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Have you achieved your PADI Open Water Diver certificate? Feel at a loose end? A local dive club is your answer. Within Arnewood Divers Sub Aqua Club (ADSAC) we will give you the diving you are craving and also a great network of like minded people. Not to mention the free pool to keep you fit, hone your skills and expanding your social activities.

We shall cross you over as an Open Water Diver and progress your training from here to include Rescue Skills, Boat skills and great buddies

Prerequisite: Club Diver & fully paid up member of Arnewood Divers.
This course is run only when enough Club Divers are available to progress their diver
training (normally every third year). You will receive further theory lessons. You will
also be expected to complete some additional self-study. At the end of this theory
period you will sit a theory examination. There will be additional practical
examination, which will all be under the guidance of a recognised SAA instructor.
The Dive Leader training reinforces the lifesaving element of diver training;
lifesaving should now become second nature. Dive Marshalling skills will be part of the
Dive Leader training and you will be expected to participate in organising diving trips
on the club boat.

You will be signed off as a Dive Leader when you have completed all of these
examinations and have logged an additional 15 dives and an additional 5 hours
underwater since gaining Club Diver

Prerequisite: Dive Leader & Fully paid up member of Arnewood Divers.
This course is run only when enough Dive Leaders are available to progress their diver
training (typically every fifth year). You will receive further theory lessons. You will
also be expected to complete some additional self-study. At the end of this theory
period you will sit a theory examination. There will be additional practical
examinations, which will all be under the guidance of a recognised SAA instructor.
Under the current SAA guidelines you will be expected to participate in some
regional courses to help develop your diving techniques, this will include a rescue dive
from depth, (additional cost). As well as rescue skills your planning and preparation
skills will be honed and you will be expected to plan large group diving activities.
You will be signed off as a Dive Supervisor when you have completed all of these
examinations and have logged an additional 25 dives and an additional 10 hours
underwater since gaining Dive Leader.

If you already have a diving qualification then our Arnewood Divers club can offer you a regular programme of dives.

Look at the crossover table below to see where your current qualification links into the SAA scheme. Subject to a review of your qualification and log books, crossovers can be painless.

Cost will generally depend on which grade you are crossing over from but the most common grade is PADI Open Water Diver to SAA Club Diver. There will be a membership and training charge.

To register your interest in any of the courses on this website please e-mail the Training Officer training@arnewood-divers.co.uk. We endeavour to reply to you within 48 hours.