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Introductory Dive Sunshine Coast Reefs - Double Dive

Category: Diving
Region: Sunshine Coast Region
State: QLD

AUD $289.00

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Ever wanted to try scuba diving? Don’t have your certification yet or you just want to try it out first, Then this is the experience for you. Be guided by a dive professional while you explore the underwater world.

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Subsurface Scuba
An Introductory Dive is a great way to go Scuba Diving without being a certified diver.  There is no need for experience as a dive professional will help you every step of the way.  This experience includes a training session that is necessary for us to teach you all the necessary safety skills required, then we hit the open water and explore the beautiful Sunshine Coast local reefs.  We only take small groups so you will be in safe hands.  This is the perfect way to try Scuba Diving before you get your Open Water Certification.  Here on holidays?  We can make a trip tailored to suit your interests, wether it is Scuba Diving beautiful reefs or exploring ship wrecks, we will make it an experience to remember. Diving on the Sunshine Coast is quite simply too easy. Not only do the coral reefs rival the marine diversity of the Great Barrier Reef, you’ll only need to spend 20 minutes on a boat getting out to the action. This is why the Sunshine Coast attracts local, state, interstate and international divers. Combine the sheer diversity of life, richness of the waters, vivid colours and lack of coral bleaching and the Sunshine Coast becomes a veritable diving haven. 


Sunshine Coast has beautiful local reefs just off shore ready to be explored.  These include:

Jew Shoal
Jew Shoal is located in Noosa’s pristine Laguna Bay and is reachable by boat in just 20 minutes. The site itself is a large complex of canyons, ridges and bommies, with two main features. Expect to see reef fish including angelfish, butterflyfish, surgeonfish, globefish, rabbitfish, soapfish, morwong, sweetlip and bream – as you meander through the caves. The caves consist of several large swim throughs which are a buzz with marine life. Its gutters are covered in colourful hard and soft corals. And secondly, the pin starts at seven metres depth dropping down to 16m as you descend. There are plenty of ledges, walls, and crevices to explore. Seasonal mantas and grey nurse sharks even turn up from time to time. The coral gardens here are home to an array of marine invertebrates – sea stars, feather stars, hermit crabs, urchins, cowries and over 100 varieties of nudibranchs. Both main sites feature fantastic coral layouts to go and explore for divers of all skill levels.


Old Woman Island


The colourful coral gardens of Mudjimba (Old Woman) Island are reached in less than 20 minutes by boat from Mooloolaba. This popular shallow water dive site has a dazzling array of marine life including lots of soft corals, sea sponges, sea anemones and a variety of tropical fish. It’s a safe, easy dive that is great for beginners in its sheltered shallow waters. This site is also great for snorkelling.


Inner Gneerings

Just offshore from Mooloolaba in the warm coastal waters of the Coral Sea lies the Inner Gneerings reef system. This comprehensive coral network includes numerous diverse and amazing dive spots, including Hanging Rock, the Pinnacles, Wobby Rock, the aptly named Fairyland and many, many more. The reef of the Inner Gneerings is adorned with many beautifully coloured soft corals, black coral trees and white coral whips. The area is a divers dream with a variety of marine life including rays, loggerhead and green turtles, moray eels, wobbegongs and leopard sharks – not to mention dramatic crops and coral shelves. Watch out for the sapphire damsels and fairy basslets darting in and out of cover.  This site is suitable for beginners, open water and advanced divers.

Outer Gneerings

Sunshine Coast, Queensland is home to the Outer Gneering Shoals diving site.  This site is, on average around 18 metres deep but does drop down to 25 at its maximum.  Visibility is usually a good, clear 15 metres which makes the site feel quite open as you are able to see a lot further than in many other diving areas.  Outer Gneering Shoals is an open water site that takes approximately 30 minutes by boat to get to.

Anyone with an interest or passion for coral should dive at the Outer Gneering Shoals.  Among the rock and boulder formations the coral just spreads out like a vast quilt and amongst it lies the diversity of sea life that coral attracts.  In the winter months around the pinnacle you will find larger pelagic fish moving around, but smaller species such as wobbygongs, leatherjackets, baitfish, angels, wrasse, butterfly and urchins are visible at most times of the year.  This site is not suitable for beginners, open water and advanced divers will appreciate these dive sites

Magic Mountain

Magic Mountain, a dive site on the Outer Gneerings Reef off Mooloolaba’s coast, is a dive for more experienced divers due to its depth and the complex structures formed by rocky outcrops. The large group of outcrops extend from the sandy ocean floor to form numerous gullies, ravines, bommies, swim-throughs and pinnacles, all housing soft and hard coral colonies. Fish calling Magic Mountain home include morwong, wrasse, leatherjackets, batfish, bullseyes, butterfly and angelfish. Numerous urchins, nudibranchs, anemones, feather and brittle stars, crabs, crayfish, wobbegongs and the occasional groper are also found on this rugged structure.

Thank you for your booking.
We would like to confirm your Double Dive, Discover Scuba Diving Sunshine Coast Reefs. We will be in contact with you on the evening prior to your dive after our final weather check around 600 pm to confirm the tour .
Subsurface Scuba regards a booking as a firm commitment. Your booking is subject to
the following terms & conditions. Full payment must be received to process & confirm your booking.
No refunds will be provided after payment has been accepted. You will receive a credit in the event of a dive charter cancelation due to weather. If you change the date of your dive charter outside of 48 hours of your departure time you will incur a $20 administration fee. Cancellations or transfers inside of 48 hours of your dive charter departure will incur a cancellation fee of the dive charter price only unless a legitimate medical document can be produced to Subsurface Scuba within five (5) business days. If you can produce this medical you will receive an opportunity to re book your dive charter and there will be no administration costs incurred. If you are certified, it is mandatory that you bring your dive certification card. We will also like to see your log book on the day of your dive. You will be required to complete a Diver Record form before you dive with Subsurface Scuba You will not be permitted to dive if you haven’t dived within the last two (2) years. You can complete a Scuba Skills Update at a discounted price with Subsurface Scuba. You will not be permitted to dive if you use alcohol or drugs prior to diving. You will not be permitted to continue to dive if you place your dive computer into error mode.
You agree to abide at all times accepted safe diving practices and no decompression limits. Advertised dive destinations are always subject to weather, numbers and safe diving conditions at the site. Under WH&S law in Queensland you must carry a safety sausage and whistle. You should also carry a dive knife if there is the risk of entanglement on the dive site. Mandatory equipment is supplied in all hire equipment from Subsurface Scuba.  If you require your own, these items can be hired or purchased form Subsurface Scuba on the day of your dive.
Why do we have this cancellation and refund policy?
When you make a reservation on a dive charter, administration costs are incurred and bookings are made by us with our boat, skipper and dive guides.  Subsurface Scuba will hold the dive charter place for you and turn others away who would like to book onto your place. With cancellations and transfers, it is unlikely your place can be re-sold. Cancellations mid-trip are not eligible for partial refunds as Subsurface Scuba has already paid for the boat, skipper and dive guides for their service required to run the dive charter
Please find attached your PADI dive medical and waiver forms.  Please complete these and return them to dive@subsurfacescuba.com
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on + 61 7 54939097 or email dive@subsurfacescuba.com 
Have a great day and we look forward to seeing you soon
Cheers
Scuba Steve

Subsurface Scuba
Take only memories
Leave only bubbles

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Subsurface Scuba regards a booking as a firm commitment. Your booking is subject to the following terms & conditions. Full payment must be received to process & confirm your booking. No refunds will be provided after payment has been accepted. You will receive a credit in the event of a dive charter cancelation due to weather. If you change the date of your dive charter outside of 48 hours of your departure time you will incur a $20 administration fee. Cancellations or transfers inside of 48 hours of your dive charter departure will incur a cancellation fee of the dive charter price only. Unless a legitimate medical document can be produced to Subsurface Scuba within five (5) business days. If you can produce this medical you will receive an opportunity to re book your dive charter and there will be no administration costs incurred. If you are certified, it is mandatory that you bring your dive certification card. We will also like to see your log book on the day of your dive. You will be required to complete a Diver Record form before you dive with Subsurface Scuba You will not be permitted to dive if you haven’t dived within the last two (2) years. You can complete a Scuba Skills Update at a discounted price with Subsurface Scuba. You will not be permitted to dive if you use alcohol or drugs prior to diving. You will not be permitted to continue to dive if you place your dive computer into error mode. You agree to abide at all times accepted safe diving practices and no decompression limits. Advertised dive destinations are always subject to weather, numbers and safe diving conditions at the site. Under WH&S law in Queensland you must carry a safety sausage and whistle. You should also carry a dive knife if there is the risk of entanglement on the dive site. Mandatory equipment is supplied in all hire equipment from Subsurface Scuba. If you require your own, these items can be hired or purchased form Subsurface Scuba on the day of your dive. Why do we have this cancellation and refund policy? When you make a reservation on a dive charter, administration costs are incurred and bookings are made by us with our boat, skipper and dive guides. Subsurface Scuba will hold the dive charter place for you and turn others away who would like to book onto your place. With cancellations and transfers, it is unlikely your place can be re-sold. Cancellations mid-trip are not eligible for partial refunds as Subsurface Scuba has already paid for the boat, skipper and dive guides for their service required to run the dive charter.

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