BSAC Diver relocating to Orange County CA

[Cwwilt]

Hi all, I'm a Sports Diver relocating to SoCal (Orange County specifically). I've been looking for clubs to join, and was wondering if there were any BSAC divers in the area? Not opposed to swapping to PADI, just curious to see what's out there.

 

[runsongas]

California Dive ClubsCalifornia Diver Magazine

californiadiver.com

most of them won't be as full service like a bsac club though (eg no club loaner kit/compressor/rhib for diving from)

 

[undrwater]

California Dive ClubsCalifornia Diver Magazine

californiadiver.com

most of them won't be as full service like a bsac club though (eg no club loaner kit/compressor/rhib for diving from)

True, but there is an abundance of shore dives.

 

[Akimbo]

Welcome to ScubaBoard. It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction you get from LDSs to BSAC certifications. t will also be interesting to hear your experiences dealing with an Imperial instead of Metric ecosystem. Please let us know.

For the most part, California dive boats are pretty laissez faire but some dive shop clerks may not be too well informed.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

California diving isn’t so much about agency affiliation and related or agency specific dive clubs. In other words there are no BSAC specific clubs or PADI dive clubs or NAUI specific clubs etc.
The closest dive certification agency affiliated club mentality and dive scene would possibly be GUE? I don’t know if it’s so much that way anymore.
Generally you just get on a boat and write down your cert info on the sheet when you board, and find a slot on the bench to put your stuff. A lot of them will let you solo and or if you want/need a buddy they will set you up. It’s pretty lax. They don’t care what agency your certified through as long as it’s ligit and you know how to dive. If you want nitrox they will want to see a card for that.
You can always shore dive too and find buddies at the LDS or social media, at the dive site, etc.
And then yeah, dive clubs. But they don’t care what your certification agency is as long as you know how to dive.