Abbreviation | SAA |
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Formation | 1976 |
Type | NGO |
Purpose | Diver training, services and advocacy. |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Location |
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Region served | United Kingdom |
Affiliations | CMAS[1] CMAS Europe[2] |
Website | www |
The Sub-Aqua Association (SAA) is a diver training organization for scubadivers in the United Kingdom. The SAA and other UK-based diving groups have traditionally used a club-based system with unpaid instructors, while other training agencies organise most of their training programs through professional instructors and dive shops. The other major club-based diving organizations in the UK are the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) and the Scottish Sub Aqua Club, and the principal non-club-based organisation is PADI.[3]