Dive centres by region · 2026 guide
Gold Coast has 9 dive businesses in the directory. A mixed market of training, retail, spearfishing and offshore diving including the Scottish Prince.
Here are the operators with the most complete, source-backed profiles.
1
Southport, Queensland
The Gold Coast's PADI 5 Star IDC, operating from a floating dive centre in Southport with ten instructors, its own boat and Wave Break Island dives.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre operating from a floating dive centre, with ten PADI instructors.
Lists air fills, retail, rental (including kids' gear), servicing of regulators, BCDs, cylinders and computers, and a dive boat.
2
Southport, Queensland
A Southport ocean-adventure company founded in 2014, running small-group Wave Break Island and shipwreck dives with PADI courses.
Founded in 2014; runs small-group double boat dives for certified divers at Wave Break Island and Gold Coast shipwrecks, with an in-water guide.
Offers PADI courses, hire gear and hotel transfers; supports whale and dolphin research on the Gold Coast.
3Southport, Queensland
Adreno's Southport store, opened in 2021, selling spearfishing, freediving and scuba equipment and offering SSI scuba courses.
Adreno opened its Gold Coast store in 2021, its fifth after Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
Stocks spearfishing, scuba, freediving and wetsuit ranges, and states that it runs SSI scuba courses at its stores.
4Runaway Bay, Queensland
A Gold Coast operation focused on guided local diving and charter access to offshore sites.
Listed by PADI as a Dive Center in Runaway Bay, offering scuba and freediving courses in English, French, Spanish and Mandarin.
5Surfers Paradise, Queensland
A Gold Coast PADI 5 Star centre running introductory and certified dives at sheltered Wave Break Island in the Broadwater, plus the full PADI course range.
Describes itself as a PADI 5 Star centre offering all PADI courses.
Runs introductory and certified dives, and snorkelling, at Wave Break Island in the sheltered Broadwater, where depths range to about 15 metres.
6Gold Coast, Queensland
A Southport PADI 5 Star Dive Center offering scuba, freediving and snorkelling courses.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Dive Center in Southport, offering scuba, freediving, snorkelling and first aid courses.
7Gold Coast, Queensland
A Gold Coast training and service business serving local divers and visitors.
8Gold Coast, Queensland
A spearfishing-oriented business on the Gold Coast. Spearfishing and freediving businesses serve a different customer from conventional scuba centres.
Centres are ordered by how much of what they offer we could confirm from a primary source — training agencies, boats, courses, gas fills, servicing — plus published contact details and photos. It is a documentation ranking, not a review score, and nobody pays to be listed.
No. Listings and order come from our research only. Businesses can ask us to correct their details, but not to change their position.
It is generated from the directory's latest research, checked in 2026. Conditions, operators and seasons change — confirm details with the operator before you book.