Boy Scouts of America
SCUBA BSA

SCUBA BSA introduces qualified Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, Venturing, and registered adult participants to the special skills, equipment, and safety precautions associated with scuba diving, encourages aquatics activities that promote fitness and recreation, and provides a foundation for those who later will participate in more advanced underwater activity.
This badge may be earned by Scouts who have not completed a full SCUBA certification course, but have completed the first confined water dive of the course or instructor lead PADI Discover SCUBA Diving program
Semper DIVE! will provide all gear if done as part of a Discover SCUBA Diving Program. Participants may supply or purchase gear of their own.
・Fins
・Snorkel
・Wetsuit Boots
・SCUBA Regulator
・Buoyancy Compensator Device (BCD)
・SCUBA Tank
・Weight
・Wetsuit (if desired)
By the end of a Water Skills Development session, the participants will be able to meet the following requirements in clear, confined water:
♦State the purpose of the following pieces of basic diving equipment: Mask, fins, BCD, BCD inflator, regulator, air gauge, and alternate air source.
♦Describe how to locate the air gauge, and explain how to recognize the “caution zone” on it.
♦Don and adjust mask, fins, snorkel, BCD, scuba, and weights with the assistance of a buddy, instructor, or certified assistant.
♦While underwater, demonstrate and recognize the following hand signals: Okay?/Okay!; Stop; Up; Down; Out of air; Come here; Ear problem; Slow down/Take it easy; Something is wrong; Watch me; Check your air supply.
♦Inflate/deflate a BCD at the surface using the low-pressure inflator. In shallow water, demonstrate proper compressed air breathing habits; remember to breathe naturally and not hold the breath. Clear the regulator while underwater using both exhalation and purge-button methods, and resume normal breathing from it. In shallow water, recover a regulator hose from behind the shoulder while underwater. In shallow water, clear a partially flooded mask while underwater.
♦Swim underwater with scuba equipment while maintaining control of both direction and depth, properly equalizing the ears and mask to accommodate depth changes. In shallow water, breathe underwater for at least 30 seconds from an alternate air source supplied by the instructor.
♦While underwater, locate and read submersible pressure gauge and signal whether the air supply is adequate or low based on the gauge’s caution zone.
♦Demonstrate the techniques for a proper ascent.
♦Describe how to locate the air gauge, and explain how to recognize the “caution zone” on it.
♦Don and adjust mask, fins, snorkel, BCD, scuba, and weights with the assistance of a buddy, instructor, or certified assistant.
♦While underwater, demonstrate and recognize the following hand signals: Okay?/Okay!; Stop; Up; Down; Out of air; Come here; Ear problem; Slow down/Take it easy; Something is wrong; Watch me; Check your air supply.
♦Inflate/deflate a BCD at the surface using the low-pressure inflator. In shallow water, demonstrate proper compressed air breathing habits; remember to breathe naturally and not hold the breath. Clear the regulator while underwater using both exhalation and purge-button methods, and resume normal breathing from it. In shallow water, recover a regulator hose from behind the shoulder while underwater. In shallow water, clear a partially flooded mask while underwater.
♦Swim underwater with scuba equipment while maintaining control of both direction and depth, properly equalizing the ears and mask to accommodate depth changes. In shallow water, breathe underwater for at least 30 seconds from an alternate air source supplied by the instructor.
♦While underwater, locate and read submersible pressure gauge and signal whether the air supply is adequate or low based on the gauge’s caution zone.
♦Demonstrate the techniques for a proper ascent.