diving with
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Explore / Educate
Protect
Gold Coast Dive Adventures is all about giving you the skills and experiences to love our marine world as much as we do knowing that when you love this world, you will help us protect it.
We believe that exploring the ocean and all it’s wonders is a privilege that should be embraced and cherished. Calling on our many, many years of diving experience, we have worked hard to bring you some incredible new dive sites here on the Gold Coast such as the Migaloo Reef which we found and named in 2017. Its beauty needs to be shared with like-minded divers such as you!
Dive Trips
Enjoy scuba diving day trips and weekends away at one of our 12+ beautiful dive sites in the Gold Coast and beyond.
Diving Courses
Professional diving courses at all levels, from learning to scuba dive and refreshers to rescue diving courses.
Free Diving
Freediving fun days, courses and depth training available from certified freediving experts.
We promote and we help to sustain the beauty of our underwater world.
Gold Coast Dive Adventures is a PADI Dive Centre and Sea Shepherd Dive Partner that offers amazing offshore boat diving experiences for certified divers. We also offer personalised learn to dive courses to get you addicted to this incredible way of life.
Let’s explore the wrecks and reefs which make Australia’s Gold Coast one of the best, uncrowded and most diverse underwater playgrounds the world has to offer. Our most popular dive sites are the incredible Palm Beach Reef, Migaloo Reef and the historic wreck of the Scottish Prince, which is a sight to behold! Joining our adventures is super easy. Simply book online here on our website, add any required hire equipment on the check-out page including optional hotel transfer and you are done, simple as 1,2,3!
our dive Adventures
Gold Coast reef +
wreck dive trip
From $155.00 pp
- Explore the local reefs and shipwrecks
- Small groups of 8 max
- Large & comfortable dive vessel
- Single or 2 tank boat dive for certified divers
- Sites within 15-25min boating distance
- No wreck certification needed
- Departs from Runaway Bay Marina
North Stradbroke Island Dive Trips
From $195.00 pp
- Double & Triple Dive trips to North Stradbroke Island & the surrounding dive sites
- All trips depart from Runaway Bay Marina – (with only a one and a half hour voyage to North Stradbroke Island
- Small groups of no more than 5 divers in each group
- In-water dive guide provided
Cook Island Marine Reserve Dive Trips
From $175.00 pp
- Offshore boat dive tour to Cook Island Marine Reserve
- All trips depart from Runaway Bay Marina
- Only a 50 minute voyage to Cook Island
- Small groups of 8 max
- In-water dive guide provided
- Quality hire gear available
- Hotel transfers available
Advanced Nine Mile Reef Dive Trip
From $245.00 pp
- Double & Triple Dive trips to Nine Mile Reef
- Scuba dive the local Grey Nurse Shark hot spots
- Hire gear available
- Advanced drift dive
- Hotel transfers available
- In-water dive guide
Wonder Reef
From $XYZ.00 pp
- The world’s first artistically designed buoyant reef
- Varies in depth from 8 meters to 30 meters
- Ideal for a range of diver levels
- Double dive trip
- 2.5 kilometers offshore from Philip Park, The Spit
- A fusion of art, science and engineering
Adventures Beyond the Gold Coast
Various Prices
- North Stradbroke Island Day Trip
- Flinders Reef Day Trip
- Hmas Brisbane Day Trip
- Julian Rocks Day Trips
- North Solitary Islands Weekend Trip
- South West Rocks Weekend Trip
Why Choose Us?
Our local reefs and wrecks, the most famous being the Scottish Prince Shipwreck, Palm Beach Reef and Migaloo Reef are within short boating distance approximately off the Gold Coast Seaway entrance. The reefs are flat rocky reefs with rising bommies and boulders. Visit our dive site page for detailed information.
All our trips are double dive trips unless specifically advertised as single dives or triple dives. Our 2 dive boats are fast and comfortable. We also limit maximum numbers to 8 divers to ensure maximum comfort and enjoyment.
Highlights
- Small groups of 5-8 divers max.
- In-water dive guides
- 2 custom built dive vessels
- Snacks and hot soup in between dives
- Gear hire available
- Hotel transfers available
- 12+ dive sites incl. The Scottish Prince and Migaloo Reef.
Gold Coast’s Best Dives
The Gold Coast is a diving destination on its own. Gold Coast Dive Adventures has incorporated our love for such an amazing part of Australia and created a comprehensive library of Gold Coast dive sites. We are continually exploring these relatively uncharted waters to bring you the best dive sites possible and to create memories that will last a lifetime.
We understand our obligation and yours as explorers, to protect what this incredible earth has presented to us for our future generations. Here at Gold Coast Dive Adventures we also strive to raise awareness around ocean research programs that study the most fascinating marine life including humpback whales, sharks and manta rays just to name a few.
Come and join us, explore with us, learn with us and experience with us some of Australia’s and the Gold Coasts’ most prolific reefs and marine life. Help us to not only explore but to protect our amazing oceans.