Frog Dive Sydney
A Willoughby PADI 5 Star IDC founded in 1985, teaching recreational through Trimix and rebreather courses with PADI, SDI and TDI, and testing cylinders in-store.
Gladesville · Sydney South & Botany Bay · New South Wales
About Frog Dive Sydney
Frog Dive is one of the longest-established dive businesses in Sydney and covers the full range that a resident diving population needs: recreational training, technical pathways, equipment retail, a workshop and gas.
Sydney is an unusual diving city. A diver can shore dive before work at Bare Island, boat dive offshore on a weekend, and train to technical level without leaving town — and very few cities of this size can offer that. The businesses that have lasted are the ones supporting all three.
The recreational side is the volume. Sydney certifies a large number of divers each year in conditions that teach something real: rock and beach entries, surge, variable visibility, five and seven millimetre wetsuits with the weighting that implies, and navigation as a genuine necessity rather than an exercise.
The workshop is what distinguishes a full-service business from a training school. Regulator and BCD servicing, and the fills that make regular diving practical, are the unglamorous infrastructure that keeps a city's divers in the water year-round.
Technical training and support are documented, which places this among the Sydney businesses relevant to divers progressing past recreational limits. The offshore terrain off Sydney justifies that training — the drop-off is close, and deep wreck and wall diving is within reach of a day boat.
Because "technical" covers a wide range, establish each capability separately: the technical agency and maximum course level; helium, Trimix and oxygen availability and how reliable supply is; which rebreather units are supported; cylinder hydrostatic testing and oxygen cleaning; and stage cylinder hire. On the recreational side, ask which brands are serviced in-house and what turnaround looks like.
Sydney's water drops to around seventeen degrees in winter, which is the point where hire gear stops being viable and divers start owning suits. A shop that can fit exposure protection properly is worth more to a Sydney diver than one with the best price on a regulator.
What the operator states
- Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre; founded in 1985.
- Gas services listed include air, Nitrox, Trimix, mixed gas and CO2 absorbent; rebreather (CCR) rental is listed.
- Facilities listed include an onsite pool, classroom, retail shop and dive boat.
- Describes itself as an authorised service centre for scuba gear and rebreathers, with hydrostatic cylinder testing done in-store.
- Runs weekend boat dives and free shore dives; entry-level open water dives use Clifton Gardens and Shelly Beach.
Dive sites Frog Dive Sydney takes divers to
54 sites name this operator in their own research. Schedules change: confirm which sites are on the current calendar.
All 54 sites
- Gordons Bay · Max 12 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Magic Point · Max 22 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- North Head Sponge Gardens · Max 26 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Old Man's Hat (North Head) · Max 26 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Shelly Beach / Cabbage Tree Bay (Manly) · Max 16 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Shiprock (Port Hacking) · Max 18 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Leap (Kurnell) · Max 22 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Monument / Sutherland Point (Kurnell) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Steps (Kurnell) · Max 15 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Waterfall (North Head) · Max 22 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Bare Island – 15 Metre Reef · Max 16 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bare Island – Deep Wall · Max 19 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bare Island – Isolated Reefs · Max 19 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bare Island – Not So Deep Wall · Max 16 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bondi Wall / North Bondi Reef · Max 30 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Chowder Bay Wharf (naval wharf and mooring chains) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Dee Why Wide (Advanced) · Max 30 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Freshwater (Harbord) · Max 18 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Green Point (Camp Cove) · Max 19 m · Sydney Harbour
- Henry Head (Botany Bay) · Max 27 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Inscription Point (Kurnell) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Little Manly Cove · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Long Reef Wall · Max 24 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- North Bondi (Ben Buckler Point) · Max 21 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Old Man's Shoulder (North Head) · Max 27 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Red Indian Point · Max 23 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Shark Point (Clovelly) · Max 26 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Apartments (Long Reef) · Max 21 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- The Colours (Inner & Outer) · Max 35 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Gap (South Head) · Max 23 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Leap Deep (Kurnell) · Max 22 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Wedding Cake Island (North West) · Max 20 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Wedding Cake Island (South East) · Max 22 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Astrolabe Cove / La Perouse Bay · Max 10 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bare Island – Bombora · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bronte (Bronte-Coogee Aquatic Reserve) · Max 10 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Dunbar wreck (South Head) · Max 7 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Indian Point (Congwong Bay) · Max 16 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Itata wreck (Salt Pan Creek) · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- La Perouse Point (Larpa) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Minmi Trench · Max 26 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Pink Floyd (Botany Bay) · Max 26 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Pistol Crack (Cape Banks) · Max 27 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- SS Annie M. Miller wreck · Max 46 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- SS Tuggerah wreck · Max 49 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
Who it suits
- Local divers
- Learners
- Technical divers
- Divers needing servicing
Ask before you book
- Which CCR units are supported for training and servicing
- Hydrostatic testing turnaround
- Stage cylinder hire
Courses this centre can teach
Derived from its training capabilities; confirm specific courses and dates with the centre.
- Learning to Diverecreational
- Open Water Diverrecreational
- Peak Performance Buoyancyrecreational
- Advanced Open Water Diverrecreational
- Drift Diverrecreational
- Drysuit Diverrecreational
- Enriched Air Nitroxrecreational
- Night Diverrecreational
- Underwater Navigationrecreational
- Underwater Photographyrecreational
- Deep Diverrecreational
- Rescue Diverrecreational
- Wreck Diverrecreational
- Cavern Divertechnical
- Sidemount Divertechnical
- Advanced Nitroxtechnical
- Decompression Procedurestechnical
- Cave Divertechnical
- Closed Circuit Rebreather Divertechnical
- Trimix Divertechnical
- Divemasterprofessional
- Instructorprofessional
- Freediverfreediving
Frog Dive Sydney: frequently asked questions
Which dive sites does Frog Dive Sydney go to?
Frog Dive Sydney is recorded as running 54 sites in this directory, including Balmoral Baths, Bare Island, Bare Island – Left (Eastern Side), Bluefish Point, Camp Cove and others listed on this page.
What courses does Frog Dive Sydney teach?
Its training capabilities cover Learning to Dive, Open Water Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Advanced Open Water Diver, Drift Diver, Drysuit Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox, Night Diver, Underwater Navigation, Underwater Photography, Deep Diver, Rescue Diver, Wreck Diver, Cavern Diver, Sidemount Diver, Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Cave Diver, Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver, Trimix Diver, Divemaster, Instructor, Freediver, teaching for PADI and SDI and TDI. Confirm the specific course and schedule with the centre.
What should I ask Frog Dive Sydney before booking?
Which CCR units are supported for training and servicing; Hydrostatic testing turnaround; Stage cylinder hire.
Is the information about Frog Dive Sydney verified?
Yes in part: capabilities marked Verified were checked against a current primary source (listed under Sources), last researched 2026-09. Anything marked Advertised or Not researched has not been independently confirmed.
Sources
- Frog Dive Sydney — PADI listing checked 2026-09
- Frog Dive — business listing (agencies, servicing, testing) checked 2026-09
- Frog Dive — course listing (address, dive sites) checked 2026-09
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