DESCRIPTION
Try scuba diving for the first time in the stunning Whitsundays. Our Instructor will take you on an amazing underwater journey in the Whitsunday Islands.
Your fare includes one scuba dive and two snorkelling sessions. Your in water scuba dive and instruction session time is 1 hour.
PLEASE NOTE : YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SWIM UNIADED, USE A SNORKEL AND FINS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCOVER SCUBA ACTIVITY. This product is NOT RECOMMENDED for customers that do not have a strong swimming ability.
Medical conditions – If you have a medical condition please check here to see if you require a medical clearance to dive.
PADI recommend 24 hours after diving before you can fly.
We recommend taking swimming lessons if you are not a confident swimmer before participating in this product.
You will scuba dive arm in arm with our professional dive instructors.
A minimum of 10 Pax is required to run a charter. We will confirm 48 hours prior. A full refund will be provided if the charter is cancelled.
Let Aqua 5 take you on a dive adventure around the 74 islands of the Whitsundays there’s something for everyone! Explore beautiful fringing coral reef teeming with marine life and colourful corals right next to he Great Barrier Reef marine park.
The Whitsundays has a large range of colourful tropical reef fish and diver favourites such as Maroi Wrasse, Queensland groupers ,Batfish, parrotfish and a vast range of angel and butterfly fish. All are good indicators of a healthy coral reef system found here.
Lunch to be purchased as an extra
Also commonly encountered on our dives are hawksbill turtles, olive sea snakes , feather-stars , Wobbiegong and reef sharks. And a personal favorite of ours is nudibranchs of the 700 species found in Australia a large range are found in the Whitsundays!
In the winter months Manta rays and humpback whales migrate to the Whitsundays and are not uncommon sights
All photos shown on our page are taken on our dives around the Whitsundays.
Here’s a selection of dive sites we love to dive!
Black Island – Island diving at it’s finest ! One of our favorite dive sites, Black Island offers a gentle drift dive along the reef slope close to the island. A very healthy and diverse range of hard and soft corals. Plenty of shallow caves, gullies and ledges to explore. Subject to some currents providing perfect conditions for lots of marine life.
Diving depth: 2-15 metres
Visibility: 2 – 15 metres
Snorkelling: At low tide
