The PADI Dive Course
Your first two nights on the programme will be spent in Cairns where you will have a chance to relax, explore the city or just catch up on some sleep! Over the following 5 days you will have a mixture of classroom theory and practical exercises including an amazing 3-day live-a-board trip to the Great Barrier Reef.
The team will find the best spots for you to learn to Scuba Dive and you will get full diving tuition from expert and accredited Diving Instructors. Our instructors will take you through all the basics and by the end of the week you will have gained your PADI certificate. The PADI 5-day course gives you your basic license to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 18 metres.
Your course is broken down to two components:
2 days of pool and classroom training and a 3 day, 2 night live-a-board trip to the Outer Great Barrier Reef. You will have the opportunity to complete a total of nine dives, being 4 training dives and 5 recreational dives (including a guided night dive).
Dive Sites
Weather permitting, you will never dive the same site more than twice, which gives you a great opportunity to see and experience a wide range of locations and reefs. The reefs you will be diving in are home to a huge variety of marine life so don’t be surprised to see turtles, reef sharks, barracudas, lobsters, hundreds of hard and soft coral and just as many species of tropical fish.
What’s Included in the Programme
- Four nights hostel accommodation in Cairns (dorm-style)
- Two nights cabin accommodation on dive vessel (twin share cabins)
- PADI Gold Open Water Certification
- PADI Open Water manual
- Dive Insurance
- 2 passport photos (required for certification)
- All dive equipment (including prescription masks if required)
- Accommodation transfers
- All meals whilst on live-a-board boat trip
- 24 hour support number and contact for emergencies
What’s Not Included in the Programme
- All Flights
- Visas
- Australian Dive Medical: (can be arranged on arrival – AUD $49.50 payable direct to Doctor)
- Meals when not on the live-a-board boat
- Alcoholic beverages
- All items of a personal nature
- Additional fee to Pro Dive Cairns: AUD$45 (this fee includes a $15 Government Environment Management Charge as well as Port Departure tax and Administration costs)
- Fuel levy charge (variable but approx AUD$10)
