Byron Bay - Julian Rocks
Australia offers several excellent dive locations for you to complete your beginner course or the furthering of your dive education. Byron Bay is a very popular location for you to start your passion for scuba diving. Start your diving on the world recognised marine Sanctuary in Julian Rocks.
A Nature Reserve, Julian Rocks, is home to a diverse range of tropical and cold water marine life. Its most notable feature is the presence of sharks, including leopard sharks, grey nurse sharks, wobbegong sharks, and more. The Julian Rocks Nature Reserve is situated approximately 2.5 kilometers northeast of Byron Bay and is comprised of two small islands and several reef areas. While coral life and growth are limited, the diversity of marine species living here is not. What contributes to the diversity of marine life at Julian Rocks is the emergence of both tropical and cold water currents.
Aside from sharks, various creatures may be observed on a Byron Bay day dive trip to Julian Rocks, including but not limited to Queensland groupers, anemonefish, bull rays, eagle rays, three species of marine turtles, manta rays, snapper, bream, and a wide variety of nudibranchs.
Sundive’s PADI eLearning 3 Day Learn to Dive Course runs over over 3 consecutive days with all your training dives at Julian Rocks.
The course is scheduled to start on a Wednesday.
Dive courses are kept in small groups of 6 people with a minimum of 4 required to run a open water course. It is advisable to allocate a couple of extra days in the event weather conditions prevent you from getting out to complete your ocean dives.
PADI Dive Courses and Program Structure
PADI Advanced Open Water – (3 Days)
Course Start/Run – Wednesdays to Fridays (9.00am – 3.00pm)
Duration: 3 Days
Includes: All Professional instruction, equipment hire, materials, training and certification fees
Structure: Theory – PADI eLearning (to be completed prior to starting the course)
Medical Requirements – Certain medical conditions can prevent us from participating in scuba diving activities. You will be required to complete a medical questionnaire PADIMedical_Statement-1 for all dive courses to determine if a dive medical is required for you to be able to participate.
Time to fine tune your open water diving skills. This course is designed to continue your dive education by advancing your diving skills and confidence. You will complete 5 PADI Speciality dives which consist of 2 core dives (Deep dive and underwater Navigation) plus 3 more from a selection of a Drift Dive, Underwater Naturalist (Fish ID) dive, a Boat dive, or Peak Performance Buoyancy dive.
Course Start/Run – Wednesdays to Fridays (9.00am – 3.00pm)
Includes: All Professional instruction, equipment hire, materials, training and certification fees
Structure: Theory – PADI eLearning (to be completed prior to starting the course)
The Rescue Diver course marks a pivotal juncture in your diving education, and as such, it is highly recommended to all recreational divers. As you progress through this course, you’ll not only develop your knowledge and skills but also learn how to better manage potential diving incidents that could arise. Consequently, through this course, you will gradually come to appreciate and fully understand the paramount importance of this training concerning diver safety, incident minimization, and efficient management.
Course Starts – Wednesdays (9.00am – 3.00pm)
Duration – 3.5 Days
Includes: All Professional instruction, equipment hire, materials, training, and certification fees
Structure:
Day 1 – Spent in the class and pool
Day 2 & 3 – Open Water performing required skills/emergency rescue scenarios – additional time may be required to complete all required skills and theory.
Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water certificate or its equivalent from another accredited training agency. In addition, a current First Aid certificate is also a mandatory requirement.
PADI Enriched Air – Nitrox Course is very popular for all scuba divers today, and as such, it is highly recommended to all recreational divers. The advantages of being Nitrox certified is it offers scuba divers extended bottom time, reduced nitrogen absorption, enhanced safety, and less post-dive fatigue. It is suitable for various dive sites. If you enjoy underwater photography/videography you will appreciate the additional bottom time scuba diving on nitrox.
This course is accessible to most divers, providing a more comfortable and enjoyable underwater experience.
Course Starts – Wednesdays – Sundays (9.00am – 3.00pm)
Duration – 1/2 Day
Includes – All Professional instruction, equipment hire, materials, training, and certification fees. (This course does not include any dive)
Structure – A classroom session to review the advantage’s of diving on nitrox, the precautions and recommendations for enriched air use. Then you’ll simulate planning two dives using a computer and dive tables and you’ll practise gas analysing and other predive procedures.
Prerequisites – 15+ years old, a PADI Open Water certificate or its equivalent.
Structure
Day 1 – 8.00am Pool Training Sessions. Your first day will begin at 9am and you will spend the day training in our onsite pool. Come prepared with your swimmers and a towel and begin your practical training. Finish before 3pm.
Days 2 & 3 – Open Water Training. Complete 4 SCUBA Dives by boat at the Nguthungulli Julian Rocks in Byron Bay, one of Australia’s best dive sites!
Note: Minimum age to learn to scuba dive -12+ years old and able to swim. If you have pre-existing medical conditions that may affect you when diving you will need clearance from a physician.
Any personal expenses incurred (e.g. buying dive equipment)
Payment required in full at the time of the booking.
Full refund if the tour is cancelled outside 24-hour date of travel. Any bookings cancelled within 24-hours of the travel date no changes or refunds are permitted for any reason including sickness including COVID. When you book a dive spot with Sundive, you are booking one of the limited number of trip specific spots on their boats. If multiple dives are booked in a day and it is decided, for any reason, not to join us on any subsequently booked dives after your first, we will be unable to refund or transfer those dives as the spots on the boat cannot be refilled at such short notice.If the operator cancels your trip for any reason including weather, you are entitled to a full refund or you can reschedule your booking.
A full refund will be provided for dive courses if cancelled 7 days in advance of the start date.
WEATHER – All trips, especially snorkelling, are weather dependent. Water visibility is impossible to predict and can vary between days as well as between dives. As snorkelling takes place on the surface, good conditions are necessary for safety. If trips are cancelled due to weather, please understand this is for safety reasons (yours and ours) and is outside of our control. If the operator cancels your trip for any reason including weather, you are entitled to a full refund or you can reschedule your booking.
Sundive’s trips take place offshore at Nguthingulli Julian Rocks where there are no immediate medical facilities and strenuous exercise may be required. Sundive’s trips are therefore unsuitable for anyone with any medical condition that requires a medical device such as a pacemaker, insulin-dependent diabetics, allergy sufferers that require an epi-pen and asthma sufferers who require an inhaler.
Both SCUBA divers and snorkellers over 70 years of age require a doctor’s medical performed within the last 12 months incorporating clearance for SCUBA diving or snorkelling but also including strenuous activity. This must be sent to Sundive before the day of your trip.
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