Durham University Scuba Diving Society

We held our first pool session of the year today for those interested in the Open Water course! Well done to everyone!

Thank you to everyone that came down for the social tonight - it was great to see so many new faces!
We'll have information out regarding courses and dives tomorrow so make sure you keep tabs on our different groups!

Cheers,
Jonathan🐙

Remember that our first social of the year is going ahead tomorrow starting at Hatfield!

LFTs are required for Hatfield bar so make sure to get yours booked soon!

See our events section for more details!

Reminder that to be added to the members group we need you to have sent proof of membership to this page!

Hi everyone we’ve been getting a fair few questions about joining the society as a beginner so I just wanted to try to clear up a few things! If you’re already a certified diver then you can ignore this!

To be able to dive with us we need you to have at least completed the PADI Open Water course (or equivalent from another agency) which is the entry level course. This is from a safety point of view so we know you are safe and comfortable in the water!

We do all of our courses through Durham Scuba Centre so if you would like to learn to dive then we can get that sorted for you!

After the Open Water course there is a central progression of courses, namely Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster that you can take to further your dive education. There are also speciality courses that you can take for more specific aspects of diving. I’ve attached a diagram from PADI to help explain the course progression!

If you want to dive in the UK with us we recommend that you dive in a drysuit although it is possible to dive in a wetsuit for some of the warmer months. For that we would need you to complete the dry suit speciality course (again this is from a safety point of view).

I hope that’s helped!
Jonathan🦈🤿

Hi everyone I hope you’ve all had a good summer and welcome to all of our new members!

It’s that time of year when everything gets up and running again so I would like to clear up a few things!

First of all I’d like to point your attention to the fresher’s fair. We will be attending the fair with a stall on Tuesday 28th. We are yet to find out exactly where in Maiden Castle we’ll be set up but we will definitely be there. Please come and find us and speak to us in person about the society! We would love to see you.

In terms of regular days out diving we are looking to gauge interest over the coming weeks and then move forward with that. We are currently discussing the possibility of a separate page / group chat purely for those looking to dive in the UK regularly.

We currently have no trips abroad planned due to changing and variable covid restrictions but that is something we are looking to change very soon!

For those that don’t know we also arrange diving courses through Durham Scuba Centre. We are currently compiling the list of prices for each course and I will put that in a separate post as soon as possible.

As always if you have any questions feel free to comment or message the page directly and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can!

Sorry that was a long one,
Jonathan 🐠🤿

Hi everyone, I hope your exams have all gone well!

We’re just in the process of changing the exec team over for this year and planning to get you all back in the water soon.

If you were down to come diving with us on Sunday to do a course please could you message this page so we can get that sorted out.

Cheers,
Jonathan 🤿

**AGM REMINDER**
I guys, just a reminder that we will be hosting our AGM today at 5pm. All are welcome, however, if you want to apply for an exec role for next year, make sure you're there!
See you later,
Ollie