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Your instructor will start by getting you comfortable breathing underwater in a pool, 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:
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:
If you already have some diving experience with an entry-level qualification and want to take your underwater adventures to the next level, Sports Diver is your next step in BSAC’s Diver Training Programme.
There are two routes to becoming a Sports Diver – either from Advanced Ocean Diver, or directly from Ocean Diver.
You will broaden your experience in a variety of challenging open-water conditions and learn essential techniques to prepare you for diving to a maximum of 40 metres.
To become a Sports Diver, you must have successfully completed an Ocean Diver or Advanced Ocean Diver course (or have equivalent certification from another recognised training agency) and be aged 12 or older, but you need to be 14 or older to progress to depths greater than 20m post qualification.
Skills that make Sports Divers stand out from the crowd include doing longer deeper dives, with decompression stops if needed.
You’ll learn how to spot if something is wrong and what to do in an emergency including self-rescue, recovery of unresponsive divers, and basic life support – these are among the most valuable skills any diver can learn.
It’s a continually assessed qualification, so after your classroom and in-water training and a short theory exam, you’ll be competent to complete a series of depth progression dives – at increments of 5m – enabling you to dive down to a maximum of 40m.
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The British Sub-Aqua Club is the Governing Body for Scuba Diving in the UK and a World Wide Recognised Organisation.