Who should sign up for Ocean Diver?
To sign up to Ocean Diver you must be (or plan to be) a club member who does not hold a SCUBA qualification currently and has dived at least once before (either a try dive in the pool or a discovery dive abroad). If you have never dived before but think you’d like to sign up to Ocean Diver in Term 2 25/26, contact us about doing a try dive in week 1.
You must be able to swim 200 metres without stopping (8 lengths of a standard pool) and be able to pass a diving medical.
If you are affected by one of the conditions outlined here, the club can support you in getting a medical assessment and still being able to dive. If you think you would like to do Ocean Diver and require a medical assessment, you should contact us sooner rather than later.
When can I sign-up?
Sign ups will open on the 12th of January on this page and in our WhatsApp.
There are limited places in our cohort. If we are overbooked, everybody who signs up before the Term 2 deadline (19th Oct) will be entered into a raffle for spaces in our Term 2 cohort.
When is training?
Our pool and theory training takes place on Wednesdays each week, depending on trainee/instructor availability. Training typically takes around 4 hours, and is run starting in week 2 up until the open water training weekends.
Term 1 will have 2 training weekends, the 14th – 15th of Feb and the 7th-8th of March. Our term 2 training does not involve a training trip, as the weather is too unpredictable, and instead takes place at Stoney Cove, the UK’s national dive centre just 40 minutes from campus.
What does the cost include?
Firstly, you need to be a member of the club. This costs £6 + Students’ Union Sports Federation Fee (£24) and On-campus Warwick Sport Club Pass (£82). These fees are set by our Students Union but must only be paid once per academic year and allow you to join any sports club.
The cost of doing Ocean Diver with WUSAC in 25/26 is £350. We know this is a lot of money, but BSAC’s volunteer instructor system means this under half what you would pay with another agency. Ocean Diver qualifies you internationally, for life.
This money is used to cover the cost of kit repairs, air fills, fuel, Stoney entry for you and your instructors, a year of BSAC membership and the qualification pack itself. Any profit is invested straight back into the club to buy and service equipment.