Learning to Dive
The SCUBA Club does not actually run beginner dive courses.
However, the Sport and Recreation Association (SRA) organises discounted
courses through the SCUBA Store in Braddon. A number of Open Water
courses are offered each year, generally two or three at the start of each
University year and one or two at the end. These courses generally run
over two weeks with two weekends at the coast and give a
minimum of six and usually eight ocean
dives. The aim is to provide a much better level of competence and confidence
to those going through the course than would be available from courses
offering fewer dives. You can find our more about these courses by
checking out the Sports and Recreation Course booklet available from the SRA.
(Note: for 2008 Sem. 1, there are no SRA-organised courses being run. Hopefully there
will be in the future)
If you would rather make your booking directly, find out more about the courses,
or if you'd like to arrange
to do your course at a particular time then call Steve Harding at the
SCUBA Store (Braddon) on 6247 4911. If you can get four or more people
together, a course will generally be able to be arranged with times
and dates to suit you.
Beyond Open Water level certification an easy, cheap and
enjoyable way to gain additional experience is to get involved in ANU
SCUBA club
activities. Club diving will expose you to various types of diving as an
alternative to taking a specific course: deep, wreck, decompression,
night, cold, tropical, rescue, high altitude, fresh water etc ... In
addition, you can learn much about other things that divers should
know about: gear and its maintenance, the use of boats and their
maintenance, and much also about the great diversity of dive sites up
and down the coast. You will also be able to meet other divers
and gain much from sharing your diving with them.
