SCUBA Experience
Applications for Winter, 2025 are now open and due January 20th. Apply below!
Twice per quarter, the ACCESS diving team will host a free SCUBA experience, where students will have the opportunity to try SCUBA diving first-hand in 5 feet of water, with 1:1 instruction provided by a qualified diving instructor.
Students who need the extra training or boost in confidence to get underwater should join one of the WATER SKILLS Experiences prior to joining the SCUBA experience!
Other activities that students will have the opportunity to experience during the SCUBA days are: a Virtual Reality SCUBA experience, practicing techniques for underwater data collection (among common kelp forest species), handling and assembling SCUBA gear.
Please note that, as part of the experience, students will be required to participate in both a pre-experience orientation and post-experience debrief meeting.
SCUBA experience schedule for 2024–25:
Winter 2025
Group 1 . Friday, 03/07/25, 9:00am–1pm
Group 2. Saturday, 03/08/25, 9:00am–1pm
Spring 2025 - Applications for Spring will open by late Winter
Group 1. Friday, 05/23/25 - 9:00am–1pm
Group 2. Saturday, 05/24/25 - 9:00am–1pm
ACCESS diving's SCUBA experience will take place at the UCSC pool,
Located in the Athletics and Recreation East Field House Complex
Would you like to get more experience in the water before the SCUBA experience? Well, you can!
Prior to each SCUBA experience, we offer a WATER SKILLS Experience to help coach students with little or no experience in the water.
NO SWIMMING EXPERIENCE NEEDED!