Equipment Hire

Alva Beach · Townsville & Magnetic Island · QLD

An Ayr-based operation specialising in the SS Yongala, with a shorter boat transit to the wreck than Townsville departures.

yongaladive.com.au · 0407 299 876

Rainbow Beach · Rainbow Beach · QLD

A Rainbow Beach operation specialising in Wolf Rock, an advanced offshore pinnacle site known for grey nurse sharks.

wolfrockdive.com.au · (07) 5486 8004

Mooloolaba · Sunshine Coast · QLD

A Sunshine Coast business combining training, retail and local boat diving including the ex-HMAS Brisbane.

scubaworld.com.au · (07) 5444 8595

Mooloolaba · Sunshine Coast · QLD

A Mooloolaba operation closely associated with the ex-HMAS Brisbane wreck alongside local reef diving and training.

sunreef.com.au · (07) 5444 5656

South Townsville · Townsville & Magnetic Island · QLD

A Townsville operation running SS Yongala trips alongside reef diving and training.

adrenalindive.com.au · (07) 4724 0600

Heron Island · Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

A coral cay resort on the southern Great Barrier Reef with an on-island dive operation and sites a short boat ride from the jetty.

heronisland.com

Cairns · Cairns · QLD

A Cairns sailing catamaran day trip combining reef diving and snorkelling.

passions.com.au · (07) 4041 1600

Runaway Bay · Gold Coast · QLD

A Gold Coast operation focused on guided local diving and charter access to offshore sites.

goldcoastdiveadventures.com.au · 0404 286 599

Manly · Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A Brisbane training and service business supporting the local resident diving population.

brisbanescuba.au · 0418 736 738

Cairns · Cairns · QLD

A Cairns operation running both day-boat and liveaboard products alongside a training business and retail presence.

diversden.com.au · (07) 4046 7333

Cairns · Cairns · QLD

A Cairns day-boat operator offering reef diving, snorkelling and introductory diving.

downundercruiseanddive.com.au · (07) 4052 8300

Arcadia, Magnetic Island · Townsville & Magnetic Island · QLD

A Magnetic Island training and guided-diving operation serving island-based visitors.

pleasuredivers.com.au · (07) 4778 5788

Port Douglas · Port Douglas · QLD

A large-scale Port Douglas reef tourism operation with pontoon-based access to Agincourt Reef, offering diving alongside snorkelling and other reef activities.

quicksilver-cruises.com · (07) 4087 2100

Windsor · Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A Brisbane business combining training, equipment retail and service support for local divers.

godive.com.au · (07) 3857 7255

Cairns · Cairns · QLD

A long-established Cairns operation best known for multi-day liveaboard certification trips that combine Open Water training with outer Great Barrier Reef diving.

prodivecairns.com · (07) 4031 5255

Burnett Heads · Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

A Bundaberg-based operation providing day and overnight access to Lady Musgrave Island and its lagoon.

ladymusgraveexperience.com.au · (07) 4151 5225

Seventeen Seventy · Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

An operation running trips from the Town of 1770 to Lady Musgrave Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef.

1770reef.com.au · (07) 4972 7222

Point Lookout · North Stradbroke Island · QLD

A North Stradbroke Island operation combining accommodation and diving, which makes it structurally different from a suburban Brisbane training centre.

mantalodge.com.au · (07) 3409 8888

Miami · Gold Coast · QLD

A Gold Coast training and service business serving local divers and visitors.

goldcoastdivecentre.com.au · (07) 5572 0511

Cairns · Cairns · QLD

Small-vessel Cairns day trips, positioned around lower passenger numbers than the large reef catamarans.

oceanfree.com.au · (07) 4052 1111

Lady Elliot Island · Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

A coral cay resort at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, strongly associated with manta ray encounters and accessed by light aircraft.

ladyelliot.com.au · 1800 072 200

Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island · Townsville & Magnetic Island · QLD

A Magnetic Island operation offering training and local diving.

prodivemagnetic.com · (07) 4778 5506

Moreton Island · Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A Moreton Island resort with diving and snorkelling access to the Tangalooma wrecks, a shallow, sheltered artificial reef system.

tangalooma.com/shops-services/dive-watersports · 1300 652 250

Airlie Beach · Whitsundays & Bowen · QLD

An Airlie Beach operation providing training and certified diving in the Whitsundays.

airliebeachdiving.com · 0404 677 400

Cairns · Cairns · QLD

A Cairns day-boat operation with an Indigenous cultural element alongside reef diving and snorkelling.

dreamtimedive.com · (07) 4030 7920

Airlie Beach · Whitsundays & Bowen · QLD

A Whitsundays operation providing diving in conjunction with sailing and reef tour products.

reefsafari.com · (07) 4946 4766

Ramsgate · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

A Sydney operation associated with training across recreational and technical levels, boat diving and equipment services.

abyss.com.au · +61 2 9583 9662

Gladesville · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

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.

frogdive.com.au · (02) 9958 5699

St Peters · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

Pro Dive's inner-Sydney training centre at Alexandria, close to Camp Cove, Clovelly, Gordons Bay and Bare Island, with courses to Divemaster, hire and servicing.

prodive.com.au · (02) 9665 6333

Lord Howe Island · Lord Howe Island · NSW

Lord Howe Island's major verified PADI operation, identified as a PADI 5 Star Dive Resort and running the island's certified diving, training and charters.

divelordhowe.com · (02) 6563 2253

Manly · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

A Northern Beaches operation with a long-standing presence at Shelly Beach, offering recreational training, boat diving and technical pathways.

divesydney.com.au · (02) 9977 4355

Brookvale · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

Pro Dive's Northern Beaches centre at Brookvale, running the 43-foot dive boat Sea Life V alongside courses, hire, air fills and servicing.

prodive.com.au · (02) 9977 5966

Bondi · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

An Eastern Suburbs PADI 5 Star IDC on Bondi Road teaching through Instructor and technical levels, with air, Nitrox and Trimix fills and manufacturer-approved servicing.

divebondi.com.au · +61 2 9369 3855

Coffs Harbour · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands · NSW

Coffs Harbour's PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre, running the Solitary Islands dive fleet from the Jetty Strip with training, retail, Nitrox and whale swims.

jettydive.com.au · (02) 6651 1611

Beresfield · Port Stephens · NSW

A Beresfield dive superstore teaching RAID courses, with air fills, servicing, rental and a large scuba, freediving and spearfishing range.

neptunesports.com.au · (02) 4966 4900

Killarney Vale · Central Coast · NSW

An SSI Instructor Training Facility at Killarney Vale with two full-time Instructor Trainers, onsite servicing for all major brands, and freediving courses.

centralcoastdivers.com.au · +61 2 4389 3483

Eden · Merimbula · NSW

An Eden operator running boat, wreck, wharf and cave dives around Twofold Bay, with Try Scuba to Advanced courses and studio accommodation near Cocora Beach.

diveeden.com.au · 0410 026 990

Nelson Bay · Port Stephens · NSW

A PADI-registered dive boat running charters around Port Stephens, Newcastle and Swansea, with PADI courses to Divemaster and TecRec.

greynurse.com.au · 0408 633 793

South West Rocks · South West Rocks · NSW

A South West Rocks operation running regular Fish Rock and Fish Rock Cave trips from a 12-metre purpose-built vessel, with Nitrox supplied and PADI training.

fishrock.com.au · 0432 050 409

Nelson Bay · Port Stephens · NSW

A Nelson Bay SSI centre running Broughton Island boat dives and Port Stephens shore dives, with rebreather and Extended Range training.

feetfirstdive.com.au · (02) 4984 2092

South West Rocks · South West Rocks · NSW

A family-run South West Rocks operation that has run daily charters to Fish Rock since 1980, including the 125-metre cave traverse.

swrdive.com.au · (02) 6566 6474

Narooma · Narooma & Montague Island · NSW

A small-group Narooma operator running seal dives and snorkels at Montague Island (Barunguba) since 2014, with seasonal grey nurse shark dives.

underwatersafaris.com.au · 0415 805 479

Eden · Merimbula · NSW

An Eden-based operation offering PADI Open Water training, guided dives for certified divers, equipment hire and air fills.

sapphirecoastscuba.com · 0488 519 316

Byron Bay · Tweed & Byron Bay · NSW

Byron Bay's PADI 5 Star dive centre, running three daily departures to Nguthungulli Julian Rocks with training from Try Scuba to Divemaster.

sundive.com.au · (02) 6685 7755

Byron Bay · Tweed & Byron Bay · NSW

Byron Bay's original dive centre, running daily Julian Rocks dive and snorkel trips from The Pass with PADI and SSI training and an onsite pool.

byronbaydivecentre.com.au · 0494 094 915

Port Macquarie · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven · NSW

A Port Macquarie SSI centre offering air and Nitrox, equipment servicing, and boat, shore and river dives around Port Macquarie and Laurieton.

scubahaven.com.au · 0407 457 542

Wooli · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands · NSW

The closest operator to North Solitary Island and Pimpernel Rock, with its own 12-metre catamaran and riverside divers' accommodation in Wooli.

woolidive.com.au · (02) 6649 7100

Shellharbour · Wollongong & Kiama · NSW

A Shellharbour Village dive shop giving access to Bass Point and Bushrangers Bay, teaching SDI and TDI courses from beginner to technical levels.

shellharbourscuba.com.au · +61 2 4296 4266

Swansea · Port Stephens · NSW

An SSI Instructor Training Center 60 metres from the Swansea Bridge shore dive, with boat trips to Moon Island and rebreather and Extended Range training.

diveswansea.com.au · (02) 4972 0940

Clyde · Sydney South & Botany Bay · NSW

A Sydney PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre running small-group courses with two PADI professionals, from Discover Scuba through Instructor training.

geodivers.com.au · (02) 9689 1389

Belconnen · Jervis Bay · NSW

A Canberra operation that functions as both a training school and a life-support service facility, with cylinder testing and a full range of gas fills.

indepthscuba.com.au · (02) 6251 1070

Tuggeranong (Canberra, ACT) · Jervis Bay · NSW

A Canberra operation with an unusually complete set of facilities for an inland centre, including an onsite pool, classroom, retail shop and dive boat.

ladyofthesea.com.au · +61 407 487 735

Huskisson · Jervis Bay · NSW

A Huskisson operation with two dive boats and on-site accommodation, diving the walls, sponge gardens and seal sites of Jervis Bay Marine Park.

(02) 4441 5255

Terrigal · Central Coast · NSW

A dive shop on the waterside at Terrigal Haven, running boat and wreck dives including the ex-HMAS Adelaide, a few minutes offshore.

+61 2 4384 1219

Rye · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC

A Victorian equipment and service business with an extensive retail presence, located to serve both Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula divers.

scubadoctor.com.au · (03) 5985 3322

Burwood · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC

A Melbourne business providing training and equipment support for local divers.

scubaculture.com.au · (03) 9808 0033

Queenscliff · Geelong & Bellarine · VIC

A Queenscliff operation, strategically located for access toward Port Phillip Heads.

dive.scubabo.com · (03) 5258 1188

Geelong · Geelong & Bellarine · VIC

A Geelong business providing training, equipment and local diving support.

divein2scuba.com · (03) 5221 3342

Bentleigh East · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC

A Victorian operation associated with recreational and technical training and access to Port Phillip diving.

oceandivers.com.au · (03) 9579 2600

Rye · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC

A Melbourne training business offering recreational courses with technical pathways.

academyofscuba.com.au · (03) 9889 9952

Rowville · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC

A Melbourne operation providing recreational training and local diving support.

aquaticadventures.com.au · (03) 9755 5688

Altona · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC

A Melbourne retail and training business, listed among Victorian operations associated with technical services.

snorkeldivemelbourne.com.au · (03) 9317 1000

Eaglehawk Neck · Tasman Peninsula · TAS

The principal operation at Eaglehawk Neck, servicing the Tasman Peninsula's sea caves, walls and deeper wrecks.

eaglehawkdive.com.au · 0417 013 518

Hobart & Derwent · TAS

The Tasmanian operation most clearly associated with technical diving services, spanning recreational and technical training with technical gas support.

Hobart · Hobart & Derwent · TAS

A Tasmanian business providing training, equipment and service support for cold-water diving.

godivetas.com.au · (03) 6231 9749

Launceston · Tasmania North & North-West · TAS

A northern Tasmanian operation serving the Bass Strait coastline and local diving community.

tasdivers.com.au · (03) 6229 1020

Bicheno · Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A Bicheno operation servicing the Governor Island Marine Reserve and east coast diving.

bichenodive.com.au · (03) 6375 1138

Kingston · Hobart & Derwent · TAS

A southern Tasmanian operation serving the Hobart region and surrounding diving.

tasdivers.com.au · (03) 6229 1020

Hobart · Hobart & Derwent · TAS

A Hobart equipment and service business supporting local cold-water divers.

thediveshophobart.com.au · (03) 6234 3428

Mount Gambier · Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves · SA

A Mount Gambier business serving the region's cave and sinkhole diving community, including equipment and gas support.

dive-experience.com.au · 0478 693 760

Glenelg North · Adelaide Metro · SA

An Adelaide business providing training, equipment and local diving support, located near Glenelg.

adelaidescuba.com.au · (08) 8294 7744

Marleston · Adelaide Metro · SA

An Adelaide training and guided diving operation serving local sites and organised trips.

divingadelaide.com.au · (08) 8122 5003

Glenelg · Adelaide Metro · SA

An Adelaide business combining retail, servicing and training for South Australian divers.

thediveshack.com.au

Kingscote · Kangaroo Island · SA

A Kangaroo Island operation providing local diving and wildlife-oriented in-water experiences.

kangarooislanddiveandadventures.com.au · 0431 430 335

Port Lincoln · Eyre Peninsula · SA

A Port Lincoln business providing equipment, fills and dive services — a conventional dive business distinct from the region's cage tourism operators.

thediveshopportlincoln.com.au · (08) 8682 1656

Canning Vale · Perth · WA

One of the most fully documented operations in Western Australia, covering recreational, professional, technical and freediving training alongside substantial equipment facilities.

perthscuba.com · (08) 9455 4448

Welshpool · Perth · WA

A Perth business providing training, equipment and service support.

dolphinscuba.com.au · (08) 9353 2488

Exmouth · Ningaloo – Exmouth · WA

An Exmouth operation running certified scuba diving alongside whale shark and other wildlife tours. The scuba and snorkelling products are distinct and should be booked deliberately.

exmouthdiving.com.au · (08) 9949 1201

Exmouth · Ningaloo – Exmouth · WA

An Exmouth operation focused on certified scuba diving, including Navy Pier access.

diveningaloo.com.au · 0456 702 437

Flying Fish Cove · Christmas Island · WA

The main dive operation on Christmas Island, servicing the island's wall and drop-off diving.

extradivers-worldwide.com/en/extra-divers-christmas-island

West Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · WA

The main dive operation in the Cocos Keeling Islands, servicing atoll and outer reef diving.

cocosdive.com · 0498 080 187

Albany · Albany & Great Southern · WA

An Albany business providing equipment and dive services for the southern WA coast, including HMAS Perth access support.

divealbany.com.au · (08) 9841 7176

Esperance · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago · WA

An Esperance business providing diving and fishing charters to the Recherche Archipelago, along with equipment support.

esperancedivingandfishing.com.au · (08) 9071 5111

Coral Bay · Ningaloo – Coral Bay · WA

A Ningaloo operation based at Coral Bay providing reef diving and training.

ningalooreefdive.com · 0461 289 998

Geraldton · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands · WA

A Geraldton business providing equipment, training and support for divers heading to the Abrolhos Islands.

bataviacoastdive.com.au · (08) 9921 4229

Coral Bay · Ningaloo – Coral Bay · WA

A multi-day sailing and diving operation on Ningaloo Reef, offering a liveaboard-style format.

sailningaloo.com.au · 1800 197 194

South Fremantle · Perth · WA

A Fremantle operation serving local divers, with proximity to Rottnest Island departures.

dolphindive.com.au

Exmouth · Ningaloo – Exmouth · WA

An Exmouth operation running diving alongside wildlife tours. Product categories should be checked before booking.

ningalooblue.com.au · (08) 9949 1119

Hillarys · Perth · WA

A Perth training business serving the metropolitan recreational market.

perthdiving.com.au · (08) 9448 6343

Darwin · Darwin Harbour · NT

The main verified dive operation in the Northern Territory, offering recreational training through professional level alongside technical diving and a large specialty range.

divedarwin.com.au · +61 401 751 651