich and surrounding areas.
Our vision is to be the premier diving club in Ipswich and the East Anglian region. We will achieve this by:-
