Learn to Dive with RRSAC
RRSAC offers training for all levels of diver, from complete beginner to advanced level training, following the BSAC Diver Grade syllabus.
BSAC has five basic grades of diver - Ocean Diver, Sports Diver, Dive Leader, Advanced and First Class Diver. Details of all these grades can be found on the BSAC Website. BSAC diver qualifications are internationally recognised and can be used throughout the world. We have a full range of scuba gear that you can use throughout your training and as long as you need to afterwards, so there's no need to rush out and buy lots of expensive new gear (although lots of us like to anyway!). RRSAC also welcomes divers trained by other organisations and provides cross-over training for those wishing to progress with BSAC qualifications. There is also a range of skill development courses that are run locally and through the BSAC Regional Training Team. |
Ocean Diver TrainingIf you’re keen to learn to dive, 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. This course includes qualification the use of up to 36% Nitrox and use a drysuit. Many entry level diving qualifications require additional 'bolt-on' courses for Nitrox, or drysuit use, so this is worth considering when comparing different training routes.
Routes to Certification We offer two routes to Ocean Diver Certification. We can either complete all of your training within the club, conducted at your own pace. Alternatively, we can offer a fast track option, working with Stoney Cove in Leicestershire through their BSAC Club Partnership scheme to complete all of your Ocean Diver training over 5 days in an all-inclusive package including drysuit hire. Why Learn With Us?Firstly, we're not a commercial diver training organisation, and we don't make a profit from training new divers. Unlike many commercial organisations, we're not in a rush to get as many divers through the training as quickly possible.
Our primary aim is to equip new divers with the all necessary skills to come diving with us, in UK diving conditions. Consequently, its in our interests that divers are trained to the very highest standards, to ensure both your safety and ours. By training with a BSAC club you will learn at your pace, and if you need more practice at a particular skill, then that's absolutely fine. You'll learn to become self dependent, acquiring a wide range of skills that can be applied to both diving as well as your everyday life. Training with a BSAC club is great fun, and you'll make many new friends during your course. We have a maximum of two trainees per instructor through both pool training and in open water, hence new trainees get lots of individual attention and coaching. All of our instructors are trained to the very highest standards, with a wealth of real world diving knowledge and experience. Training LocationsWe'll arrange theory training at a time that's mutually convenient for the trainee and instructor. Confined water training is conducted at Moorways swimming pool in Derby,.
Open Water Training is held at the National Diving Centre at Stoney Cove in Leicestershire. This is approximately 35 mins drive from Derby, and is an excellent facility for training at all levels. For Trainees about to head to Stoney Cove for their first Open water training, there's a useful guide included here |
Technical Diving & Closed Circuit Rebreather Training
We have a number of members interested in deeper / technical diving, and regularly run the BSAC Accelerated Decompression Procedures course, for anyone wanting to take their first steps into technical diving.
We are fortunate to be one of the few clubs in the region to have a certified Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) Instructor in the club and can offer training within the club, as well as experienced support and advice from a growing community of CCR divers within our membership. |