AUC's Kinsmen Scuba Pool Practice

Location: Kinsmen Sport Centre - Aquatics, Edmonton Address: 9100 Walterdale Hill

Dates: Usually November through to May ( in 2020: Jan 4, 11, 25, no dates in Feb, Mar 7 & 28, April 11, May 2/20, balance of dates for Nov/Dec 2020 TBD)

Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

What: Scuba fun pool practice time

Who: Certified divers only (must bring & show your scuba certification card)

Cost: AUC Member Price $10, Non Member: $15 PLUS must bring all own gear including tanks, weights, etc.  Be sure to contact your local favourite dive shop for their scuba gear/tank rental options.

Hosted by: Alberta Underwater Council (and our volunteers)

RSVP: not required, drop-in for all or any of your choice of available dates, pay $10 (member price) to volunteer on deck or $15 (non member), note AUC memberships only $20 per person per year.

Great opportunity for certified divers to practice over the winter months or before their next dive holiday in Edmonton's deepest aquatic facility (15 ft deep).

-PLUS:

• Familiarize yourself with newly purchased or rented dive gear
• Save the reef & practice in the pool with a new u/w camera or get better photos, faster! Before your upcoming dive trip! Figure it out your camera controls before your dive trip.
• Practice your buoyancy
• Get properly weighted for upcoming trip
• Practice deploying an SMB (surface marker buoy)
• Practice buddy skills, life saving scuba skills - mask clearing, air-sharing, ditching weights, etc
• Practice with your drysuit before spring/sumer diving season starts