Try Dives

Have you ever thought about learning to scuba dive but were unsure how or where to get started? Would you like to have a taster before you go on holiday? Or do you just simply want to try something new?

Then a “Try Dive” with Ellon Sub-Aqua Club is for you.

COVID – Unfortunately we can’t take on any new trainees or offer Try Dives just now. But please contact us if you would like to be put on our waiting list.

We hold our Try Dives at the Ellon Community Campus over the winter. They include poolside tuition on diving techniques and equipment, followed by a one hour scuba diving session in the pool with a BSAC-qualified instructor.

If the diving bug bites, you can then go on to join ESAC and complete the BSAC Ocean Diver Course. This is an internationally-recognised qualification that is the stepping stone to a lifelong diving adventure, with the waters of the UK and around the world just waiting to be explored!

Before your Try Dive you will be asked to read and complete a medical form, please download to take a look at the Try Dive medical and responsibility declaration.

Download the Try Dive medical and responsibility declaration from the BSAC website
  • Meet at Ellon Community Campus
  • You’ll receive a short briefing on BSAC, our club and the equipment you will use in the pool
  • 1 hour session in the pool under full instruction from one of our friendly instructors
  • After the pool session we will have a dive debrief and the discuss the potential option for you to learn to dive with us
  • Swimwear and towel
  • An old T-shirt (to wear in the water
  • Your own dive mask (if you have one)
  • A £1 for the changing room locker
  • All other equipment is provided
  • Try Dive participants must be over the age of 18
  • Certain medical problems may prevent you from diving e.g. asthma, diabetes, perforated ear, etc.
  • Participants will be asked to sign a Medical and Responsibility Declaration
  • The cost for a Try Dive is £15, this covers all instruction and equipment.
  • Get in touch using the form on our Contact Us page 
  • Send us an email on esaccommittee@googlegroups.com
  • Or send us a message on our ESAC Facebook page
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