BSAC membership – As you know, in order to be a diving member of our club, you also have to be a BSAC member.  BSAC send regular newsletters about what’s going on, and issue a monthly magazine to members (an electronic version is sent to the 2nd BSAC member in the same household, and also to student/junior members). BSAC has an online shop, and some things are offered at a reduced price for members. BSAC also has its own recommended holiday insurance etc, which you may wish to consider when getting quotes.

Equipment loan – we offer club kit to our trainees to use both in the pool and in open water. Generally we make sure that our trainees have access to the kit before our other members, however, occasionally we run Try Dives on a Tuesday evening, and on these occasions, the Try Divers will need to be kitted up first.

Recently the Training Officer has been assigning a full set of kit to each trainee to take home with them, this ensures that they have the kit they need for their training. Before any kit is issued though, the member must have registered with the LSAC kit tracker app.

Included in your LSAC membership fee is the pool fee when we hire a pool. On these evenings, you can also bring guests (family or friends) for a fee of £4.50 per person.

Lowestoft Diver – LSAC has its own RIB, and you can take a trip out on it, for which we ask for a small donation of £15 towards fuel and running costs and the launch fee. Space permitting, you can also bring family/friends, but the cost for non members is £25. If the trip is a diving trip, the fuel is covered by the Club. If it is a pleasure trip then the fuel costs are paid for by the RIB users.

Non-diver training and events – Occasionally we will arrange for training and information evenings which are related to, but not strictly about diving.  These have included attending ‘flares’ demonstrations, watching the cylinder testing process, boat familiarisation and compressor operator training.  Some require a small fee, but many of these activities are free.

Free Air – LSAC used to own 2 compressors, but when we lost access to our storage area we had to sell the large one. We still own a small portable compressor but this is currently not in use. Air fills are part of your membership fee, as we cannot produce our own compressed air at the moment we have set up a system where members fill club cylinders and their own cylinders at various locations, then claim the cost back via the air fill claims app.