Crossover to BSAC

If you’d like to continue your diver training with BSAC there are crossover points between different agencies.  For reference the guide below gives a good view of what your next course would be.

If you don’t want to, there are still plenty of Skill Development Courses (SDCs) that BSAC run that many other dive agencies don’t, like boat handling, gas mixing, compressor use, etc, you can do if you want.

All ‘Entry Level’ qualifications (which typically do not include rescue training) such as:

• PADI Open Water Diver
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver/AOWD Plus
• CMAS One Star Diver
• NASDS Open Water Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver
• NAUI Scuba Diver and Advanced Scuba Diver
• Royal Navy Ships Diver
• SAA Open Water Diver
• SSI Open Water Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver

All ‘Second Level’ qualifications (which must include rescue training) such as:

• PADI Rescue Diver
• CMAS Two Star Diver
• SAA Club Diver
• HSE Commercial Diver:
• NASDS Rescue Diver
• NAUI Scuba Rescue Diver
• SSAC Third Class Diver/Sports Diver
• SSI Advanced Open Water Diver with ‘Stress and Rescue’ Speciality
• Army Compressed Air Diver

All ‘Third Level’ qualifications (which must include dive leadership training) such as:

• NASDS Dive Supervisor
• NAUI Divemaster
• PADI Divemaster
• SAA Dive Leader
• SSI Dive Control Specialist

Any higher level of qualification, such as:

• CMAS Three Star Diver
• SAA Dive Supervisor
• SSAC Second Class Diver/ Master Diver

For more information visit the BSAC website – Training other agency divers – British Sub-Aqua Club (bsac.com)

BSAC Progression chart is here –bsac-training-progression-2022.pdf