University Of Bristol Underwater Club

Whether you’re a qualified diver or you’ve always been keen to learn, UBUC has something for you!

 

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What we offer

Affordable scuba diving, awesome trips in the UK and abroad, training in all BSAC qualifications, plus our regular socials! Select an icon to find out more.

New divers

UBUC offers training towards the BSAC Ocean Diver qualification. We begin training in October each year.

Continuing training

You can attain your next qualification level with us! We offer additional training up to instructor level, as well as other skills development courses.

Dive trips

If you’re already qualified, come dive with us! We run trips most weekends to locations across the UK, using our two boats, as well as annual trips abroad.

Social activities

We don’t just do diving! We also have many varied social activities such as talks, bar crawls (including with our boats) and visits!

2026 in numbers

Despite the situation around coronavirus UBUC is still doing a lot of fun and safe diving! Take a look at some of our year-to-date stats:

litres of air breathed underwater

dives completed

trips run

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Babbacombe Night 27th November

Babbacombe Night 27th November

Written by Tilly, Georgia, Marnie and Sophie They say late nights lead to great ideas and last weeks post curry social was no different. Sophie and Tilly, desperate to be underwater, accosted Lewis to approve a night dive. After some feedback from windy.com,...

Babbacombe 23rd August

Babbacombe 23rd August

Written by Sophie On a sunny Friday morning, 4 UBUCers made the journey down to babbacombe for some fun dives. Upon arrive conditions looked calm although high tide was slowly slipping away so we quickly got kitted up and into the water. James and I went exploring...

Thurlstone 17th August

Thurlstone 17th August

Written by Steph Upon arrival, conditions looked considerably better than the previous day. The water looked calm, the sun was shining and the wind was absent. YIPPEE!!! Like the absolute lads they are, Will and Briony swam out to the Louis Shied wreck and dropped an...

Brixham Breakwater 16th August

Brixham Breakwater 16th August

Written by Ellie, Matt and Sophie Five of us headed to Brixham Breakwater — four divers and a shore marshall — with Matt and Steph jumping in for a fun dive whilst Will and Ellie focused on training. Conditions were relatively calm at first but the wind soon picked...

Mauritius!

Mauritius!

In January a small group of UBUCers headed to Mauritius to see their diving dad – Chris. How did they get on? See below!   Sunday 14th (and the beginning of Monday 15th – days all merge into one when you’re traveling!) by Georgia On Sunday the...

Brixham Breakwater OD Training!

Brixham Breakwater OD Training!

At the end of November we ran a OD open water training at Brixham Breakwater. See how they got on below!   Saturday On the 25th November, 9 ocean diver trainees and their instructors took the 2hour journey to Brixham Breakwater, Torbay. Despite the early start...