Dive centres · 2026 guide
SSI certifications are recognised worldwide, but SSI centres differ enormously in what they offer. These are the SSI centres with the most complete, source-backed profiles in the directory.
Use the features and notes on each to find the one that fits how you want to dive.
1Mooloolaba, Queensland
A Mooloolaba SSI Instructor Training Center with air, Nitrox and oxygen, Extended Range and rebreather programmes, and boat trips to up to 15 local reef sites.
Listed by SSI as an Instructor Training Center; programmes include freediving, rebreather and Extended Range (XR).
Gas fills listed as air, Nitrox and oxygen; services BCDs, computers, drysuits, wetsuits, regulators and cylinders.
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Merimbula, New South Wales
An SSI dive centre with its own accommodation, classroom, shop, air and Nitrox and a purpose-built boat, running small classes on the far south coast.
Describes itself as a fully integrated dive centre with accommodation, classroom, shop, air and Nitrox, and a purpose-built dive boat.
Classes are usually no more than four students, from Open Water through Instructor Training.
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Point Lookout, Queensland
North Stradbroke Island's only full-service scuba centre and an SSI Instructor Training Center, with two boats, on-site lodging, and technical and freediving training.
Operating since 1992; listed by SSI as an Instructor Training Center.
Runs two dive vessels with on-site accommodation for dive holidays and live-in training.
4Killarney Vale, New South Wales
An SSI Instructor Training Facility at Killarney Vale with two full-time Instructor Trainers, onsite servicing for all major brands, and freediving courses.
Listed as an SSI Instructor Training Facility with two full-time in-house Instructor Trainers.
Onsite technicians service regulators, BCDs and cylinders for all major brands.
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Arcadia, Magnetic Island, Queensland
Magnetic Island's longest-running dive centre, an SSI facility on the Geoffrey Bay foreshore with the island's only purpose-built training pool.
Family-run SSI centre operating for more than 25 years, teaching from beginner to professional levels with small classes.
Has the only purpose-built dive training pool on Magnetic Island.
6Nelson Bay, New South Wales
A Nelson Bay SSI centre running Broughton Island boat dives and Port Stephens shore dives, with rebreather and Extended Range training.
Runs double boat dives to Broughton Island's grey nurse sharks and Looking Glass, plus historic wreck dives.
SSI programmes listed include rebreather and Extended Range (XR).
7Rowville, Victoria
A Rowville dive centre operating since 2000, a PADI 5 Star IDC and SSI Instructor Training Center with TecRec training and the Aquaholics dive club.
Part of the Victorian dive industry since 2000; under current owners since early 2018, with a conservation and safety focus.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre and by SSI as an Instructor Training Center.
8Woolloongabba, Queensland
Adreno's original store, founded in Woolloongabba in 2001, selling spearfishing, freediving and scuba gear and operating as an SSI Instructor Training Center.
Adreno began in Woolloongabba in 2001, founded by former Australian spearfishing champion Tim Neilsen.
Listed by SSI as an Instructor Training Center offering the full range of SSI scuba courses.
9Sydney, New South Wales
An SSI Career Development Centre five minutes from Bare Island, with two full-time Instructor Trainers, air and Nitrox, servicing and a large showroom.
Describes itself as one of Sydney's leading SSI Career Development Centres, with two full-time SSI Instructor Trainers on staff.
About five minutes from Bare Island; runs guided shore dives, boat dives, weekends away and overseas trips.
10Swansea, New South Wales
An SSI Instructor Training Center 60 metres from the Swansea Bridge shore dive, with boat trips to Moon Island and rebreather and Extended Range training.
Listed by SSI as an Instructor Training Center.
Located about 60 metres from the Swansea Bridge, where demolished bridge structures form an artificial reef.
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Eden, New South Wales
An Eden operator running boat, wreck, wharf and cave dives around Twofold Bay, with Try Scuba to Advanced courses and studio accommodation near Cocora Beach.
Dives Twofold Bay sites including the Tasman Hauler and Henry Bolt wrecks, wharf structures, reefs and caves.
Offers Try Scuba, Open Water, Advanced and refresher courses.
12Southport, 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.
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.