Book a ‘Try Dive Session’
If you’re new to diving and would like to try it, we offer an approx one-hour £45 try dive in the pool with one of our instructors, which includes entrance to the pool, the hire of equipment. 50% of this fee is deducted from your membership if you join the club. Costs must be paid in advance and cannot be cancelled if less than 24 hours notice is given before the scheduled dive (Extenuating circumstances may be considered at the committees discretion and a new date arranged).
Book your ‘Refresher Skills Session’
If you haven’t dived in a while and are about to head off to sunnier climes on a diving holiday, you may want to book a ‘Refresher Dive‘ with us. We will remind you about all you need from putting the kit together & buoyancy control to rescue skills should you need to help out your buddy. The full range of refresher skills are in accordance with BSAC’s suggested pointers. We charge £60 for an approx one hour session in the diving pool which includes the hire cost of all equipment and air fills. Costs must be paid in advance and cannot be cancelled if less than 24 hours notice is given before the scheduled dive (Extenuating circumstances may be considered at the committees discretion and a new date arranged).
Membership
The club operates an annual membership model, beginning on the 1st March. The first year of all memberships (except social membership) is calculated pro-rata to the nearest whole month.
The following membership options are available as of 1st January 2023:
| Membership type | joining fee | Annual Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Full | £50.00 (1st Year only) | £150.00 |
| Instructors | £50.00 (1st Year only) | £130.00 |
| Students * | £50.00 (1st Year only) | £90.00 |
| Social only | free | £5.00 |
* Students must be able to produce evidence of course enrollment
BSAC membership required in addition, can be arranged via the club (see pricing)
Equipment (in the pool)
The club has a one hour slot on Tuesdays at 7:30pm.
Use of the pool and any equipment during this time is free of charge for members.
Tanks at the pool are filled by the equipment officer as needed. To cover the cost members pay £5 for each pool session when they use a tank, with the exception of:
- Trainee Ocean & Sports Divers within the first 12 months of membership
- Instructors during instruction
Equipment (elsewhere)
Members may also hire equipment for use outside the pool. The following equipment is available for loan:
| Item | per item per day |
|---|---|
| BCD | £10.00 |
| Regulator | £10.00 |
| Tank | £10.00 |
| Weights | free |
| Mask | free |
| Fins (full-foot) | free |
| For training purposes there is a discount for hiring full kit. | £5.00 discount |
If hiring equipment either training or a trip please do follow the below.
• Contact the equipment officer in advance and submit a PSAC Equipment Hire form for each trip where you need to hire our dive gear.
• Charges are per day used, rather than per day spent out of the storage locker.
• When collecting regs. please ensure you have checked with the equipment officer which number to take. Some are designated pool only.
• Pay the equipment hire fee upfront to the PSAC account. If the items aren’t used the club will refund you in a timely manner.
• If you are unable to take the equipment yourself (ie through lack of a car) please meet whoever has kindly agreed to take your equipment at the pool both to collect and return the items. If you are unable to do these please confirm that whoever is picking them up is happy to do this and be mindful of their efforts.
• Cylinders should be returned full unless extenuating circumstances and you have spoken to the equipment officer.
• Equipment must be returned before the next pool training session (Tuesdays, 7pm)
• If you have any problems with the kit please let the equipment officer know. Kit is regularly serviced, but things can malfunction. Your safety is important to us
Boat
The club owns a RHIB for use by its members. Each member using the boat must pay £15 per day on boat dives. Trips on the Thames are charged at £5 per person. All fuel tanks must be returned full, regardless of whether they were full to start with.
Training incidentals for open water
There will be some charges for training at open water sites, which the trainee is expected to cover for both themselves and their instructor, such as:
- Transport to the dive site – if car sharing then fuel/electricity costs are expected to be shared.
- Entry to the dive site for trainee and instructor
- Air fills for the trainee and for the instructor
- Equipment loan for the trainee, as above
- Boat charter, if necessary
- A basic fee to cover instructors expenses on food & drink etc.
The above can be summed up by the costs below, depending on which of the inland quarry site is involved.
Wraysbury – £65 without kit £90 full kit hire
Vobster Quay – £75 without kit, £100 full kit.
Stoney Cove – £82 without kit £107 full kit
A trainee diver will be expected to independently source the remaining equipment which the club cannot provide, which in UK waters tends to include hood, gloves, boots, open-heel fins and a thick wetsuit or drysuit. These can often be rented at dive sites, and members of the club will be able to advise on how to acquire them otherwise.