Diving Adelaide
Diving Adelaide
4.9
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
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About
Diving Adelaide is Adelaide's premier PADI 5* Dive Centre with Australia's lowest gear prices and Adelaide's best pricing on scuba diving courses!Every week we run diving courses, snorkel tours, shore dives and of course night diving. There are over 600 different species of fish located right here in Adelaide and it's the only place in the world to see the amazing Leafy Sea Dragon!
Glandore, South Australia, Australia
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3 contributions
Jan 2023
After trying to find a leafy sea dragon without a guide in 2022, we returned, this time with the services of Lachlen - dive guide at Diving Adelaide. Best money spent, he knew exactly the spot where a current breeding pair of leafy sea dragons reside. There is was also a third dragon we spotted. Lachlen was safe with his assessment of when to turn back, but took on board our ability and air consumption, so we could get the most possible from our 4 dives. His navigation of the jetty is on point and he is easy to chat to on the drive to and from. All in all a great experience - thanks Lachlan and Diving Adelaide.
Written 30 January 2023
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Barbara B
5 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
The dive trip to see the leafy sea dragons was worth every cent I spent with Diving Adelaide! After initially telling me they couldn’t accommodate me on the one day I could do the dive, they got back to me and said they could work it out. The amazing Emma was my dive guide. She equipped me the day before the dive, helped advise me on purchases I wanted to make, and then was an amazing guide once at Rapid Bay and looking for the “leafies “! Although there is no guarantee, she found 6 as well as 2 nudibranchs and a squid. She also went above and beyond by helping me get the wet suit over my shoulders during removal. She helped me check off a 35 year old bucket list item, and it was truly worth the wait! Thanks, Emma and Diving Adelaide!
Written 23 March 2023
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Bruce A
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May 2023 • Solo
Y'all know what PADI stands for,? Put another dollar in, do advanced, forget the rest, enjoy. have to write a book to make a point. Dived for thirty years, instructed for a few of those, then a lot of solo diving, now 70 and keeping on keeping on
Written 30 May 2024
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Stephenie P
14 contributions
Nov 2024 • Solo
A dream come true! Aaron took me to Rapid Bay to have close encounters with the Leafy Sea Dragon (well, not super close, you do have to give them their space). It was a thrill beyond words to see these amazing creatures in their natural habitat.
Aaron was super accommodating for this 57 year old lady. He has a great sense of humor and kept our 1.5 hour drive there and back over 2 days full of laughs and stories.
Can't wait to do it again!
Aaron was super accommodating for this 57 year old lady. He has a great sense of humor and kept our 1.5 hour drive there and back over 2 days full of laughs and stories.
Can't wait to do it again!
Written 16 November 2024
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Scuba2013
Perth, Australia598 contributions
Mar 2022
I did a 2 dive private tour at Rapid bay jetty. My dive guide / Instructor was Chris and if he couldn't find Leafy Sea dragon's then no one can, he was excellent, very thorough and never gave up looking for stuff to show me. The tour included a 3 hr round trip drive to the dive site and all the equipment. We were very lucky and saw 8 dragons, 4 or 5 cuttlefish, a blue ringed octopus, 2 nudibranchs and a frog fish.
I highly recommend these guys.. You do need to bring your own food and drink though. Some complimentary water would have been good.
I highly recommend these guys.. You do need to bring your own food and drink though. Some complimentary water would have been good.
Written 1 April 2022
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Justin Flory
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Feb 2020 • Solo
All i can say is that i was incredibly impressed with all aspects of my open water dive course, from booking to the dives themselves i had an incredible experience.
Special shout out to Gerry who was funny but also professional and spent that bit of extra time with people who needed it, ill definitely be back to do my Advance course thats for sure. You guys are amazing!!!!
Special shout out to Gerry who was funny but also professional and spent that bit of extra time with people who needed it, ill definitely be back to do my Advance course thats for sure. You guys are amazing!!!!
Written 4 February 2020
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Mitchell H
1 contribution
Jan 2021
I went to Diving Adelaide to help me learn how to to dive and I was absolutely blown away by the instructor I had. Bee was the perfect instructor he made the information easy to digest while also making sure we knew how to do everything properly and safely, I always felt confident while in the water with him and trusted him to know what to do.
I fully and wholeheartedly recommend Diving Adelaide to teach you how to dive especially if your instructor is as good as Bee was.
I fully and wholeheartedly recommend Diving Adelaide to teach you how to dive especially if your instructor is as good as Bee was.
Written 24 January 2021
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Brianna3030
Adelaide, Australia8 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
Great experience! I did the PADI Open Water Diver course. Courtney was fantastic at answering all my questions when I was booking the course and provided very thorough information. Emily and Emma were my instructors and they were both professional, knowledgeable, and supportive. They also made diving a FUN activity. Thank you!!!
Written 4 January 2024
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Craig W
Adelaide, Australia5 contributions
Jan 2021 • Business
I have been researching for a while to obtain my PADI open water certification.
After spending some time with Diving Adelaide I felt confident this was the right training organisation to do this.
Over the week of 5.1.21 to 10.1.21 I was able to do so with Diving Adelaide.
My instructor was Chun Bee. He was absolutely fantastic and due to his teaching style I was confident reassured throughout all of the training. With a mixed age group he was able to explain and keep things simple at all times.
If possible request your training with him as he is well trained and will make your experience completely positive. I noticed he could communicate in various languages also which I was impressed with.
As for the store side of thing I met Gerry who was also amazing. He helped me select the right gear without a pushy upsell. It was all about the right gear for me. For training and gear I would highly recommend Diving Adelaide.
After spending some time with Diving Adelaide I felt confident this was the right training organisation to do this.
Over the week of 5.1.21 to 10.1.21 I was able to do so with Diving Adelaide.
My instructor was Chun Bee. He was absolutely fantastic and due to his teaching style I was confident reassured throughout all of the training. With a mixed age group he was able to explain and keep things simple at all times.
If possible request your training with him as he is well trained and will make your experience completely positive. I noticed he could communicate in various languages also which I was impressed with.
As for the store side of thing I met Gerry who was also amazing. He helped me select the right gear without a pushy upsell. It was all about the right gear for me. For training and gear I would highly recommend Diving Adelaide.
Written 10 January 2021
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Dive Inn Cape Town
37 contributions
Mar 2020 • Friends
We started with emailing Ron from diving Adelaide about 6 months before our dive trip. Always on the ball with answering emails and giving us advice about dive sites.
We ended not using their guide but rented gear and filled cylinders at the dive shop. Ron worked out a favourable long rental price for our group of 5 divers.
The staff were always friendly , very nice shop and had some nice gear for sale as well.
Thank you Ron and team making our dive trip in your area a very memorable trip. You guys really do have some unique critters down under.
We ended not using their guide but rented gear and filled cylinders at the dive shop. Ron worked out a favourable long rental price for our group of 5 divers.
The staff were always friendly , very nice shop and had some nice gear for sale as well.
Thank you Ron and team making our dive trip in your area a very memorable trip. You guys really do have some unique critters down under.
Written 15 April 2020
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Hi we are dive master qualified , how much for a fun dive?
Written 7 November 2017
Hi!
Our fun dives are all shore dives. If your DMs, we're happy to draw you a map so you can explore the sites by yourself, as our best dive sites are all jetties, so they're easy to navigate!
That way, you would just pay for rental and not for a guide.
A full rental set with 2 tanks is $75.
Best regards,
Denise
Diving Adelaide
Written 8 November 2017
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