Sub-Aqua Association

Sub-Aqua Association
AbbreviationSAA
Formation1976 (1976)
TypeNGO
PurposeDiver training, services and advocacy.
HeadquartersUnited Kingdom
Location
  • Sefton Lane , Maghull, Liverpool, L31 8BX
Region served
United Kingdom
AffiliationsCMAS
CMAS Europe
Websitewww.saa.org.uk

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.