Do you love diving regularly?
Do you want to dive in Victoria on the world's best temperate water dive sites?
Do you wish to dive safely with a gang of great people who share your passion for scuba diving?
Do you wish to participate in the social activities of a vibrant club?
Do you wish to be able to read "BSAC DIVE", one of the world's best scuba diving magazines?
Do you wish to have access to an ever growing range of member benefits?
Then join the Bass Strait Aquatic Club today!

If you're interested in joining us, please get in touch using the Contact Form or send an email to our Membership Officer.

It's easy, it's fun — Come and Dive with Us

Are you Already Qualified? Have you just learnt to dive while away on a holiday and would love to know about diving in Victoria but don't know how to go about it? Do you want to dive and/or train with the friendliest dive club in Victoria?

Then the Bass Strait Aquatic Club is for you.

The Bass Strait Aquatic Club is inviting all divers to come and give it a go the BSAC way. It doesn't matter where you trained or who you trained with. It doesn't matter if you haven't dived for a few seasons. We want you to come diving with us and see the amazing underwater world right here in Victoria.

Make friends with the friendliest dive club in Victoria.

Want to Learn to Dive?

When we have sufficent numbers of people interested who are known to our members, the Bass Strait Aquatic Club conducts Try-Dive events so that you can get a taste of the thrill, the adventure, the opportunities and sense of achievement you'll experience when you go scuba diving.

If you're thinking about Learning to Scuba Dive, don't hold back — go for it. By joining Bass Strait Aquatic Club you'll experience the highest standards of training while enjoying great diving in good company.

Joining the Bass Strait Aquatic Club

Anyone interested in scuba diving is welcome to apply to join the Bass Strait Aquatic Club. You may be looking to learn to dive, or already be a BSAC, PADI, SDI/TDI, NAUI, SSI, CMAS or other agency certified diver.

Membership is in two parts. First you apply to become a member of the Bass Strait Aquatic Club branch. Then when accepted, we sign you up as a member of the British Sub-Aqua Club itself (unless you're already a current BSAC UK member).

Step One: Membership Form

Please download a Bass Strait Aquatic Club Membership Form from this web site. Or pick up a copy at The Scuba Doctor in Rye, Victoria. You'll need one copy for each diver applying.

Complete the BSAC Membership Form, plus make a photocopy of your diving certification card(s), and any diving medical certificate you have which is less than five years old. Then get it all to us — delivery details are on the form.

When the committee approves your application, you'll then be notified and required to register with the British Sub-Aqua Club (if you're not already a BSAC UK member), plus pay all of your membership fees.

Step Two: Register with the British Sub-Aqua Club

Once the Bass Strait Aquatic Club committee has approved your application, you'll be required to register as a member of the British Sub-Aqua Club, if you're not already a BSAC UK member.

To register with BSAC UK via the Bass Strait Aquatic Club, each diver needs to complete a BSAC Registration Form & Temporary Receipt form and a BSAC UK Sport Diver Self Declaration Medical Form. Again, it's one of each form per diver. You can do this at any branch meeting, or by dropping into The Scuba Doctor, in Rye, Victoria.

When completing the BSAC Registration Form & Temporary Receipt form you'll need to know:

Branch Name:

Bass Strait Aquatic Club

Branch Number:

2396

Branch Common Renewal Date:

01 / 08 / 2009

If you're an existing BSAC UK renewing/transfering to our branch, you'll also need to know your BSAC UK membership number.

Medical Form - You will also need to download and complete a self-declaration medical form. This is essential for your BSAC Third Party Life Insurance.

Step Three: Membership Fees

Bass Strait Aquatic Club: You will need to pay the membership fees of the Bass Strait Aquatic Club branch. Currently this is only A$25 for individual divers and A$15 for each abated* diving member. This provides you will access to our local facilities, services, benefits and discount offers.

* Abated members are family diving members living at the same address.

British Sub-Aqua Club: The BSAC UK membership fee for most individual scuba divers is £45.50 (approx A$115). This entitles you to receive the BSAC UK benefits such as the monthly BSAC DIVE magazine, dive insurance and the opportunity to do further training in a not for profit BSAC branch, i.e. the Bass Strait Aquatic Club.

Of course, if you are already a member of the British Sub-Aqua Club, you will only need to pay the A$25 membership fee to join the Bass Strait Aquatic Club.

BSAC UK also offers a BSAC Direct membership option for £50.50 (approx A$140), which you can sign up for online. But you'll save yourself some money if you join BSAC via a local branch, e.g. the Bass Strait Aquatic Club.

Total Cost of Membership

* includes BSAC magazine and Club voting powers

# Does not include BSAC DIVE magazine but includes Club voting powers. Abated subscription does not reduce according to BSAC diver/instructor grade.

Bass Strait Aquatic Club membership fees, and British Sub-Aqua Club membership fees paid via the branch, ALL fall due on the 1st of August each year. For new Members, your joining date will be taken as the first day of the month you join. The BSAC CRD Table is used to calculate the cost of part-year memberships.

Don't worry if you can't figure it all out. When your membership application is approved, our Membership Officer will calculate the fees due and let you know how much to pay.

Payment Options

Membership dues to be banked to...

Account Name: Bass Strait Aquatic Club
BSB: 633-000
Account number: 131300311
Bank: Bendigo Bank

Please note your name and that it is for membership dues in the payment description
e.g. J Smith Memb

Or, you can mail a cheque made out to the Bass Strait Aquatic Club to us, or leave the cheque at The Scuba Doctor, in Rye, Victoria.

If you're interested in joining us, please get in touch using the Contact Form or send an email to our Membership Officer.

Come Diving with BSAC