Dive centres · 2026 guide
Technical diving needs more than an instructor: Trimix and oxygen fills, rebreather support and instructors who dive at that level. These centres document technical training, and many also fill mixed gas.
Confirm which levels are actually scheduled — technical courses often run on demand.
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Perth, Western Australia
One of the most fully documented operations in Western Australia, covering recreational, professional, technical and freediving training alongside substantial equipment facilities.
Published PADI information identifies recreational training capability.
Published PADI information identifies professional training capability.
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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.
3Frankston, Victoria
A Frankston PADI 5 Star IDC teaching since the early 1970s, with IANTD technical and cave training, a marine biologist on staff, and in-house cylinder testing.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre; teaching in Melbourne since the early 1970s.
Offers PADI and IANTD courses, including technical and cave diving.
4Bondi, New South Wales
An Eastern Suburbs PADI 5 Star IDC on Bondi Road teaching through Instructor and technical levels, with air, Nitrox and Trimix fills and manufacturer-approved servicing.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre, with training from Learn to Dive to Instructor and technical diving.
Gas services listed include air, Nitrox, Trimix, mixed gas and CO2 absorbent; DPV and freediving equipment rental are listed.
5Mooloolaba, 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.
6Willoughby, New South Wales
A Willoughby PADI 5 Star IDC founded in 1985, teaching recreational through Trimix and rebreather courses with PADI, SDI and TDI, and testing cylinders in-store.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre; founded in 1985.
Gas services listed include air, Nitrox, Trimix, mixed gas and CO2 absorbent; rebreather (CCR) rental is listed.
7Ramsgate, New South Wales
A Sydney operation associated with training across recreational and technical levels, boat diving and equipment services.
Located at Ramsgate in southern Sydney; advertises over 50 dives per month.
Lists scuba gear retail, courses, guided shore and boat dives, gear hire, equipment servicing and social dive events.
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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.
9Geelong & Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
A Geelong PADI 5 Star IDC serving Geelong and Melbourne's west, with air, Nitrox and Trimix, ScubaPro servicing, guided boat and shore dives, and accredited first aid training.
Listed by PADI as a 5 Star Instructor Development Centre with nine instructors, teaching in several languages.
Authorised ScubaPro dealer; lists air, Nitrox, Trimix and mixed gas fills and equipment servicing.
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Shellharbour, New South Wales
A Shellharbour Village dive shop giving access to Bass Point and Bushrangers Bay, teaching SDI and TDI courses from beginner to technical levels.
Instructors teach SDI and TDI courses from beginner to specialised technical training.
Provides access to heritage-listed Bass Point Reserve, where weedy seadragons, giant cuttlefish and pygmy pipehorses are recorded.
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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.
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Manly, New South Wales
A Northern Beaches operation with a long-standing presence at Shelly Beach, offering recreational training, boat diving and technical pathways.
Listed as a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre, operating in Manly since 1993.
Operates two facilities: the dive centre in Manly and a purpose-built dive training centre at Manly Vale.
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.