Learning to scuba dive can be a life-changing experience, bringing a whole host of exciting underwater opportunities and friends to enjoy them with.
From beginner to advanced, Chelmsford Scuba Diving Club provides the full BSAC training programme enabling divers to progress through a framework of qualifications at their own pace.
BSAC’s Ocean Diver course is the place to start. This entry-level open water diver qualification will equip you with the core skills to dive to a maximum of 20 metres in open water, in the UK and abroad.
With BSAC, diving skills are taught progressively, with each new skill and experience built upon, step-by-step. The blend of theory, swimming pool and open water skills sessions along with continual technique practice enables you to develop your diving in a safe and enjoyable way.
With BSAC there are five internationally-recognised diver grades, from the entry-level Ocean Diver through to First Class Diver.
Our nationally qualified instructors are all volunteers, hold up to date DBS checks and are managed by our Welfare Officer.
Get started today!To learn to scuba dive with Chelmsford Scuba Diving Club will cost you around £250.
Training, diving and qualifying with Chelmsford Scuba Diving Club is great value. The upfront costs for adults are just over £100, and then around £150 over the course of your training. This includes your BSAC membership fee, branch fee and other sundries such as training packs, kit hire and dive site entrance fees.
This is the best value scuba training we think you’ll find!
As a beginner, you will have lots of questions about scuba diving equipment. Do I need all the dive kit from the very start? How expensive is it to get all the kit I need?
Once you start your Ocean Diver training, it’s a good idea to purchase your own basic gear – a mask, fins and snorkel.
As with most specialist gear, there can be a huge range in prices, but budget on £100 upwards for a pair of fins, mask and snorkel. Wetsuits for UK diving start from around £150 and drysuits from £500, going up to over £1,000 for a top-end drysuit. To fully equip a diver, expect to pay around £1,500 although if your kit is well-maintained this will be a long-term investment.
If you do not wish to invest in a kit right away, Chelmsford Scuba Diving Club have around 20 sets of kit to hire including cylinders, buoyancy compensators, regulators, fins and masks available to new divers for a modest £50/annum fee for maintenance. We do not offer wetsuits or drysuits as there would simply be too many required to cover all sizes, but we can advise on hire of these for open water training.
