We welcome all new and existing divers to our club. Whether you are new to diving or have completed a few dives on holiday or existing diver from BSAC and other diving agencies (PADI), we can offer you appropriate training and club diving experience.
We offer all BSAC internationally recognised qualifications. Each qualification builds upon previous skills learnt and experiece gained by diving with our club. Our qualified BSAC instructors provide One-2-One training at our pool and qualify you at local quarries and sea dives to complete your qualification.
The training is done at your pace and ensures you have gained the skill before moving on to the next lesson. Once you have completed each course, we take you on club trips to dive with various instructors and experienced club divers to practice your skills and learn to cope with different diving conditions before moving forward
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Each BSAC course repeats and expands on previous course kills to qualify you for deeper diving, varied experiences, safety and rescue skills.
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Finally, we hope you dive and progress with us and one day become an instructor to bring others to our diving community
Ocean Diver
Start your adventure here
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7 Theory lessons
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5 Sheltered or Pool sessions
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Theory test
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4 Open Water dives (quarry/sea)
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After qualification you can:
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Max diving depth 20m
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As a qualified Ocean Diver, you can dive buddied with another Ocean Diver, under the supervision of a Dive Manager – so long as you stick to familiar locations and conditions you have encountered during your training
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Qualified to use breathing gas mixtures of up to 36 per cent Nitrox
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Exploring different locations and conditions by being accompanied by a Dive Leader or higher-grade diver
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Sport Diver
Deeper Plus Rescue Skills
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6 Theory lessons
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1 Sheltered or Pool sessions
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Theory test
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5 Open Water dives (quarry/sea)
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After qualification you can:
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Max diving depth 45m
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Dive buddied with another Sports Diver, in familiar locations and conditions
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Support a Dive Manager as a competent assistant
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You can extend your experience by diving with someone qualified as a Dive Leader or above, under the supervision of a Dive Manager.
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Dive with an Ocean Diver, so long as you stay within conditions they have already encountered
Dive Leader
Dive & rescue Management
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12 Theory lessons
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No Sheltered or Pool sessions
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Theory test
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7 Open Water dives (quarry/sea)
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After qualification you can:
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Max diving depth 50m
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Start Open Water Instructor courses with BSAC
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They can dive with divers of any grade and support Ocean Divers in new conditions and locations, under the supervision of a Dive Manager
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Manage and supervise club dives to locations known to the club
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Advanced Diver
Organising & Managing
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4 Theory lessons
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2 Practical sessions
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Theory test
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2 Open Water dives (sea)
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After qualification you can:
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Max diving depth 50m
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leading expeditions to unfamiliar locations
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include techniques and emerging technologies involved in underwater search techniques, diving involving no clear surface (cavern, wreck penetration or ice diving), open-circuit or closed-circuit mixed gas diving, advanced decompression diving and finding and diving an unknown site
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doing your own chartwork and navigation
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