Learn to Dive
Australia Tours
What's Included
- 4 nights accommodation: 2 nights resort on nights 1 & 2, 2 nights twin-share on board the boat on nights 3 & 4
- 8 meals: 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 2 dinners
- Transfers from Cairns accommodation to boat
- PADI Open Water Diver certificate & manual
- Log book
- Scuba equipment
Important info: An Australian diving medical certificate is needed. Some taxes are payable directly to Pro Dive at the end of the course including the Environmental Management charge at a cost of A$50. Course is open age. If you’re staying at an alternative hotel to Rydges Esplanade Resort prior to your dive trip, you’ll need to let Pro Dive know in order to arrange your transfer on Day 1. (prodivecairns.com or 07 4031 5255). Safety dictates that you can’t fly or go to an altitude of 300m or over within 24 hours of your last dive (approx. 12:00noon).
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Cairns Days 1 and 2
Pro Dive will collect you around 8.00am from the Rydges Esplanade Hotel and transfer you to the modern Pro-Dive Cairns Training Centre. The first two days of the course are spent learning the theory and practical skills of scuba diving. Each day ends at approximately 5.30pm.
- Hotel
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Breakfast
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Cairns to Dive Boat Days 3 and 4
Set your alarms! This morning you'll be picked up from the Rydges Eplanade Hotel at 5.55am and transferred to a premium dive vessel where you're live aboard for the next 3 days & 2 nights. You'll participate in up to 9 dives on the outer Great Barrier Reef at a variety of our 16 exclusive dive sites. Your first 4 dives will complete your open water certification. And then, as certified diver, you’ll be able take up to 5 more recreational or ‘pleasure’ dives. One of these being a guided night dive! These extra dives will let you plunge into an unforgettable world of vibrant colour, incredible reef formations, amazing tropical fish and incredible marine life.
- Boat
- Day 3
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Day 4
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- Dinner
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Dive Boat to Cairns Day 5
By midday today, you will have completed nine dives and gliding around in the underwater world will be second nature to you. We'll return to Cairns in the late afternoon. Then tonight join your new diving mates and crew for an optional farewell dinner at a local restaurant.
- Lunch
- Breakfast
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- Cairns
- Learn how to scuba dive at Pro Dive's modern training centre
- Great Barrier Reef
- Live aboard a premium dive vessel for 3 days
- See giant turtles, stingrays, huge clams, and the clearest blue waters on the planet
- Guided night dive showing you a whole different side of the reef
- Dive up to 9 times at a variety of 16 exclusive dive sites on the outer Great Barrier Reef
