What is BSAC?? 🤔🤔 ¦ UKDiver

Here I am trying to explain what BSAC is and some of the differences between the BSAC way of doing things and the PADI way of doing things - not sure I was successful! 😬

Although I started out as a PADI diver back in the day, the lack of opportunity to simply go diving after getting my OW qualification without having to shell out constantly for additional courses made me have a look around at alternatives. I quickly found out that I had a BSAC club just down the road and I've never really looked back.

I love the club social scene and I love the fact I can just go diving without having to pay someones mortgage for them and can spend the saved cash on more diving!

I'm a firm believer that both PADI and BSAC are essential to the UK diving scene as whilst they offer the same thing, we do so in very different ways which will appeal to peoples different needs at different times in their scuba careers.

As always folks, please feel free to leave your comments, but please keep them polite and respectful as per 👍

Looking froward to seeing you soon!

Dive safe

Andy

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[jayking]

I was part of a BSAC club 10 years ago and loved it, I had to quit and lost my books . Completed PADI open water and advanced open water on holiday. Cost a fortune and although I had a great time on the holiday managed 20 dives in 10 days, down to 30 meters. I wished I hadn’t been sucked in. I want to dive in the U.K. but don’t know how to use a dry suit, I dived with some people who paid for and passed the advance course who were dangerous, damaged the reef and I would never want to buddy . There was no rescue skills at all which was the only reason I took the advanced as I was surprised there was none in the basic open water . Cost as much as it would have to buy my own diving gear and so I’ll be joining a branch as soon as they open back up

[hemperor]

Dose bsac cover cave diving, mainly for old flooded mines?

[kailashrai]

Im away for 2 years outside UK to Nepal. If I keep my membership will my training be valid ??

[robharris]

Did a try dive a couple of years ago, went on to the Open Water course passed that. Very pleased with that but after a couple of weeks I suddenly realised I actually hated diving and anything to do with it.