SUB, Studentenes Undervannsklubb i Bergen (roughly translated into The Student Underwater club in Bergen), is one of the oldest, largest and most active dive clubs in Norway. We are affiliated to the Norwegian Diving Federation (NDF) and Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS).

We normally offer 4 club dives every week, and 4-5 weekend trips each year. The club is run by students, but anyone with a diving certificate is welcome to join the club and dive with us.

Requirements

You can dive with us, but we have some requirements:

• You must be a member, see below.
• The minimum requirement for diving with SUB is an entry level certification issued by any of the internationally known organisations (PADI, CMAS, NAUI, BSAC, SSAC, SSI etc). Please bring your (most recent) certificate on your first club dive.
• You’ll need to bring your own ABC equipment; fins, mask and snorkel. On night dives, you’ll need your own dive light (preferably both primary and backup).
• You don’t need a dry suit diving certificate, but unless you have tried dry suit diving before, you’ll need to participate on an introduction dive before trying a dry suit on a regular club dive.

Membership

Membership for one calendar year (1/1 - 31/12) is 550kr for students and 700kr for non-students. Students signing up after August 1st may pay 350kr for a half-year membership.

The membership fee should be paid to account number 3624.56.74737. Please mark the payment with “Medlemsavgift” and include your date of birth, phone number and your current level of certification.

For more information about membership in SUB, please contact the committee at subuib.no.

Club Dives

The club dives are always run by qualified dive leaders, and safety equipment such as oxygen, diving flags and safety rope are brought on all dives.

Tuesday and Thursday at 17:00

Most of the year, this will be night dives, so you’ll need to bring your own primary dive light (and preferably a backup light). We often choose dive sites with strong currents, hence some experience with drift and night diving is usually required. Please contact the dive leader prior to the dive for more information. We leave at 17:00 sharp, so you’ll need to be at Garasjen around 16:30.

Saturday and Sunday at 11:00

Saturday is the perfect day if you are new to diving or simply new in SUB! We choose a dive site suitable for the new or inexperienced diver, where no one needs to do more advanced dives than he/she is comfortable with. Deeper water and perhaps some current are usually also available for those who’d like to try that. We leave at 11:00 sharp, and since Saturday dives can be very popular, you’ll need to be at Garasjen no later than 10:15.

The club dives on Sundays might require some experience. We often do drift dives or visit a local wreck. Please contact the dive leader prior to the dive for more information. We leave at 11:00 sharp, so you’ll need to be at Garasjen around 10:30.

Getting more info

For general questions about the club, please contact the committee at subuib.no.

The mailing list Subnett is your most important source of information about club dives, parties and other ongoing activities. The majority of the mails will be written in Norwegian, but any important information is also posted in English. Feel free to ask questions here! The email address to the list is subnettuib.no.

Sign up to Subnett by sending a plain text mail to subnet-requestuib.no with subject line subscribe.

Equipment

SUB has a 9 seat car, two trailers for the dive gear, two inflatable rubber boats and a compressor (200/300 bar) providing 450 l/min.

The membership fee includes free access to the compressor. If you are planning on using the compressor outside the club dives, you’ll need a key card to access the compressor room and a short introduction on the usage. Please contact a member of the committee or one of the dive leaders if you are interested.

The club diving equipment includes:

• About 20 tanks (single 10, 12 and 15 litres, 200 bar,
• apeks cold water regulators, with bottom timer,
• jacket-style BCD’s,
• membrane dry suits, both male and female sizes,
• 3-finger neoprene gloves and neoprene hoods,
• weight belts.

All club members can borrow this equipment for free, except for the dry suits. Dry suit rental is 50kr. Please note that the equipment is primarily intended for use during our scheduled club dives. It is possible to borrow equipment outside regular club dives, but everything must be returned in time for the next club dive.

The club diving equipment does not include:

• ABC equipment; fins, mask and snorkel,
• dive computers,
• dive lights,
• dive knifes.

For more information about the club equipment, please contact the committee at subuib.no.

Sub-pub

A few Wednesday nights a month, we get together in a suitable pub for a relaxed evening of dive discussions and beer. If you want to meet other club members, this is the place for you! We actually have quiet a few members who have been on more Sub-pubs than actual dives ….

Subklubb

Every once in a while during the semesters, the club arranges lectures on topics related to recreational and occasionally technical diving. Please keep an eye on Subnett for more information.