oxford bsac scuba diving club
Oxford
Oxford BSAC Scuba Diving Club is the award-winning Oxford Branch of the British
Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC). The branch was founded in 1956 – a few years after the
BSAC itself, making it one of the oldest diving clubs formed in the UK. As you
might imagine we have a rich history and some very experienced members. Our club
is run entirely by volunteers. We train people to dive and snorkel but we also
welcome qualified divers to join us (whoever they trained with). We organise
regular diving trips to Dorset and inland sites. We run several trips a year to
longer-range destinations – in the recent past, these have included the Red Sea,
Gozo (Malta), Scapa Flow, Sound of Mull, Plymouth and the Isles of Scilly. We
also have close relationships with other local BSAC branches including the
Oxford University Underwater Exploration Group (OUUEG) with whom we often
collaborate. The activities of the branch centre around three areas, the
clubhouse, pool training and diving. We also carry a decent level of equipment
and have a great hard boat moored in Weymouth – all of which help to make us a
successful dive club which has been going for over 60 years. We are a mature
club with a friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere. The branch has around 70
members from the Oxford area stretching from Bicester in the North to Didcot in
the South and from Witney in the West to Aylesbury in the East. We even have
some members who live here during the week and go home on weekends. We cover a
good cross-section of Oxford society. Ages range from young children who snorkel
to senior citizens that dive or who are social members. We are always happy to
welcome new members, be they untrained novices, experienced divers or
instructors – no matter who they have trained with. You will be made very
welcome, so please enquire about joining Oxford BSAC.
