Learn to scuba dive with Street Sub Aqua Club
Learning to scuba dive can be a life-changing experience, bringing a whole host of exciting underwater opportunities and friends to enjoy them with.
We dive all year round, and training can be completed anytime throughout the year. BSAC’s Ocean Diver course is the first step on the diving ladder and is your first introduction to life underwater. This entry-level open water diver qualification will equip you with the core skills to dive to a maximum of 20 metres in open water, in the UK and abroad.
Your instructor will start by getting you comfortable breathing underwater in a pool or sheltered water and then develop your skills so that you are competent to dive safely in open water. After that, you’ll head out for a series of at least four dives to develop your skills and confidence in open water.
On your open water diving course, you’ll:
- Learn how to use basic dive gear, including your mask and snorkel.
- Control your buoyancy and underwater movements
- Understand your basic scuba diving safety skills – you’ll find out the importance of time, depth and gas
- Discover how to plan and manage your diving.
The Ocean Diver course includes six theory modules, at least five sessions in a pool or sheltered water, and at least four open-water dives.
Our ocean diver course is continually assessed. So, after your classroom and in-water training and a short theory exam, you’ll have the grounding to continue your scuba diving journey as an open water diver.
With BSAC’s Ocean Diver course, your diving adventure is only just beginning. Developing your scuba diving skills:
- You can quickly progress to Advanced Ocean Diver, which is the next grade in BSAC’s Diver Training Programme, allowing you to progress to 30m depths without decompression stops.
- Alternatively, you can go straight to Sports Diver, giving you the opportunity to perform longer, deeper dives with decompression stops, as well as learn rescue skills.
- You could also develop specific skills to expand your diving interests further. Imagine understanding more about wreck diving or driving a dive boat. Check out the Skill Development Courses you can get involved in.
At the end of the training, you will have an internationally recognised qualification.
What do you get from your BSAC / Street Sub Aqua Club membership?
Once you have joined BSAC, you will be entitled to the following benefits:
- 12 monthly copies of BSAC’s ‘Scuba’ dive magazine (online or paper).
- Third-Party Liability Insurance – not holiday diving insurance.
- Access to all other BSAC member services.
- BSAC organised national and regional skill development courses and instructor training.
Should you wish to join Street Sub-Aqua Club, we can provide the following:
- Nationally qualified instructors, dive leaders and dive organisers.
- A friendly social environment for training, diving and recreation.
- Fellow divers/buddies to dive with.
- Equipment hire for training and diving.
- Access to the club’s 7.8m RIB and compressor.
- Free air fills from the club compressor.
- Subsidised Nitrox fills from the club compressor.
- Swimming pool access at Strode Swimming Pool, Street, every other Thursday evening.
- Regular branch meetings, training courses, open water dives and diving holidays.
- Various skill development courses. (Advanced decompression procedures, practical rescue management, first aid, oxygen administration, and boat handling).
If you are interested in meeting us and finding out more, please contact us and say hello. We can provide more information and answer any specific questions you may have.
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BSAC’s Diver Training Programme
BSAC provides a full diver training programme that enables divers to progress through a framework of qualifications at their own pace.
The programme is designed to build confidence and self-reliance. Diving skills are taught progressively so that each new experience is built upon step by step.
There are a further five internationally recognised BSAC diver grades on completion of Ocean Diver, and a multitude of skill development courses available.
Advanced Ocean Diver course
Advanced Ocean Diver sits between Ocean Diver and Sports Diver and is open to qualified BSAC Ocean Divers (or an equivalent other agency grade) who would like to progress their maximum diving depth to 30m. You will develop your existing Ocean Diver knowledge to support deeper diving.
Sports Diver Course
If you already have some experience with an entry-level qualification (Ocean Diver or equivalent qualification such as PADI Open Water) and want to take your diving to the next level, Sports Diver is your next step. You will broaden your experience and learn techniques to prepare you for diving to a maximum of 35 metres.
Dive Leader Course
This course is perfect for members who want to take a more active role in the club. As a dive leader, you become a valuable team member as you’ll be trained to help organise activities at the club. The training also prepares you to dive to depths of up to 50 metres in a range of challenging conditions.
Advanced Diver Course
If you want to manage challenging diving activities and expeditions in places you haven’t been before, then Advanced Diver is the course for you. Advanced divers are role models in BSAC clubs, able to lead groups in new situations, which can be remote and require detailed planning backed up by a huge amount of experience.
First Class Diver
Ready for the ultimate challenge? First Class Diver is BSAC’s top diving grade and reflects a high level of theoretical knowledge, organisational skills, personal diving ability and dive-management skills. First Class divers have gone on to lead groundbreaking missions worthy of national recognition.
Skill Development Courses
Want to get more from your diving? Have fun, build confidence and expand your diving opportunities with BSAC Skill Development Courses (SDCs). BSAC’s range of special interest courses is designed to ensure you get the very best out of your diving. SDCs are regularly held by the club.
