Octopus Divers Doncaster (scuba diving)

New Member - Already trained/qualified Max £83 p.a. (this is lower if you are a BSAC Instructor [or equivalent] or BSAC Advanced or 1st Class Diver and includes BSAC membership.) This for a full year however click here for the part year calculator.

	BSAC - Ocean Diver - £154	PADI Open Water Diver - typical Cost £349*
Free Monthly DIVE Magazine worth £62.40	Yes	No
Free Worldwide Liability Insurance - worth £60	Yes	No
Student Materials	Yes	Yes
Photo Qualification Card	Yes	Yes
Qualification Book	Yes	No
Equipment Included	Yes - Basic Aqualung set, Fins, Mask etc Only. If we provide the cylinder there is a fee of £2.50 per use to cover refilling it with air. The exposure Suit is separate. Click here to see why.	Yes - Click here on why the difference
Pool Fee	£1.50 whilst training (usually 5 sessions) this is to cover air refill costs.	Usually included in fee
Copy of Safe Diving Practices	Yes	No
Nitrox Decompression Tables	Yes	No - have to be purchased separately. The equivalent cost is £48.50 - please note they are not designed for planned decompression diving or for the use of Nitrox unlike the BSAC Nitrox tables.
Discount on AA membership	Yes	No
Includes admission to Open water training sites	No	No
Equivalent to PADI Advanced Open Water	Yes	No - a further course has to be taken typical cost £199* plus certification fee.
Practice your skills in the pool after qualification	£1.50 per session.	Usually around £30 - Scuba Review course.
Dry Suit training included	Yes - but the dry suit has to be hired (£12 for a weekend) or bought. Click here to see why we use Dry Suits.	No - usually costs an extra £79 (and you have to still provide your own dry suit!) and this has to be taken as an extra course.
Basic Nitrox training included	Yes	No - covered in a separate course for which extra fees are required.
Basic rescue training included	Yes	No - covered in a separate course for which extra fees are required.
Future Training Costs	Contact us and we will show how cheap it is to further develop your skills and qualifications	Courses vary in price but everything has a price - just see above.

All PADI prices are based on published PADI School fees*. PADI are an American based for profit diver training organisation. People who train via PADI usually have to pay more for their training to reach the BSAC equivalent qualification. Did you know PADI class diving from a boat as a specialty for which it is part of another course - not included in their Open Water course. Most sports diving takes place from a boat!! It is not a speciality as far as we are concerned.
* Premier Divers based in Armthorpe Doncaster

Because we are members club we give our time for free - you are not having to pay for instruction - this means we do not have cut back on the training and materials to keep prices down, but we do though expect a similar commitment from yourself. Plus you have all the benefits of being a member of the world's biggest and oldest diving club that has been training people to dive for over 57 years.