Dive Education

Education is taken very seriously in BSAC. The high level of competency is reflected in our safety records. In BSAC's 30 year history in Singapore, there has not been any life threatening dive incidents or injuries.

Branch Education

Blue Barracuda Club, like all BSAC braches, train and dive in a 'club environment'. Diving as a club allows newer and junior members to build up experience and knowledge under supervision of Instructors and senior members. Acquiring the required knowledge and skills, rather than the certification card or price, is the focus in our dive courses.

Blue Barracuda Club also has numerous members who have a strong personal interest in Advanced and Technical diving techniques, which contribute to the club's level of knowledge beyond recreational sport diving.

We aim to train all our divers with at least a BSAC Sport Diver level, which BSAC international considers as equivalent to the Confederation Mondiales Des Activities Subaquatiques (CMAS) 2 Star Diver, or a PADI Rescue Diver. Crossover trainings from other diving associations (PADI, NAUI, SSI etc) are also conducted.

Scuba training with a BSAC Branch is available to anyone who is over the age of 14 and medically fit. Parental approval is needed for anyone under the age of 18 years.

Beginners

We regularly teach beginners to dive, and it takes about 2 weeks to complete the very basics. Our training season starts after the monsoon ends, around March each year. Trainee Club Divers have to come to all theory and practical lessons in order to pass. Bring logbooks and workbooks (issued in training pack) to all lectures. There will be several pool sessions (not a fixed number, to ensure we build to the required level of competency). Once you have passed the theory and practical tests you will be able to go on your first openwater dives and get the Ocean Diver qualification.

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