Learn to Dive
TRY A DIVE FOR FREE!
Come along to the pool any Friday evening for 7.30pm and try a dive with one of our fully qualified, friendly instructors. All kit is provided.
It is helpful to us if you can let us know in advance if you are coming by posting on this website.
After your try dive experience, it is highly likely that you will want to join the Club and undertake the complete training programme to become a fully qualified Scottish Sub Aqua Club Sport Diver. The training programme takes a few months (anything from 3 months to 3 years depending on how fast or slow you want to take it) and involves a series of lectures and practical sessions in the pool and, later on, in the sea. As a Club, we are very light-hearted when it comes to socialising but very serious when it comes to diving and training. All of our instructors are highly qualified and highly able, and all training is carried out strictly in line with ScotSAC?s demanding quality standards.
In addition to your basic training as a Diver, you will also be able to take extra courses on, for example, life saving, boat handling, and VHF radio operation. Once you have been diving for a couple of years and have acquired sufficient experience, you can take your skills to new levels via the Master Diver course and ultimately you may aim to become a First Class Diver.
When it comes to the practicalities of training, we have a store of equipment for trainees to use at no cost, and lifts are usually available to the training sites on Loch Long and Loch Fyne if transport is a problem for you.
Our trainees usually find that learning to dive is a personal challenge and that progress gives an amazing sense of personal achievement.
Diving is a team sport.
From encouraging the most nervous try-diver to helping trainees through their assessment, there is a team of qualified instructors who give back to new members what they received as trainees. Club Members are all prepared to lend a hand and get involved.
Confidence and trust is developed through regular training sessions and lectures.
And ultimately, when you’re exploring a shipwreck under 30 metres of water, you need to regularly check that your buddy is alright, and you realise exactly why teamwork is so important.
For further information on ScotSAC training programmes (all available at Eastwood), visit the ScotSAC website at www.scotsac.com