The Handicapped Scuba Association has dedicated itself to improving the physical and social well-being of people with disabilities through the sport of scuba diving.

- To improve the health and fitness of people with disabilities by challenging their physical abilities and endurance;

- To improve the quality of life of people with disabilities by providing opportunities to actively participate in a mainstream sport;

- To "level the playing field" between people with disabilities and their able bodied peers by facilitating access to a sport that they, and others, thought was not possible; To motivate people with disabilities into pursuing other life challenges (education, employment, travel, sports) by allowing them to achieve at a sport that many people cannot;

- To profile the abilities and potential of people with disabilities to mainstream society.