Ontario Underwater Council

Don’t send in your OUC membership payment yet for your Fall 2025 Students until you renew by Dec. 31, 2025 for the 2026 year.
But please do send in their membership submission before their first class.

OUC Payment Date:

For January to August Student Enrolment:

  • Register each scuba student with OUC as a Student Member of your club before the first class session of their scuba course so that the OUC liability insurance policy will apply at their first class.

  • Pay Student Member payment to OUC immediately after the first class session of their scuba course.

For September to December Student Enrolment:

  • Register each scuba student with OUC as a Student Member of your club before the first class session of their scuba course so that the OUC liability insurance policy will apply at their first class.

  • Hold Student Member payment and submit it with your club’s renewal in December (for the following year.) When the Student Member is certified, they will become a Blue Member at no additional charge.

No-Shows:

  • If the Student Member is a “No-show” for the first class, you may request that their name be removed from the OUC insurance policy. A credit will be issued if you have already paid OUC for the “no-show” student.

Drop Outs:

  • If a Student Member started training and then dropped out, or does not continue to complete their open water certification, OUC recommends that clubs do not request that they be removed from the OUC insurance policy. Their membership status will remain “Student Member” until the end of their insurance coverage period so that your club is covered should they raise a complaint later.

Fall Student Examples:

  • Fall 2024 Students: have OUC insurance coverage from Fall 2024 when they start their scuba course until Dec. 31, 2025.

  • Fall 2025 Students: have OUC insurance coverage from Fall 2025 when they start their scuba course until Dec. 31, 2026.