Upcoming Ocean Diver Course Dates:
August 2026 – Spaces Available
January 2027 – Spaces Available
New to scuba diving? Take the plunge with us!
If you’ve never scuba dived before, we highly recommend you do a Try Dive first to see if diving is for you.
Find out more
If you’ve given it a go, and want to learn how to dive, we can help you! (Please note that we will not be running another Ocean Diver course until late in 2025)
Your first qualification is Ocean Diver. In 6 theory lessons, 5 pool lessons, and 4 open water lessons, you’ll learn:
- How to assemble and disassemble your scuba kit
- How to safely enter, exit, and manoeuvre underwater
- Basic life saving skills
- How being underwater affects the human body
- How to safely dive to 20 metres underwater
How Much Will It Cost
Whilst the training is delivered by volunteers, there are some costs associated with learning to dive
- BSAC HQ Annual Member Fee – £65.50
- Leeds SCUBA Club joining fee – £22.00
- Leeds SCUBA Club (BSAC 115) Annual Membership – £130.00
- Purchase of an Ocean Diver Training Pack – £45.00 (digital) or £50 + p&p (printed)
- £7 per session for pool fees, equipment and instruction
For these costs, you get
- Diver Training Manual and Training Materials
- Worldwide Scuba Diving Insurance provided through BSAC
- Subscription to SCUBA magazine, providing advice, tips, trips, and reviews
- Subsidised pool access on club nights (normally £10)
- Free equipment rental for duration of Diver Training
- Subsidised equipment rental after qualification
- Discount at local Dive Shops
What Gear Will I Need
For try dives, just a swimming costume and t-shirt you don’t mind getting wet.
For Ocean Diver, the club will provide all equipment where possible, or recommend dive shops where you can rent high quality, reliable equipment. The pool can be quite cool so a t shirt or a wetsuit is desirable.
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Leeds SCUBA Club1 Day agoWhat a weekend!!!!!! 5 of our newly qualified ocean divers took their first giant strides into the UK sea in some glorious weather out of St Abbs at the weekend. In addition two sports diver trainees had the opportunity to lead dives and do a bit of dive management (also known as cat herding!!). Dive leader trainees using the opportunity to develop their skills and grown to be role models for the future. Our thanks to all the instructors who helped supervise, to our friends from Salford Uni branch and Sheffield branch showing how BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club really is the biggest scuba club in the world. We were also really excited to see that this trip included 6 women and 5 men - something not often seen but great to see the female presence growing in our sport!
Leeds SCUBA Club2 weeks agoLots of happy folk last night down at the Aquatics centre in Leeds!
12 try divers came along to try out scuba diving for the first time. Our wonderful instructors and assistants made sure they all had a brilliant time, resulting in lots of smiling and laughing.
And… it gets better! There’s a new Ocean Diver course (beginner) starting on August 14th, and it would seem some of the try divers are going to sign up!
If you fancy coming and doing the Ocean Diver course with us, send us a message or respond below. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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#bsac #LeedsScubaClub Leeds SCUBA Club2 weeks agoAt the weekend, some of our club headed over to the Hyperperbaric Treatment and Training Centre over on the Wirral for a 40m ‘pot’ dive (which is a dry dive where you get to experience serious nitrogen narcosis in a safe environment)
Starting with a very informative talk from the Centre Operator Dave Adcock on the science behind, and the difficulties in, treating DCI (Decompression Illness), this was followed by a facilities tour by Jen, the centre’s Operations Manager. It’s an amazing medical facility able to cope with any and all situations.
After the tour, it was into the pot!
Once in, we descended to 40m and then the merriment began as everyone sounded like they were breathing helium at these depths - due to the thicker gas. Funny enough at the best of times, but with the narcotic effect making everyone feel like they were drunk, it was hilarious!!
After a minute, at the bottom (40 metres) we started the test we were given to do. This is where things get serious as you realise just how impaired your cognitive abilities are when you get ‘nitrogen narcosis’ (aka ‘narked’ or ‘raptures of the deep’).
Simple things become difficult - if not impossible - to do…. a dangerous situation underwater should quick thinking be required.
It certainly highlights the need to be breathing the best gases possible to combat the effects of nitrogen in our air when diving at depth.
But we all returned to the ‘surface’ safely after a few decompression stops, and followed the fab experience with a bite to eat in a local pub before heading back over the Pennines.
A top day and a great experience!
If you’d like to join us on our next adventure, drop us a line today to start your scuba diving journey!!
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Leeds SCUBA Club3 weeks agoA busy couple of weeks here at Leeds SCUBA club! Different locations = different training…..
At the weekend: Capernwray… Will completed his OD open water skills and is now a qualified Ocean Diver! Congratulations Will!!!
Sam and Lee worked on their Sports Diver skills. I wonder if the toastie and lucozade helped with the navigation?
Meanwhile, our midweek ‘dry’ session was the Wreck Appreciation session on Marine Life around wrecks. Someone asked what happens if you get bitten by a sea snake abroad. Jo reckoned all you need is an anecdote…..
Then this week in the pool, several members practised their rescue skills. It’s so important to keep practising and perfecting these skills, so that was time well spent.
Thanks as always to all of our instructors who support and train our members.
Leeds SCUBA Club4 weeks agoApart from the ‘usual’ diver training that goes on in our 5.5m pool, some of our members like to use the pool as an opportunity to refine other diving-related skills, such as underwater photography.
Last week, Andy Walters was doing just that-practising with his strobe doing macro shots and then with his snoot (which are the pics with just a little section lit up and a black background).
He told me they are ‘very difficult to do as you have to be super close, and super still to get it right.’ Hence the practice!!
Another skill was him designing his artificial reef to use as a model. He let me know that the reef was an aquarium model, and from there he got a few fishing lures that he stuck in to practice eye shots. He’d also 3d printed himself nudi’s of various sizes, colors and shapes and glued them on as further subjects for him.
Impressive!!!! What a cracking idea!
Great results too.
PS he also made nudi fridge magnets for anyone who wanted one! 👍🏻😂👍🏻
Leeds SCUBA Club; BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club; BSAC Yorkshire Region
Well done to all that took part in the B&T at costa del Eight acre where the water was a tropical 12 degrees
