MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

A CLUB FOR ALL DIVERS

We welcome divers from all training agencies to join us and although we are a BSAC club we have many PADI and TDI divers too. If you’re only in the UAE for a short time you can even dive with us as a guest.

Our diving covers everything from wrecks to reefs from 5m to 120m – we’re spoilt for choice and run dives every weekend of the year. Because we’re a club we don’t charge commercial rates and we can do the diving that appeals to us – and hopefully you.

Come to the club on Monday evening and meet the gang – we’re all friendly and willing to show you around.

The committee members are often to be found in the Clubhouse on Monday evening and will be happy to discuss diving with you.

MEMBERSHIP

Club membership is AED 1,500 (US$ 410) for Gold membership as of August 1st, 2007 which entitles you to unlimited free dives on club boats.

Silver membership costs AED 700 (US$190) as of August 1st, 2007 and then AED 30 per dive on club boats.

Guests pay AED 75 per dive – come and give us a try.

We have three boats available, two on the west coast (mostly wreck diving) and one on the east (wrecks & reefs). Dives on rented boats cost more but only what we pay ourselves – we’re not going to overcharge our divers. A day-long dhow trip to the Musandam costs AED 200 for members and AED 250 for guests. You won’t get Musandam diving that cheap anywhere else.

What’s the drawback?

We don’t supply equipment, food or a pampered dive service. We’re a dive club and we dive for fun – if you want diving with massage service or a manicure then pay more and go with the commercial operators. We think our diving is more appealing though.

Tanks are available for rent from the club and a complete range of dive equipment is available to rent from the excellent Scuba Dubai (we have no commercial links to this shop).

Members get free air refills using the club compressor and for AED 300 per annum you can even get free Nitrox fills if you’re qualified to use them.

DIVE SITES

Dive sites in the UAE and surrounding region are diverse and fantastic.

We have a variety of wrecks in the warm waters of the Gulf from the 5m deep Cement Barge to the 85m Energy Determination. The wrecks have a wealth of marine life from Barracuda to Bat F ish and the penetration on some of these sunken ships is excellent for those qualified to do so.

The reefs in the region are also abundantly stocked with a huge selection of creatures from Devil Rays to Lion F ish. There are gentle, easy to dive reefs like Martini Rock as well as the more challenging dives in the Northern Musandam, such as Katchaloo – not for the faint hearted.

There’s something for almost every diver and we dive every weekend – why not, the weather’s great!