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What can the Sub Aqua Group do for you?? Come & Try Snorkelling For Scouts, Venturers & Rovers Gear fitting and snorkel skills basics one night at a pool and then a snorkel in the open water on a following weekend, usually at Pt Noarlunga. Snorkelling is run over the summer and autumn as weather permits on set dates with good tides. Cost is $25 per person covering gear hire, pool entry and lane hire for both pool and beach sessions or $20 each without a pool session before the beach day. Come & Try SCUBA Diving For Venturers, Rovers One night at the ARC Campbelltown pool starting with brief overview of scuba and equipment then into the water to try some basic skills. Great opportunity to see if you’re keen for more. $25 per person for gear hire, tank fills, lane hire and pool entry. We usually run 1 per month on a Friday night but other arrangements could can be negotiated. Minimum is 5 participants maximum is 12. SCUBA Courses For Venturers, Rovers & Leaders SSAG is a fully certified SCUBA training facility with SDI (Scuba Diving International) and can run Open Water, Advanced and Rescue Diving courses plus lots more. Scuba courses easily fit into the Queens Scout or BP Award requirements and are part of the Outdoor Adventure skills. The Open water course is usually run over 2 weekends and contains online theory, a classroom session with gear selection, a pool session and at least 4 open water dives. The cost is $320 per person and includes gear hire, tank use, qualified trainers and certification card. This certification allows you to dive anywhere in the world to 18 meters. Courses are usually run as interest dictates plus some course dates will be set in advance so please contact us and let us know you are interested and we can put a course together. Priority is given to youth members but courses are also open to leaders who want to join the Sub Aqua team. SCUBA Diving Already Scuba Qualified? We run single dives and a number of scuba camps throughout the year that individuals are welcome to come along to. This gives you the opportunity to hire gear if you need, find a scuba buddy and have an experienced dive master or guide from the SSAG team. We have had camps at Yankalilla for diving at Rapid Bay and the Ex-HMAS Hobart wreck, Mt Gambier for fresh water diving at Ewens Ponds, Kilsby’s sinkhole and snorkelling at Piccaninnie Ponds, Whyalla to dive during the giant cuttlefish breeding season in winter and boat diving on the wrecks around Wardang Island at Pt Victoria and other Jetty's along the coast. For more info or booking enquiries please contact [email protected] Facebook: Scout Sub Aqua Group SSAG.

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