Category: Manta Diving

Spend a Weekend Away in Byron Bay – Julian Rocks is one of the Top 10 dive sites in Australia!

THE DIVE SITE

Discover the Magic of Julian Rocks in Byron Bay – One of the Top 10 dive sites in Australia!

According to a story from the Bundjalung people a jealous husband threw his spear at the canoe of his wife and her lover. The canoe broke in two and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Only the back and the front of the boat stuck out of the water, creating a rock formation just 2.5 km off shore.

Named by Captain Cook in 1776, Julian Rocks in Byron Bay consists of ancient sedimentary rock, remains of a volcanic eruption more than 20 million years ago. It is an extension of Cape Byron separated by water and forms a most unique marine reserve, providing shelter and food for more than 500 tropical and temperate fish species alone!

From the 1st of December 2002 Julian Rocks has become part of the Cape Byron Marine Park and in May 2006 the new Marine Park zoning plan has come into action which amongst other things means that an area of 1500m around Julian Rocks has become a Sanctuary Zone for most of the year. This will hopefully see fish stocks replenish and give the critically endangered Grey Nurse Sharks some well-deserved additional protection.

Grey Nurse Sharks come to Julian Rocks during the winter months, presumably to breed. Although these sharks look ferocious with their mouths slightly opened and their teeth sticking out, it is perfectly safe to dive with them. The most commonly dived sites during the winter months are the Cod Hole, Turtle trench and Hugo’s Trench as these are where the Grey Nurse sharks like to patrol the sand trenches. An absolutely incredible sight as they are not shy about approaching divers and making sure that they put on a performance you will never forget!

In spring the blue tang pays Julian Rocks a visit. This is a fish, which can be easily distinguished by its blue body and bright yellow tail. Schools of big-eye trevally are most common in summer. The docile leopard sharks can be seen on almost every dive during mid-summer when the waters are warmest. The spotted patterns on their skin gives them their name. Most of the time they lie resting on the sand, but if you are lucky you can see them swimming, moving their long tail slowly. During the Summer months the biggest draw card to the rocks are definitely the Leopard sharks (also known as Zebra sharks) and the main stars… Manta Rays!! These gorgeous graceful creatures glide effortlessly through the water dazzling divers with their somersaults and back flips, twisting and changing direction with the slightest bend of a fin. These magnificent creatures will keep you enthralled and begging for more as they soar from view

And then there are of course the ‘regulars’ like different species of wobbegong sharks, turtles, cuttlefish (family of the octopus), schools of white spotted eagle rays, egg-cowry shells, moray eels, banner fish, giant guitar fish and shovel-nose rays. Sometimes there are so many fish around, you can hardly see where you are going. Not to mention all sessile animals (attached to substrate) like tunicates, colourful sponges, both hard and soft corals, giving you the feeling you are floating through some beautifully landscaped underwater garden.

The Rock also forms a home for rare species such as the leaf scorpion fish, the pineapple fish with bioluminescent organs under its eyes, the shy blue devil fish, white banded anemone fish and a species of nudibranch previously thought not present in Australian waters: Noumea labouti. (A nudibranch is a colourful underwater snail without a shell, carrying its respiratory organ on its back)

The interaction of tropical and temperate species makes every dive an exhilarating adventure. The three minute boat trip to the rock is almost as exciting: surfing the waves sometimes accompanied by playful dolphins. From May till September the Humpback whales come past Byron Bay and can easily be spotted from the boat. With water temperatures up to 25 degrees Celsius and visibility of 20 meters at most times there is really nothing to complain about.

Dive Information

-Suitable for Open Water Divers (certified to 18 metres)
-Depth ranges from 4 – 22 metres
-Diving by yourself? We will buddy you up with another diver with similar experience

Trip Dates

Friday, 23 – Sunday, 25 March 2018

To book onto this weekend of diving click HERE

Price

Weekend Away -$700 per person and includes 6 dives, 2 night’s accommodation return transport from Woolloongabba, Divemaster services, photos of your trip, tanks and weights.

The following are recommended upgrades for this trip

PADI Advanced Open Water course @ $250 per person
PADI Enriched Air speciality Course @ $245 per person for manual learning or $395 on-line learning (both prices include 2x Nitrox fills)

What’s Excluded

All Dive Gear (excluding tanks & weights)
Travel Insurance
Personal spending money
All Meals are at leisure

Gear Hire

PDS is able to provide you with a wetsuit, BCD, regulator, computer, tanks and weights for the day and please communicate your requirements on the booking form. Each diver must provide their own mask, snorkel, fins and boots (not available for hire). Underwater camera and torches are also available and are subject to availability.

Itinerary

If you are travelling to Byron Bay in the Professional Dive Services van, which will leave from Adreno (54 Deshon Street, Woolloongabba) at 7pm on Friday evening to miss the weekend traffic south. We will confirm for you on pick up which spots are okay to park that aren’t part of the Woolloongabba zone and are free unlimited parking.

A confirmation with all timings will be sent to you closer to the dive date.

Specialties Suitable for this trip

Advanced Open Water
Under water Navigation
Enriched Air (Nitrox)
Deep Diver
Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Search and Recovery
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Underwater Navigation
Dry Suit
Diver Shark Awareness
Underwater Naturalist

Note- Some specialties are site and conditions dependant. All efforts will be made to complete course dives on a booked trip, however if conditions do not allow it the diver will have to book onto another trip to complete the course requirements.

HOW TO BOOK
Download the booking form attached to the page. Complete the required fields, scan and email to [email protected].

OR

Click HERE to book online

September 20, 2016
Explore Australia’s Far North – Diving the Torres Strait and Ribbon Reefs aboard the MV Kalinda

THE TRIP

This is truly an incredible trip and VERY few divers on the planet have had the opportunity to dive the Torres Strait. Some of the most spectacular diving in the Coral Sea and reefs dived so rarely that you will likely see something that no person has ever seen before! This is the Great Barrier Reef at it’s healthiest. Incredible untouched reef systems with abundant fish life and huge varieties of pelagic life. Regardless of whether you love macro or wide angle subjects there is something here for everyone!

The Far Northern Reefs are some of the most isolated reefs north of Lizard Island and extend to the east the tip of Cape York peninsular about 500 nautical miles north of Cairns. So many of these reef systems have not even been explored before! Our skipper Dave Stewart has been leading expeditions to this region and has found dive sites and reef systems that no one else has. The Far Northern reefs are famous for their fantastic wall dives, world class drift diving, pinnacles teeming with plethoras of fish, enormous coral bommies, and reef fish and invertebrates of incredible variety and colour. The nesting season for the green sea turtle runs from October through February, and November and December sees thousands upon thousands of turtles descending on the many small coral cays in the region.

None are as well known though as Raine Island which has been featured in numerous National Geographic and David Attenborough documentaries as in peak season up to 250 turtles and hour drag themselves up onto the beach to lay the next generation. Raine Island is the LARGEST green sea turtle rookery in the word! Aside from the enormous turtles in their incredible numbers this is particularly impressive as there are typically roaming tiger sharks waiting for an easy meal of an exhausted mother who has just laid her clutch. This is a world class opportunity to witness nature in it’s purest and rawest form.

Check out this incredible footage from Bio Pixel for what is in store for you if you join us : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4iIV-80eMc

It is not just the spectacular Far Northern Reefs that we will be exploring. We will also be diving the most iconic sites of the Ribbon Reefs including two sites which are consistently rated in the top 10 dives in Australia, Steve’s Bommie and The Cod Hole! Aside from the famous Cod Hole you will also have a very unique opportunity to dive the sites around Lizard Island which are renowned for nudibranchs and macro life as well as their huge resident potato cod. The only other way to get to these sites is to pay a minimum of $1,500 a night!

The other big draw card is the wreck of the RMS Quetta. The wreck of the RMS Quetta is one of Australia’s oldest and best known shipwrecks and is on the list of one of the few dive able historic wrecks. Located just South of Adolphus Island, this 116 metre long Scottish passenger liner sank on the 28th of February 1890 after striking a coral mount at low tide with 133 of her 290 crew perishing. At the time she was Queensland’s worst maritime disaster. This site requires a permit to dive, experience and significant planning. Huge currents and variable tides make her a difficult dive but very rewarding for those who do it! The Quetta lies in only 6 to 18m of water and is home to literally millions of fish. Thankfully many of the historic relics / “souvenirs” have been removed from the wreck and preserved in museums to stop them ending up in the hands of private collectors and irresponsible divers and so they can be admired by all for generation to come. She is still an incredible wreck though on par if not better than the SS Yongala and so rarely dived it is truly a remarkable opportunity.

Here is some footage taken by Chris Miller for Coast Australia to give you an idea of what awaits you on the RMS Quetta : https://vimeo.com/127999670

***This dive trip can be very challenging with a lot of sites prone to current so it is only recommended for experienced divers.***

Want a better idea of what is in store for you for the entire trip? Check out this great highlight video from a previous Far North trip showing all of the residents that are waiting for you to come and play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakW7BpkHGk

Suggested passage plan :

Nov 2018

2 – Board in Cairns @ 1400

3 – Ribbon Reefs/Steve’s Bommie

4 – Cod Hole/Lizard Island

5-    Scooterboot

6-   Small Southern Detached/ Ferguson Reef

7-   Mantis/Wishbone Reef

8-   Woody’s/ The Drop (Wood Reef)

9-   Captain Blood’s Wall of Terror/ The Anchors (Greater Detached Reefs)

10 –   Da Phat/6mp / Turle Farm (Greater Detached Reefs)

11 –   OMG Spot / Cow Bommie (Greater Detached Reefs)

12 –   Raine Island (Turtles & Tiger sharks)

13 –  Transit Day

14 – RMS Quetta / Thursday Island

15- Disembark Horn Island @ 9am

DIVE INFORMATION

Suitable for Advanced Open Water Divers (certified to 30 metres)

Depth ranges from 6 – 40+ metres

Diving by yourself? We will buddy you up with another diver with similar experience

TRIP DATES

2 to 15 November 2018

To book onto this trip please click HERE

PRICE

$3,900 per diver ex Cairns ***There are ONLY 12 divers on this trip!!****

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Opportunity for up to 40 dives (12 days of diving)
13 nights berthed accommodation on board the MV Kalinda
All meals and snacks whilst on board
Tanks, weights & air fills
RMS Quetta fees and GBRMP fees
Divemaster services if required

WHAT’S EXCLUDED

Flights to and from Cairns
Flight from Horn island to Cairns
Beer, wine & soft drinks (available on board)
Travel Insurance (We also highly recommend DAN insurance)
Personal spending money
Dive Gear

GEAR HIRE

PDS is able to provide you with a wetsuit, BCD, regulator set, computer and hire pricing for the week will be provided upon application. Please note that you will need to arrange to collect the gear from us (Brisbane based customers) prior to the trip and this gear must be incorporated into your own luggage allowance for your flights.

Our Vessel

The MV Kalinda was constructed in 1973 and is a solid, cravel planked timber monohull. Thoughtful design by boat builders Thompson & Thompson and refit modifications have created an amazing sense of space and modern convenience without loss of charm and character. She is not a luxury boat by any means but is practical and functional. The MV Kalinda sleeps up to 30 people including crew but aside from the crew we have reduced this number to ONLY 12 divers to make it as comfortable for you as possible. Don’t miss out!

Dave Stewart is our fearless leader. owner and manager of the MV Kalinda, skipper (master class 4.), engineer (marine engine driver grade 2.), Marine Biologist (BSc(hons) JCU), SCUBA Instructor (PADI) 700+ certified students, 2500+ dives worldwide, Underwater photographer & Videographer, & specialty instructor. Dave has more than 20 years experience (at over 150 days a year) exploring the Great Barrier Reefs and a large number of these sites that we will be diving are sites he has discovered! Dave is renowned for his down to earth nature and detailed dive briefs.

SPECIALITIES SUITABLE FOR THIS TRIP

Advanced Open Water
Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Search and Recovery
Self Reliant Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Shark Awareness
Boat Diver
Underwater Naturalist

*** Many more specialties can be done on this trip. John is an Instructor in 32 different specialties. Did you have a specialty in mind? Call John on 0457 007 040 to discuss***

HOW TO BOOK

Download the booking form attached to the page. Complete the required fields, scan and email to[email protected].

OR

To book online please click HERE

September 9, 2016
Explore the tranquil waters of Lady Elliot Island aboard the MV Adori

LADY ELLIOT ISLAND ONLY LIVE ABOARD ON YOUR OWN PRIVATE LIVEABOARD THE MV ADORI!!

The Trip
Come and join us on your own private liveaboard diving some of the best waters on the planet. The MV Adori and her crew will be taking us to one of the pinnacles of Australian diving, Lady Elliot Island! This trip is a must for every diver with diverse coral cays, reefs, islands and abundant marine life. There is NO cheaper way to see Lady Elliot Island. You can take all of your own gear and there are NO weight restrictions. ALL of your food and diving is included and the best part is it is BYO!

Dive Information

Suitable for Open Water Divers (certified to 18 metres)

Wreck certification is not a requirement to dive this site

Depth ranges from 6 – 28 metres

Diving by yourself? We will buddy you up with another diver with similar experience

Trip Dates & Price

Thursday, 14- Monday, 18 December 2017 $1,550 per person – 1 spot left

To book online for either of these dive trips CLICK HERE

What’s Included

Up to 16 dives including up to four night dives
4 nights accommodation in air conditioned bunks
Reef tax
All air fills
Couples booking on will be given priority for the twin share cabins with ensuite
Complimentary transport to Bundaberg from Brisbane

What’s Excluded
All Dive Gear
Transport to Bundaberg if you are making your own way
Alcohol – The MV Adori is BYO
Soft drinks

Gear Hire
PDS is able to assist with a wetsuit, BCD, regulator, computer, tanks and weights for the weekend and please communicate your requirements on the booking form. Each diver must provide their own mask, snorkel, fins and boots (not available for hire). Underwater camera and torches are also available and are subject to availability.

Itinerary

DAY 1
For those availing of the free transport from Brisbane we will meet at Woolloongabba at 6am to head North to Burnett Heads. Arriving in Burnett Heads at midday everyone stows their gear and settles in on-board. We will then receive a boat and safety brief before departing port for Lady Elliot Island. It will take approximately 5 hours to Lady Elliot Island where we will enjoy a night dive on the wreck of the Severance before retiring for the evening.

DAY 2
You wake up to the magnificent sight of Lady Elliot before you. With so many dive sites to choose from, it will be hard to decide where to dive next! Lighthouse Bommie will feature heavily of course as the mantas are one of the main draw cards! The humpback whales will be in the area too on their migration so you NEVER know what we will see!!

DAY 3 and 4
Days three and four will see us continue to explore the sites at Lady Elliot. Having dived here extensively over the last four years between John’s knowledge of the sites and Captain John’s knowledge of the ocean we will get you to the best diving available. Popular sites include Spider’s Ledge, Lighthouse Bommie, The Blow Hole, the wreck of the Severance, Three Pyramids, Grouper’s Grotto, Shark pools, Hiro’s Cave, Coral Gardens and so many more!

DAY 5
Day five will be an early start but it is worth it! We will start with Spider’s Ledge with the hope of seeing the manta rays coming in to clean after their night feeding. We will then head to Lighthouse Bommie to interact with as many mantas as possible. July and August are peak season at Lady Elliot Island as the mantas return to mate. There is NO place in Australia and few in the world that compare to Lady Elliot for manta interaction which is why it was recognised as one of the top 5 Manta Ray dives in the world! We will depart LEI at midday to head back to Bundaberg where we will arrive circa 5pm on Sunday night to disembark.

Specialities Suitable for this trip
Advanced Open Water (perfect for this trip)
Nitrox
Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Self Reliant Diver
Search and Recovery
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Underwater Navigation
Dry Suit Diver
Shark Awareness
Underwater Naturalist

HOW TO BOOK
Download the booking form attached to the page. Complete the required fields, scan and email to [email protected]

or

Book online by CLICKING HERE

July 15, 2016
PHILIPPINES- Malapascua, Cabilao & Oslob
DIVE INFORMATION

Malapascua is a small island only 2.5km long and 1km wide. Also known locally as Logon, the island is located about 8km off the north eastern tip of Cebu island and 25km west of Leyte. You can walk around the island in 1-2 hours. It has a population of around 4,000 people, most of whom live off tourism, fishing, boat building or coconuts. White sandy beaches, the probability of seeing thresher sharks, manta rays and to dive some wrecks has made this a diver’s hotspot in the Philippines.

Epic thresher shark diving is our goal on the first half of the trip. 5 days of diving at Malapascua will present us with multiple opportunities to dive with these incredible creatures. Nothing will prepare you for the first time you see a thresher shark in the flesh. They almost don’t look real… A torpedo like body with a tail which dwarfs the rest of it and manga cartoonish eyes will have you wondering whether you have in fact seen it or if you have a touch of narcosis?! The thresher sharks of Malapascua will truly have you enthralled! Whilst it is the ocean and nothing can ever be guaranteed this is THE thresher shark hotspot on the planet so it would be incredibly unlikely for us not to see them.

Check out this footage to see what you could be seeing for yourself if you join us!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=s06c5DZxm84

The second half of our Philippines extravaganza is at the off the beaten path destination of Cabilao. The perfect place to slow things down combined with world class diving. Pygmy seahorses, critters as well as hard and soft corals of various species have made the island a must-see, especially for scuba divers. At present, there are two marine protected areas (no-take zones) around the island. The only motorized transport you can find are a few tricycles and a couple of motorcycles, who also serve as so-called ‘habal-habal’, they will bring you around for a small fee. However, most of the distances on Cabilao island are quite short, you can easily walk them. The lack of roads also means that everything on the island has to be brought in by banka (local outrigger boat): building materials, wood, food (except fish caught locally), and, during periods of drought, fresh water for drinking and bathing.

The other major draw card on our itinerary is two days of diving with the whale sharks at Oslob. There are few places in the world where you can guarantee the presence of whale sharks and be able to SCUBA dive with them! The whale sharks appear at Oslob every day to suck the fish out of the fishermens’ catch nets as they haul them aboard so there are plenty of opportunities to capture that new profile pic with the largest fish in the ocean! Aside from the whale sharks Cabilao also offers some fantastic reef and wall diving so we won’t be struggling for choice!

TRIP DATES

Dates TBA

PRICE

From Diver AU$4,251 per person

From Non Diver AU$3,068 per person

From Diver Ex-Cebu AU$3319 per person

WHAT’S INCLUDED
- Airfares Ex Brisbane / Singapore/ Cebu – Tagbilaran / Manila / Singapore /Brisbane flying with Singapore Airlines and Philippine Airlines
- Meet and greet in Cebu + road and boat transfers from Cebu to Malapascua
- 5 nights twin share standard accommodation at Buena Vida – Malapascua, Includes: Breakfast daily
- Transfer from Malapascua to Cabilao via Cebu – Road and boat transfers
- 5 nights twin share deluxe accommodation at Pura Vida – Cabilao
- Includes: All meals whilst at Pura Vida ( Breakfast, 2 course lunch & 3 course dinner )
- Transfer from Cabilao to Tagbilaran Airport
- 22 boat or shore dives with Sea Explorers in Malapascua and Cabilao
- Includes: 2 dives with the Whale sharks at Oslob, tanks, weights and dive guide services, Sanctuary fees
- Australian departure taxes
- Professional Dive Services Tour Leader
WHAT’S EXCLUDED
Travel Insurance
Personal spending monies
Excess Luggage surcharges

CONDITIONS APPLY

Prices are subject to change without notice due to fluctuations in PHP exchange rates and 2016 operator, hotelier and airline rates.

AIRFARES

Please be aware that this package has been based on indicative airfare prices. Prices are subject to change, your package price will be reconfirmed at the time of booking. Please use the package price as an indicative guide.

BOOKING REQUIREMENTS

To secure your place on this trip, you need to complete a booking form and return it together with a non refundable deposit of $700 per person + the cost of the international airfares and taxes.

Please find the Dive Adventures online booking form HERE

PADI SPECIALITIES SUITABLE FOR THIS TRIP

Advanced Open Water (perfect for this trip)
Under water Navigation
Nitrox
Deep Diver
Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Search and Recovery
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Underwater Navigation
Dry Suit Diver
Shark Awareness
Underwater Naturalist

This is the perfect way to complete a specialty course as you have already paid for the dives!!
January 27, 2016
Palau – The world’s first national marine sanctuary / An unspoilt tropical island paradise

Dive Information

Palau’s warm tropical waters are legendary amongst divers for their dramatic sheer walls rising from the depths to within inches of the surface and capped with thriving coral reefs. Palau is home to over 1,300 species of fish and more than 700 species of coral. World renowned for its’ marine bio-diversity and abundance of large pelagic animals. Palau also offers avid wreck divers one of Micronesia’s largest collections of WWII shipwrecks.

Check out this incredible video from Lee Burghard to see what you can expect!

Palau is a divers dream! A true one stop shop when it comes to diving! Healthy reefs, stunning walls, beautiful hard corals and soft corals, lots of sharks, huge mantas, turtles on every dive and huge schools of fish, tiny seahorses, elusive mandarin fish and lots and lots of tiny critters, all topped off with an amazing collection of WWII wrecks!

For more information on Palau and the diving in Palau, please view the attach information sheet on this page- Palau- Micronesia.

Palau Siren

The 40 metre luxury liveaboard was launched in July 2012 and offers either fixed double or twin bed cabins (2 cabins can be converted from twin to double). The dining area is very spacious offering a great setting for all your meals. The dive deck is perhaps the most spacious and comfortable you would have experience.

The Palau Siren has designated indoor and outdoor workstations for charging, preparation and maintenance of your camera and video equipment. Large storage drawers for your peripheral items are avaliable, as well as numerous charging points, with adapters. Large rinse tanks, soley available for camera and video equipement are also available.

Trip Dates

21 September – 5 October 2018

14 days/ 13 nights ex Brisbane

Price

$6,684 per diver

What’s Included

Airfares and Taxes
Return airfares ex Brisbane to Koror flying via Taipei with China Airlines
Australian departure taxes and applicable airline taxes (subject to change)

Accommodation, Meals, Transfers and Diving
1 night twin share accommodation at Palasia Hotel- Palau
3 nights twin share accommodation at The Rose Garden Resort- Palau
Breakfast daily whilst in Palau
3 days diving (2 dives per day) with Sams Dive Tours- Includes use of tanks, weights and dive guide services
Transfers in Palau
1 night twin share accommodation at The Hotel Manka- Taipei

Liveaboard
7 nights twin share cabin accommodation aboard the Palau Siren
All meals, tea, coffee, juices, soft drinks, water and beer whilst aboard
Free nitrox for nitrox certified divers
Free use of diving equipment (excludes dive computers and torches)
up to 4 dives per day (except on arrival and departure days)- includes use of tanks, weights and dive guide services

What’s Excluded
Travel Insurance, personal spending monies, excess luggage fees
Marine park fee of $200 USD- payable on arrival
Government permits: Rock Island permit $50 USD/ Jellyfish Lake $100 USD
Koror departure tax and environmental fee $120 USD per person
Koror visa fee $50 USD per person

Booking Requirements

To secure your place on this trip, please complete an online booking form (see link below) and return it together with a non-refundable deposit of $500 per person to Dive Adventure. Payment installments will be required throughout the duration of the booking. Details of the payment plan will be confirmed at the time of booking confirmation.

https://www.diveadventures.com.au/pages/contact.php

PADI Specialities Suitable for this trip

Advanced Open Water
Underwater Navigation
Nitrox
Deep Diver
Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Search and Recovery
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Night Diver
Shark Awareness
Underwater Naturalist

This is the perfect way to complete a specialty course as you have already paid for the dives!!

March 26, 2014
North Stradbroke Island – Expect the Unexpected!

The Dive Site

North Stradbroke Island is a pristine, secluded island paradise – a hidden treasure only one hour from central Brisbane. Diving off Stradbroke Island can only be described as exhilarating! The dive sites you will explore are only a 10- 15 minute boat ride from shore and Manta Bommie has been rated in the top 10 dive sites in Australia.

Straddie’s reefs are teeming with various marine life like Manta Rays and Leopard Sharks during Summer (Oct- Apr), endangered Grey Nurse Sharks and Humpback Whales during Winter (May- Sept), plus Bull and Eagle Rays, guitar and Wobbegong Sharks, Turtles, Dolphins, Octopus, Pelagics, hard and soft corals, Nudibranchs plus hundreds of tropical fish species.

There are a choice of 12 varying dive sites to choose from and we can plan your trip based around your experience level which include the most popular sites of Manta Bommie, Flat Rock and Shag Rock.

Dive Information

-Suitable for Open Water Divers (certified to 18 metres)
-Depth ranges from 6 – 28 metres
-EAN (nitrox) is available upon request
-Diving by yourself? We will buddy you up with another diver with similar experience

Trip Dates

Saturday, 10 March 2018

Saturday, 17 March 2018

Sunday, 18 March 2018

To book online for one of these day dive trips click HERE

Price

4 dive Day Trip- $350 per person

The following are recommended upgrades for this trip

Diving on Nitrox@ $ 20 per double dive
PADI Deep Diver speciality Course @ $195 per person
PADI Enriched Air speciality Course @ $255 per person for manual learning or $395 for on-line learning (both prices include 2 Nitrox fills)
Peak Performance Buoyancy @ $195 per person
Shark Awareness @ $195 per person

What’s Included

4 dives
Return ferry transfers to Stradbroke Island
Land transfers whilst on Straddie
Tanks Weights
Return transport from Woolloongabba to Cleveland (6 spots only)

What’s Excluded
All Dive Gear (excluding tanks & weights)
Travel Insurance
Personal spending money
All Meals are at leisure

Gear Hire

PDS is able to provide you with a wetsuit, BCD, regulator, computer, tanks and weights for the day and please communicate your requirements on the booking form. Each diver must provide their own mask, snorkel, fins and boots (not available for hire). Underwater camera and torches are also available if arranged in advance and are subject to availability.

Itinerary

You have the option of meeting the group either at the ferry terminal in Cleveland or in Woolloongabba where John will drive you to Cleveland in our van.

Departing Woolloongabba

We will meet at 5 am sharp at Adreno, 54 Deshon Street, Woolloongabba. You are able to park your car here for the day, either off street parking or at the rear of Adreno.

Departing Cleveland

We will be catching the Gold Cat passenger ferry which will depart Toondah Harbour (1 Emmett Drv, Cleveland) at 5:50 am sharp . Please meet John at the ferry by 5:40 am.

We will aim to catch the 5:55 pm ferry from Dunwich (North Stradbroke Island) and should be back at Cleveland by 6:30pm. If you are travelling back to Adreno with John, we should have you back there around 7:30pm. There maybe a possibility that we could catch an earlier ferry back to the mainland, however this will all be dependant on the running of the day.

Courses & Specialities Suitable for this trip

Advanced Open Water
Under water Navigation
Enriched Air (Nitrox)
Deep Diver *
Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Search and Recovery
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Dry Suit Diver
Shark Awareness
Underwater Naturalist

Note- Some specialties are site and conditions dependant. All efforts will be made to complete course dives on a booked trip, however if conditions do not allow it the diver will have to book onto another trip to complete the course requirements.

* Site dependant

HOW TO BOOK

Download the booking form attached to the page. Complete the required fields, scan and email to [email protected].

OR

Click here to book online

April 11, 2013