The Best Dive Centres in South Australia

Adelaide Scuba

Glenelg North, South Australia

A Glenelg North PADI 5 Star centre with a heated indoor pool, in-house servicing and three dive boats moored behind the shop, running midweek and weekend charters.

Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Dive Center with a heated indoor pool, training rooms, a servicing department with an in-house technician and a large showroom.

Three dive boats are moored behind the shop; more than 20 sites lie within 30 minutes by boat, visited on midweek and weekend charters.

Diving Adelaide

Glandore, South Australia

An Adelaide training and guided diving operation serving local sites and organised trips.

Listed by the Scuba Divers Federation of South Australia for guided dives, dive tours and domestic and international travel.

The operator's website names PADI training.

An Adelaide PADI 5 Star IDC established more than 28 years ago, with the city's largest purpose-designed scuba store, in-house servicing and hydrostatic testing, and its own boat.

Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre, established for more than 28 years.

Describes the largest purpose-designed scuba retail space in Adelaide, with over 1,000 products in store.

The Dive Shack

Adelaide, South Australia

An Adelaide business combining retail, servicing and training for South Australian divers.

Teaches PADI Open Water, Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster courses.

Its boat runs double dives to local Adelaide sites every weekend.

Calypso Star Charters

Port Lincoln, South Australia

A Port Lincoln operator running one-day great white shark cage dives at the Neptune Islands since 1990, plus Australian sea lion swims.

Has run great white shark cage diving tours since 1990, aboard MV Calypso Star 2; no diving experience is needed.

States it is the only one-day cage-diving operator permitted to use natural fish berley.

A Mount Gambier business serving the region's cave and sinkhole diving community, including equipment and gas support.

Cave and sinkhole diving in the Mount Gambier region is restricted to divers who are members of the Cave Divers Association of Australia and hold the relevant category qualification.

The CDAA controls site access, delivers training and monitors cave diving standards in the region.

An Adelaide dive business. Retail range, servicing and training availability require verification.

Listed by the Scuba Divers Federation of South Australia for guided dives, dive tours and domestic and international travel.

A Port Lincoln wildlife tourism operation running great white shark cage experiences and sea lion swims. These are wildlife tourism products rather than certified scuba diving.

Runs great white shark cage diving, Australian sea lion swims and marine cruises from Port Lincoln.

Offers the Aqua Sub, a glass underwater viewing area for seeing sharks without getting wet.

A Port Lincoln business providing equipment, fills and dive services — a conventional dive business distinct from the region's cage tourism operators.

An Adelaide operation specialising in technical diving training, relevant to divers preparing for deep, decompression or cave diving in South Australia.