The Prince of Wales Scuba Award is awarded annually to the member or group of members of BSAC for outstanding achievement in research in the field of scuba diving.
This prize supersedes the Duke of Cambridge prize, which itself superseded the Duke of Edinburgh Prize.
Please download and complete the entry form and send your submissions by email to the Honorary Secretary, British Sub-Aqua Jubilee Trust.
The Jubilee Trust would like to receive applications by the end of APRIL each year.
Prince of Wales Scuba Award winners
2022 Jubilee Trust Prince of Wales Scuba Award
The winning project of the Prince of Wales Scuba Award 2022 was the Project Baseline Midlands Pools team.
Monitoring crayfish within quarry pools
Congratulations to the project team leader Martin Maple and and team members who received the award at the Go Diving Show 2022.
2021 Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize winners
The winning project of The Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize 2021 was the Bumps In The Bay project.
Congratulations to the Isle of Purbeck Sub-Aqua Club on their success. Team members included project manager Pete Mensikov and Prof. Dan Bosence, who acted as Scientific advisor. The award was presented by BSAC President HRH the Duke of Cambridge (now HRH Prince of Wales).
Bumps In The Bay - Isle Of Purbeck Sub-Aqua Club project
Team members: Prof. Dan Bosence (Scientific advisor), Arnaud Gallois (PHD Geology consultant with the Royal Hollaway University), Pete Mensikov (Project Manager), Keith Coombs, Chris Dunkerley, Nick Martin, Martin Oppenshaw, Sheilah Oppenshaw, Dave Peglar, Nick Reed, Stephan Spiriak, and Mike Wilson (all divers)
2020 Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize winners
Due to Covid restrictions significantly impacting BSAC’s training and diving programme, there were no Duke of Cambridge Award winners in 2020.
2019 Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize winners
The winning project of The Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize 2019 was Great Fossil Mine of the southern North Sea.
Congratulations to the project team leader Dr Rachel Bynoe and team members who received the award presented by BSAC President HRH the Duke of Cambridge, at a ceremony in Kensington Palace.
Exploring the Great Fossil Mine of the southern North Sea
Pictured left to right: Gavin Anthony (BSAJT); Jane Maddocks; Christin Mason; Rebecca Ferriera; HRH The Duke of Cambridge; Dr Rachel Bynoe (Fossil Mine project leader); Daniel Pascoe; Mary Tetley (BSAC CEO); Guy Trees; Tony Marshall (BSAC Vice President); Prof Fraser Sturt; Maria Harwood (BSAC Chair).
2018 Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize winners
The winning project of The Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize 2018 was Gun Rocks Cannon Site.
Congratulations to the project team leader Nicola Faulks and team members Peta Knott and Simon Smith who received the award presented by BSAC President HRH the Duke of Cambridge, at a ceremony in Kensington Palace. Read all about the ceremony here.
Check out the Gun Rocks history and dive trail website for more information.
2017 Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize winners
The first winners of the Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize were the Project Highball team (Mark Paisey – East Cheshire SAC).
The video below shows Gavin Anthony (Secretary of the Jubilee Trust) presenting the Project Highball team with the Peter Small Award, and then announcing the new Duke of Cambridge Scuba Prize and awarding the Project Highball team with the new prize too (starting at 05:20 minutes in).
