| Double Snorkel |
Adult
(includes all gear and boat trip) |
$85.00 |
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| Single Snorkel |
Adult or Children (includes all gear and boat trip) |
$60.00 |
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| Double
Dive |
Dives
with own gear |
$115.00 |
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Dives
plus hire gear |
$185.00 |
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| Accommodation |
General
per night |
$30.00 |
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YHA
Member per night |
$27.00 |
| * If booking a dive with the Manta Lodge you will receive YHA accommodation discount |
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| Dive Courses |
Discover Dive
(not certified) |
$230.00 |
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| Padi Open Water Course |
3 Days all inclusive |
$520.00 |
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| Advanced Rescue and Dive Master Courses also availabe |
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(Contact
Stradbroke Island Scuba Centre for details)
All prices subject to change
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| DIVE
LOCATIONS |
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Beautiful
clear water and drop offs make up the basic structure
of flat rock with numerous sites to suit experience and
weather conditions. In the summer months leopard sharks
and shovelnose guitarfish can be seen all around while
in winter grey nurse sharks like to take up residence.
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Average Depth |
10 - 18 metres |
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| Recommended
Certification Level |
Open
Water - Advanced + |
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| Wildlife |
Turtles,
rays, bannerfish, wobbegongs |
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| Visibility |
| Average
15 - 20m |
Best
30m |
| Winter
19° |
Summer
25° |
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| Temperature |
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| Site
Description |
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The
Nursery is the shallowest of the sites ranging from 10
-18 m, perfect for final dive training. You can dive with
turtles, rays and large schools of long finned bannerfish
and hunt for wobbegongs hiding underneath the large boulders
throughout the site.
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| Shark
Alley, Flat Rock (Winter Dive) |
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Average Depth |
25
metres |
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| Recommended
Certification Level |
Advanced
+ |
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| Wildlife |
Grey
nurse sharks |
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| Visibility |
| Average
15 - 20m |
Best
30m |
| Winter
19° |
Summer
25° |
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| Temperature |
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| Site
Description |
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Grey
nurse sharks love this place in the winter, sometimes
up to 16 sharks can be seen in a single encounter. The
alley bottoms out around 25m so requires some experience
to dive down alongside the sharks but novices can still
view the graceful beauties from the ledges 18m above the
alley. One of those dive sites that you need your camera
for.
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Average
Depth |
14-24 metres |
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| Recommended
Certification Level |
Open
water - Advanced + |
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| Wildlife |
Turtles,
Wobbegongs |
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| Visibility |
| Average
19m |
Best
30m |
| Winter
19° |
Summer
25° |
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| Temperature |
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| Site
Description |
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The
best diving is around the small caves in 14 - 24m where
turtles and the large wobbegongs swim. A deeper site for
the more adventurous and requires a reasonable level of
experience. Everything from bull rays to pygmy mantarays
cruise in the currents to make it one of the best drift
dives you will ever do.
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| Manta
Bommie (Summer Dive) |
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| Average
Depth |
6-16
metres |
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| Recommended
Certification Level |
Open
water & Advanced + |
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| Wildlife |
Giant
manta rays, leopard sharks, shovelnose sharks, guitarfish,
eagle rays, bull rays |
| Visibility |
| Average
12m |
Best
20m |
| Winter
19° |
Summer
25° |
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| Temperature |
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| Site
Description |
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If
you’re looking for big fish then this is the place
for you: Giant manta rays, leopard sharks, shovelnose,
guitarfish, eagle rays and bull rays and the list goes
on. You can drift over the leopard sharks and rays, swim
along with one of the resident giant loggerhead turtles
or watch the majestic manta rays hover above. Less of
a novice site it provides more opportunity for spectacular
drift diving and more time underwater to appreciate the
marine life.
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| Average
Depth |
12
metres |
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| Recommended
Certification Level |
Open
water & Advanced + |
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| Wildlife |
Octopus,
angelfish, eagle ray, batfish, fusiliers, pomfrets, porcupine
fish |
| Visibility |
| Average
12 - 15m |
Best
20m |
| Winter
19° |
Summer
25° |
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| Temperature |
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| Site
Description |
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Shag
Rock offers a variety of sites to suit all conditions
and levels of experience. Dive training can take place
in the calm shallows surrounded by schools of fish while
experienced certified divers can play in the swim through
and cruse effortlessly around the rock while watching
octopus being chased by angelfish or eagle rays gliding
over head. If you’re into photography then Shag
Rock is a macro paradise with plenty of anemones, fish
and shrimp and when you look up carefully nudibranches
galore. Shag Rock also accommodates large schools of batfish,
fusilers, pomfrets and more porcupine fish than you can
poke a stick at. In the summer months it is common to
see leopard sharks and large rays just hanging out on
the sand patches while hawksbill and small loggerhead
turtles stay all year round in the sheltered waters.
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