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Dive Training
The club uses BSAC's training programme, which prepares divers for British as well foreign diving. Once qualified, your BSAC qualifications will be recognised by dive operators worldwide. BSAC courses put a lot of emphasis on safety, and trainees build on their skills week on week. Training with the club, you will have the reassurance of diving with people you know, and the opportunity to gain experience and continue to develop your skills.
If you already have qualifications gained with another diving agency, we can offer cross-over training to the relevant BSAC qualificaton. Please contact us to find out more.
If you haven't dived before, why not contact us for a try-dive?
To participate in the training, you need to be reasonably confident in the water and able to swim at least 200 metres. You will also need to commit to attending the course, which is held at 6.30 pm on Tuesday evenings. We use the pool at the Queen Mother Sports Centre and an inland site such as Stoney Cove for open water training over weekends.
The training programme
We train the following sequence of BSAC grades:
The next stage beyond Dive Leader is Advanced Diver, though by this stage you will usually have undertaken other skills development courses.
We organise extra training including refresher sessions and an oxygen administration course (first aid measure for diving emergencies).
For information about the costs of learning to dive with the Argonauts please see here.