Dive Spear and Sport 1770 2 Day Reef Scuba Discovery

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Try scuba diving properly over two days in Agnes Water: learn the basics in the classroom and the dive centre's own pool, then dive the Southern Great Barrier Reef twice with your instructor. All gear is included and no experience is needed.

Days

2 days

Age

10 years and over; under 18s need parental consent

Group size

Instructor-led small group

Start / finish

Agnes Water dive centre / 1770 Marina / Bunker Group reefs / 1770

Return

See itinerary for details

Accommodation

Not included; stay in Agnes Water or 1770

Transport

Dive boat from the 1770 Marina on day two

Meals

No meals are listed as included

Route

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Included experiences

Classroom — scuba basics with an SDI instructor
Training pool — gear, equalising, buoyancy and hand signals
Bunker Group — two supervised dives on the Southern Great Barrier Reef

Dive Spear and Sport 1770 2 Day Reef Scuba Discovery

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DAY 1: CLASSROOM AND POOL IN AGNES WATER

Day one is spent at Dive Spear and Sport's dive centre in Agnes Water, which opened in 2022 about 200 metres from the beach, the most northerly surf beach in Queensland. It is a five-star SDI centre, and your instructor starts in the classroom with what diving involves and what the full SDI Open Water course would teach you. Then you move to the centre's own 12 metre training pool. With your instructor beside you, you learn how the scuba gear fits together, how to equalise your ears, how to control your buoyancy and how divers talk with their hands. Friends can watch through the pool's viewing window.

DAY 2: TWO DIVES ON THE SOUTHERN GREAT BARRIER REEF

Collect your gear at the centre, then board the dive boat at the Town of 1770, where Captain Cook landed in May 1770. Tides set the departure time. The run out takes about 90 minutes to the Bunker Group, a chain of reefs and coral cays south of Heron Island (home to a University of Queensland research station) that includes Lady Musgrave Island, all named after Eber Bunker, the whaling captain who charted them in 1803. You make two dives with your instructor right beside you. Look for green and loggerhead turtles, which nest on these cays in summer, and for manta rays, with humpback whales passing between about June and October. Then it is back to 1770, a diver with two reef dives in your log.

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Good to know

Meeting point: Dive Spear and Sport, 4 Jeffery Court, Agnes Water.
Departure time: Times for both days, including the tide-dependent boat departure, are confirmed when you book.
Minimum age: 10 years; under 18s need parental consent.
Fitness: You must be able to swim in the ocean without a flotation device.
Please note: Before signing up, read the SDI medical questionnaire. If you answer yes to any question, you need a medical assessment with a qualified dive doctor. The boat does not sail in large swells or when the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a strong wind warning; you are rebooked or refunded.

What is included

Classroom session
Pool session in the centre's training pool
Reef double dive with an instructor
All gear hire
Boat trip from the 1770 Marina to the reef and back

Not included

Accommodation

FAQ

Preparing for the trip

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