The Best Dive Centres in Bundaberg & Southern Great Barrier Reef

A resort on a no-day-tripper coral cay off Gladstone whose PADI Marine Centre runs three boat dives a day plus night dives to around 20 nearby sites.

The Heron Island Marine Centre is PADI affiliated and teaches from Discover Scuba to Advanced Open Water.

Runs three boat dives a day plus night dives, in small guided groups, from three boats; sites include Heron Bommie, Gorgonia Hole and Three Rocks.

An eco-resort on a no-take coral cay reached only by air, with beach and boat diving and a resident manta ray population of about 40.

The dive shop is a PADI Resort; divers can enter from the beach or join boat dives.

Known for a resident population of about 40 manta rays; 18 to 20 dive sites lie close by, including bommies, a blowhole and the Severance wreck.

A Bundaberg operator running daily trips to Lady Musgrave Island's lagoon and its wind- and solar-powered reef pontoon, with overnight stays and ex-HMAS Tobruk dives.

Departs Bundaberg daily for Lady Musgrave Island; advanced eco-certified.

The Lady Musgrave HQ pontoon in the lagoon is wind- and solar-powered, with separate dive and snorkel platforms and overnight glamping or underwater-observatory beds.

A Bundaberg-based training and equipment business serving the local diving community and southern reef access.

An operation running trips from the Town of 1770 to Lady Musgrave Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef.