TRAINING INFORMATION

DSDC is very well endowed with Instructors etc and can teach nearly every aspect of diving including tri-mix stuff.

There are two ways to get diving in Dubai - either go and do a crash course in the basics before diving with us or come to the club and see when the next BSAC Ocean Diver Course is being run.

Once you are diving there is a whole list of stuff you can do. Being a BSAC club our 'standard progression' is

OCEAN DIVER,

SPORTS DIVER

DIVE LEADER

ADVANCED DIVER

go to www.bsac.com for details

On top of this there are all sorts of Skill Development Courses you can do, depending on your particular interest, and a whole range of instructor courses.

We don't run commercial courses but there are charges to our members who partake in courses to cover the costs of training materials etc.

Once you have a basic course you will now find (since 2009) that you are pushed on towards the Sports Diver Course very quickly. DSDC sees this level of qualification as a minimum requirement due to the depths that the club members regularly dive to. Due to the construction work in the UAE it is very difficult to find quality dive sites at less than 20 metres and due to this poor quality not much shallow diving is done(in the Arabian Gulf). Therefore, members who are Ocean Divers and Padi Open Water Divers will find that their opportunities to join trips are very restricted.

Because Instruction is done mostly for free we ask students to be very conscious of this at all times to avoid offence being caused.

This is a table to compare BSAC qualification with other agencies.

Bsac Qualification	Padi Equivalent	CMAS	Max Depth	Remarks
Ocean Diver	Open water/ Advanced Open water	One star	20m	BSAC Entry Qualification
Sports Diver	Rescue diver	Two Star	35m	Including progression
Dive leader	Dive Master		50m	Including progression
Advanced Diver		Three star	50m

PLEASE NOTE

This is a diving club and not a training school.

Many people don't really understand what a diving club is. Just to reinforce we are a sports club run by the members for the members. We don't have any employees and as such if you want to join us you will have to contribute to the running of the club. We find different people are good at different things so for example if you are mechanically minded you would be expected to help look after the boats, if you are an accountant you would be asked to help with the finances. Even if you don't think you have any skills or are useless at everything - don't worry we have plenty of jobs for you as well. Every one is expected to do something.