(Minimum age 14 years)
The Ocean Diver Award is the BS-AC’s first diving grade awarded within a Branch or Centre. Following the completion of a series of Classroom Lessons, Sheltered Water Lessons and Open Water Lessons, the award of Ocean Diver prepares the diver to enjoy their diving experience to a maximum of 20m and without incurring decompression stops.
Definition of an Ocean Diver
An Ocean Diver is defined as a diver who is competent to conduct dives:
- With another Ocean Diver or with a Sports Diver, within the restrictions of the conditions already encountered during their training
- With a Dive Leader or higher grade, to expand their experience beyond the conditions encountered during their training, under the supervision of a Dive Manager.
- To a depth which is initially limited to the maximum experienced during training, but which can subsequently be extended progressively, under the supervision of a Nationally Qualified Instructor (NQI), to a maximum of 20m
- Using breathing gas mixes of Air, Nitrox32 or Nitrox36
- Not requiring mandatory decompression stops
- Under the on-site supervision of a Dive Manager with respect to site selection, conditions and dive plan where other divers, capable of providing assistance and rescue, are available at the surface
- Within BS-AC safe diving recommendations
Assessment Components
An Ocean Diver must successfully complete the following components:
An Ocean Diver must successfully complete the following components:
- Attend lessons on diving knowledge
- Demonstrate a level of diving knowledge through a written Theory Paper
- Demonstrate their practical ability with a range of basic diving skills
- Demonstrate competence in planning and conducting a simple dive
- Demonstrate they have developed a suitable level of competence in their personal Rescue Skills including CBL and supporting an unconscious casualt