This course provides you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to start open water diving. Learning to dive is all about learning to use your equipment properly and safely. The course starts with practice in a swimming pool or in sheltered water and continues to include four or five open water training dives (requiring a minimum of 120 minutes underwater) where open water skills and techniques are further developed and experience gained. The course material includes the excellent BSAC publications 'The Diving Manual' and Student Workbook for self-study and reference

An Ocean Diver is defined as a diver who is competent to conduct dives:

With another Ocean Diver or with a Sports Diver, within the restrictions of the conditions already encountered during their training.
With a Dive Leader or higher grade, to expand their experience beyond the conditions encountered during their training, under the supervision of a Dive Marshall.
To a depth which is initially limited to the maximum experienced during training, but which can subsequently be extended progressively.
Under the supervision of a Nationally Qualified Instructor (NQI), to a maximum of 20m.
Not requiring mandatory decompression stops.
Under the on-site supervision of a Dive Marshall with respect to site selection, conditions and dive plan.
Where other divers, capable of providing assistance and rescue, are available at the surface.
Within BSAC safe diving practices.

The BSAC Diver Training System consists of :

Ocean Diver

Sports Diver

Dive Leader

Advanced Diver

Skill development courses

 

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