Official branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club

Northland & Auckland · Est. 2008

Get in the water

Three dive weekends a month through summer. Shore dives at Goat Island, boat trips to the Canterbury and the Poor Knights. Run by divers, for divers.

2455BSAC branch
2008Diving since
30 mPoor Knights walls
Weekends a month
Poor Knights Islands · 30 m
BSAC New Zealand is Branch 2455 of the British Sub-Aqua Club — a not-for-profit club run by divers, for divers. No sales targets, no upselling. Just people who want to get wet most weekends and bring others along with them.

Three ways in

Start where you are

Where we dive

Six regular sites, one to forty metres

Three weekends a month over summer, one through winter. Shore dives suit everyone from Ocean Divers up; the wrecks and the walls need a bit more depth behind you.

Jones BayShore
6 m
Ti PointShore
10 m
Goat IslandShore · Reserve
12 m
Rainbow WarriorBoat · Cavalli Islands
26 m
Poor KnightsBoat · Walls
30 m
HMNZS CanterburyBoat · Deep Water Cove
36 m
0 m10203040 m

BSAC grades

Every grade takes you deeper

BSAC training is progressive and club-taught. You start in a pool and finish, if you want to, leading dives to fifty metres.

01

Try Dive

An hour in the pool with an instructor. No kit, no commitment.

Pool
02

Discovery Diver

Your first dives in open water, always alongside an instructor.

12 m
03

Ocean Diver

The entry qualification. Dive with a buddy of any grade.

20 m
04

Sports Diver

Rescue skills, deeper dives, and buddying less experienced divers.

35 m
05

Dive Leader

Plan and lead dives for the club. Where most members end up.

50 m
06

Advanced & First Class

The top grades — expedition planning, and BSAC's toughest assessment.

50 m

On the calendar

What's coming up

Sat 12 Sep · 08:00

Goat Island shore dive

Meet in the car park. Two dives, bring lunch. Suits Ocean Divers and up.

Sun 27 Sep · 07:00

Sea D Sea — Canterbury

Boat from Whangarei. Six spaces. Sports Diver minimum.

Fri 10 Oct · Weekend

Northland weekend away

Two nights, four dives, one barbecue. Partners welcome.

Supporters

The businesses behind us

We're grateful to the local businesses and organisations who support BSAC NZ diving.

Register your interest

Come and meet us first

Tell us whether you want a try dive, full membership, or both. Elisa will get back to you — usually within a few days.