Now that our pool season has ended, anyone wanting to learn to dive with us from scratch will need to wait until our 2012-13 pool season starts in Nov. Please get in touch (see Contact Us section) and we'll get back to you once we know the start date and our time slot at the pool, although the latter is unlikely to change from Mon. nights (20:15-22:00) at the Aberdeen Grammar School.

Note that qualified divers can join us anytime - we may even be able to arrange some dedicated pool or confined open water training where required, depending on experience and qualifications.

[update to the news item below: there was another pool closure on 27 Feb. so the pool season has been once again extended by a week - last session on 19 MARCH now]

Following a lost session due to pool closure AND another due to in-service days, our pool season has been extended by TWO weeks and will now end on 12 MARCH (not 5 Mar. as per previous announcement).

At the end of October we held a successful second-ever SSAC Deep Diving Course, with classroom sessions in Aberdeen and open water drills on the wreck of the Moray (off Cullen Bay), exactly the same as in 2005. Well done to all those who took part!

After that, the new pool training season started and things are in full swing already. Our new trainees are already getting through the various pool drills and theory sessions will start very soon.

The start of our pool training season for 2011-12 has been confirmed as MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER. The dates are 7 Nov. - 12 Dec. and then 9 Jan. - 27 Feb. 2012 (a total of 14 weeks).

Anyone wishing to learn to dive with us (or cross-over from another organisation, if needing any pool training) should get in contact before November for further details.

I know it is (very!) early dates but if you are thinking of learning to dive this winter, you may be interested in knowing the tentative (pending Aberdeen City Council allocation) pool dates we have requested. There will be 2 blocks of sessions (7 Nov. - 12 Dec. 2011 and 9 Jan. - 27 Feb. 2012) - 13 sessions in total. We aim to continue training at the Aberdeen Grammar School pool on Mon. nights from 20:15-22:00. If interested, please contact us anytime and we'll update you once the dates have been confirmed.