Manta Lodge & Scuba Centre

SSI Open Water Course

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the SSI Open Water Diver course.

• Duration: 3 Days (approx.)

SSI Advanced course + Nitrox

Exploration, Excitement, Experiences That’s what the SSI Advanced Adventuer course is all about. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving. You can start right after your Open Water course.

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)

SSI Boat Diving

The ocean is filled with dive sites, but many of them cannot be reached from shore. This program gives you the skills and knowledge required to safely dive from a boat, allowing you to get the most from your underwater opportunities.

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

SSI Deep Diver

Many exciting dive sites are located in deeper water. Without proper training, this kind of diving puts you at risk. The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will give you the ability to safely and comfortably plan and conduct dives beyond 18 meters.

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)

SSI Divemaster

This program gives you the skills and experience required to safely lead groups of certified divers, and is the first step towards an exciting career as an SSI Dive Professional without requiring you to complete an instructor program.

• Duration: 4 Days (approx.)

SSI Diver Stress and Rescue

Stress is a major cause of diving accidents and negatively impacts rescue situations. This program teaches you the skills and knowledge required to recognize and deal with stress, prevent accidents and properly deal with emergencies.

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)

SSI Drysuit

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably dive while using a dry suit.

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

SSI Enriched Air Nitrox

The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen.

• Duration: 4 Hours (approx.)

SSI Navigation

This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely and comfortably navigate underwater during a dive.

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

SSI Perfect Buoyancy

Do you want to increase your buoyancy control, minimize your breathing gas consumption, or move effortlessly above the ocean floor?

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

SSI XR Nitrox

This program provides the knowledge and experience required to independently plan and conduct limited decompression dives to a maximum depth of 40 meters, using nitrox mixtures up to 50%.

• Duration: 4 Days (approx.)

Scuba Skills Update - Pool only

Feeling rusty? Been a while since your last dive? Time to refresh your skills! If you've been out of the water longer than 12 months a refresher is required as per Qld code of practice recommendations.

• Duration: 3 Hours (approx.)

SSI Solo Diver course

SSI Independant/Solo diver course

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)

Mares Horizon rebreather - Recreational + Extended Range

Expand your horizons with the SSI Semi-closed rebreather course using the Mares Horizon rebreather. Discover the wonder of silent diving and get the most out of your dives with an extended gas supply!

• Duration: 6 Days (approx.)

SSI Master Diver Package

Make the most of your diving with the SSI Master Diver package! Over $2900 worth of dive courses in one bundle, save $500!

• Duration: 6 Days (approx.)

SSI Basic Wreck diving

Learn the basics of safe wreck diving with the SSI Wreck diver specialty

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

Straddie Dive Club membership - 1 year

Join a group of like-minded divers and get some great benefits!

SSI Sidemount diving

Sidemount is a scuba diving equipment configuration which has diving cylinders mounted along the diver, below the shoulders and along the hips, instead of on the back of the diver.

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)

SSI Drift Diver

Turn Current into your friend with the SSI Waves Tides Current Speciality. This program provides the skills and concepts required to safely dive in a variety of dynamic aquatic environments.

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

Mares Horizon SCR Try dive

Want to see what rebreather diving is all about? Try a Mares Horizon SCR in the pool and ocean with an instructor

• Duration: 1 Days (approx.)

SSI Advanced wreck diving course

Learn the more advanced techniques for safe wreck diving with the SSI Advanced wreck diver specialty

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)

TDI Technical DPV course

Extend your underwater range with a Suex diver propulsion vehicle. Learn to safely utilise a dpv for travel, exploration and safety

• Duration: 2 Days (approx.)