SUSAC

Welcome to SUSAC, the Southampton University Sub-Aqua Club. We're a branch of BSAC, the British Sub-Aqua Club - the world's largest SCUBA diving club.

Everyone is welcome to join - even people from outside the university - and we do our best to cater for a range of skill levels.

If you've dived before and have a exisiting qualification you won't need any more training to come diving with us, but the club's BSAC instructors are there to help you further your skills and train for higher qualifications.

If you're completely new to diving, don't worry. Each year as a member you'll have the chance to train as a BSAC diver with our instructors. For more information, see How do I get started?

• Diving
  We run dive trips on most weekends during term time to local sites along the Hampshire and Dorset coasts, and sometimes further afield. To enable us to venture off-shore we have our own boats, and the club has a range of equipment including BCDs, cylinders and regulators for members to use free of charge.
  Each year we also aim to organise trips for longer periods and to other sites around the country, including the popular Easter Novice Trip.
• Training
  Our training is based on the BSAC qualifications, from Ocean Diver through to Dive Leader and above. BSAC training is free (although you will need to purchase basic kit and training materials) once you are a member, because it is given by Instructors who are also club members. Training consists of a combination of information lectures (often on a Tuesday evening) and practical diving sessions.
• Meetings
  To discuss all of the above we meet every Tuesday during term time at 20:00 in the Shackleton building Lecture Theatre A (44/1041).
  Training lectures are run before the meetings and afterwards we go to the pub (see below), so keep your Tuesday evenings free!
• Socials
  No university club would be complete without the social side. We run regular socials throughout the year; some involving copious amounts of alcohol combined with snorkels, but also activities of a less liver-damaging nature such as pizza meets/BBQ's and trips to cinemas, casinos, bingo halls and so on.
  Following our Tuesday weekly meetings we gather in the Crown Inn pub for some food and a few drinks.