Airlie Beach Dive and Snorkel Centre - Diving Tours and Courses

Has it been a while since you’ve been scuba diving? Do you feel like your scuba skills and knowledge are a bit rusty? The PADI Reactivate Scuba Diving Refresher Course is just the scuba refresher you need. It reacquaints you with diving so you’re back to feeling comfortable in the underwater world in less than a day.

Kids, bring your parents diving! For young adventurers like you, the Bubblemaker program is an introduction to the thrill of breathing underwater. If you're eight or nine years of age, now is your chance to take the plunge with a PADI Instructor and go pool diving.

Whether it's a glass of milk, bubble gum, or submerged beneath the surface, you can't help blowing bubbles! So try blowing bubbles our way. Start out on the right fin, jump into the PADI Bubblemaker program today!

What do I need to start?

Minimum age 8 years

A completed and signed PADI Discover Scuba program statement

Age 10 and older? You are ready for the PADI Junior Scuba Diver or PADI Junior Open Water Diver course.

Learn to dive

The PADI Open Water Diver course is the first exciting step in learning to scuba dive. As a diver, you’ll experience weightlessness, get up close to the fascinating marine life that our world has to offer and create memories that will last a lifetime. Breathing underwater for the first time is an unforgettable experience, so don’t put it off any longer

Prerequisites and Requirements:

Age Requirement:10 years or older.

Course Prerequisites:

Able to swim; 200 m 10 minutes treading water.

Complete a QLD Australia Medical Statement which is their online registration form time Commitment approximately 8-15 hours.

Equipment:

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. The equipment you wear varies, depending upon whether you're diving in tropical, temperate or cold water.