Members and How to Join

You can join the Nautilus Scuba Club if you are a certified diver

Membership benefits (in brief) include:

  • Regular club dives with club sponsors plus special extra dives travelling further afield
  • Discounted courses, diving and scuba gear from club Sponsors (aka Our Friends)
  • Meeting new dive buddies at our monthly BBQ meetings and other social events
  • Annual Nautilus Club Underwater Photo Competition

Membership costs:

Membership is $90.00 per FINANCIAL year.

Discount available in the month of July. Both new and renewing members receive a discount of $20 if the fee is paid between the 1st of July and on or before the 31st of July so it costs only $70. We encourage payment in July because the AGM is held then and to achieve a Quorum we require paid up members in attendance.

Junior members: $45.00 per FINANCIAL year. Junior members need to be under 16yrs and have at least a Junior Open Water Dive Certificate. Please note that on dive trips, minors always have to be accompanied by a [diving] parent or guardian.

We don’t offer pro-rata discounts for part-year membership but members who have joined on or after the 1st of January enjoy an additional $20 discount when they renew in the following financial year.

Account details Nautilus Scuba Dive Club

Financial year starts 1st of July.
Membership costs: see above
NB!! Make sure you include your name as the reference

Account details Nautilus Scuba Dive Club
Bendigo BSB: 633-000 ACCT: 113625982
NAUTILUS SCUBA CLUB INc.

PayID

Alternatively if you need your membership payment to come through to us ASAP and your bank lets you send payments to PayIDs, use our ABN as a PayID and your payment should appear in our bank immediately.

ABN: 74 309 670 307

 

How to join the club / renew your membership

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
To become a member is a very simple 3 step process:

STEP 1 Fill out the membership form [NB: every member [new and ‘old’] needs to fill out this form every financial year. Wait until after the 1st of July to renew for a new financial year]
STEP 2 New members have to have theirCertification Card validated by our membership officer
STEP 3 Pay your membership fee.

APPROVAL PROCESS: Once we have received your membership form, C-card [for new members] and payment, your application will be discussed in the committee meeting for approval. If you are in a hurry, please contact the membership officer via clubmembership@nautilus-scuba.net
All applications for membership are processed as quickly as possible.

Please appreciate ALL club committee members are volunteers so everything is done ‘best efforts’.

Step 1:

Membership form

Fill out the membership application form

Membership Application Form

Step 2:

Validation Certification Card

If you uploaded your card in the previous step, we will receive it

If you have not uploaded your card directly with the membership form, you can send a copy/photo of your card to the membership officer via email:

clubmembership@nautilus-scuba.net

or you can bring your card with you to the meeting and show it to the membership officer.

NB: make sure to include your name as reference.

Step 3:

Pay your membership fee

Membership fee is $90.00 per year. No upfront discounts available for part-year membership.

Only between the 1st of July and the 31st of July, the membership fee is $70.00and the membership fee has to be in the club account before 31st of July 12am.

Financial year starts the 1st of July. See for bank details above.

ADVISE our membership coordinator that you have filled out your forms and paid your fee.

Further information

The approval process starts when the club has received your application form, your C-card [new members only] and your payment.
If for some reason your membership application is not approved by the committee, then your membership fee will be refunded fully.

If you have any questions or are in a hurry and want to speed things up, you can contact our membership officer via clubmembership@nautilus-scuba.net

Please make sure that you have read our Club Rules before you apply for membership!

Club Policies

The Nautilus Scuba Dive Club has adopted the following policies to promote transparency, easy communication and a good atmosphere.