Exmouth Dive Centre - Exmouth Whaleshark Centre

Sur­round­ed by an abun­dance of coral gar­dens, rocky ledges and intrigu­ing dive sites, the Muiron Islands are locat­ed about 10nm north east of Exmouth. Keep your eyes open dur­ing the 45 minute trip across to the Islands for ospreys, shear­wa­ters, tur­tles, man­ta rays, dol­phins, dugongs, and dur­ing their migra­tion, hump­back whales.

We have a wide range of dive sites with a max­i­mum depth of 20m and usu­al­ly only gen­tle cur­rents, the dive sites around the Muiron Islands are suit­able for all lev­els of snorkel­ers and divers. Swim-throughs and ledges pro­vide plen­ty of places to search for shrimps, nudi­branchs, eels, juve­nile angelfish and oth­er timid crea­tures. In mid-water and against the reefs look for friend­ly pota­to cod, large rankin cod, tur­tles, nurse sharks, soft coral gar­dens, anemones, clams and 1000’s of dart­ing, colour­ful reef fish. Late in the year, man­ta rays grace sev­er­al of our dive sites, too.

Includ­ed;

- A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Free Nitrox for all cer­ti­fied divers. 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

Explore the amaz­ing under­wa­ter world of the Ninga­loo Reef. Our tour vis­its two dif­fer­ent dive sites so you can expe­ri­ence the diver­si­ty found in this amaz­ing region. Tur­tles, sea snakes, Man­ta Rays, wobbe­gongs, sea fans, soft corals, moray eels, bat­fish, whitetip reef sharks, nudi­branchs, colour­ful reef fish and many more crit­ters pro­vide an end­less feast for your eyes! We are con­stant­ly adding new dive sites and we choose the best sites on the day.

- A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Free Nitrox for all cer­ti­fied divers. 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

* Cer­ti­fied Div­er must have a logged dive with­in the past 12 months to par­tic­i­pate on our div­ing tours. If you do not have a recent dive, you’ll need to com­plete a refresh­er with us before head­ing out on the ocean dives. * Refresh­er ses­sions are a sim­ple review of basic dive plan­ning, equip­ment, the­o­ry and dive skills. These ses­sions usu­al­ly take 1.5−3 hours and include time in the pool, so you will need to wear your bathers and bring a tow­el. We sched­ule our refresh­ers on demand. Refresh­ers are cur­rent­ly $99/​person.

Whale Swim­ming Participants

From August 1^st until the end of Novem­ber we are autho­rized to oper­ate tours where guests may enter the water when the whales are relaxed, with a max­i­mum of group of 7 swim­mers plus a guide & Video­g­ra­ph­er in the water at a time, while non-swim­ming guests observe the whales the boat manoeu­vring as close as 75 meters! This is clos­er than any oth­er whale watch­ing cruise in Aus­tralia. This will give you a very spe­cial view for non-swim­mers to enjoy the whales as they dis­play their nat­ur­al behav­iours. FREE Video of your day Includ­ed (USB Not includ­ed, may be purchased)

The swim­mers, with the care­ful watch of their guide, will slide into the water and approach the Hump­back Whale. We have strict dis­tance guide­lines and safe­ty is para­mount in these very spe­cial encoun­ters. Swim­mers can approach as close as 30 meters from the whale which will pro­vide an excel­lent sur­face view of the ani­mals and allow the swim­mers to hear their beau­ti­ful songs. The whales are curi­ous and are allowed to approach us with­in 15 metres giv­ing us a unique close encounter. 

Before enter­ing the water near a whale, swim­mers will be required to take a quick in water swim­ming assess­ment as required by our license con­di­tions. You must be phys­i­cal­ly fit, over 13years old, and have snorkelled with­in the past 6 months to be eli­gi­ble to enter the water with a whale. 

Whale watch participants 

Whale watch­ers will expe­ri­ence a snorkel on the beau­ti­ful Ninga­loo Reef and will observe the Hump­back whales from the boat, clos­er than any oth­er whale watch­ing tour. If there are swim­ming spots still avail­able you may be per­mit­ted to upgrade on the day of the tour. 

Please note that whales are com­plete­ly wild and we do not dis­rupt their nat­ur­al behav­iours in any way. For this rea­son we can­not guar­an­tee that all swim­ming guests will expe­ri­ence an in water interaction. 

Book­ing your tour 

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

Whale Swim­ming Participants

From August 1^st until the end of Novem­ber we are autho­rized to oper­ate tours where guests may enter the water when the whales are relaxed, with a max­i­mum of group of 7 swim­mers plus a guide & Video­g­ra­ph­er in the water at a time, while non-swim­ming guests observe the whales the boat manoeu­vring as close as 75 meters! This is clos­er than any oth­er whale watch­ing cruise in Aus­tralia. This will give you a very spe­cial view for non-swim­mers to enjoy the whales as they dis­play their nat­ur­al behav­iours. FREE Video of your day Includ­ed (USB Not includ­ed, may be purchased)

The swim­mers, with the care­ful watch of their guide, will slide into the water and approach the Hump­back Whale. We have strict dis­tance guide­lines and safe­ty is para­mount in these very spe­cial encoun­ters. Swim­mers can approach as close as 30 meters from the whale which will pro­vide an excel­lent sur­face view of the ani­mals and allow the swim­mers to hear their beau­ti­ful songs. The whales are curi­ous and are allowed to approach us with­in 15 metres giv­ing us a unique close encounter. Our ded­i­cat­ed spot­ter plane pilot per­son­al­ly talks via radio, to the in-water guide to ensure a great interaction.

Before enter­ing the water near a whale, swim­mers will be required to take a quick in water swim­ming assess­ment as required by our license con­di­tions. You must be phys­i­cal­ly fit, over 13years old, and have snorkelled with­in the past 6 months to be eli­gi­ble to enter the water with a whale. 

We also include an in water inter­ac­tion Guar­an­tee… If you don’t get to expe­ri­ence an in water inter­ac­tion with a Whale, Whale­shark or Man­ta Ray, you get 50% off the tick­et price of your next Whale swim tour.

*con­di­tions apply*

For Last Minute Book­ings that are 48 hours Pri­or, please email or con­tact the store directly.

Whale watch participants 

Whale watch­ers will expe­ri­ence a snorkel on the beau­ti­ful Ninga­loo Reef and will observe the Hump­back whales from the boat, clos­er than any oth­er whale watch­ing tour. If there are swim­ming spots still avail­able you may be per­mit­ted to upgrade on the day of the tour. 

Please note that whales are com­plete­ly wild and we do not dis­rupt their nat­ur­al behav­iours in any way. For this rea­son we can­not ful­ly guar­an­tee that all swim­ming guests will expe­ri­ence an in water interaction. 

Book­ing your tour 

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

You must be phys­i­cal­ly fit, over 13years old, and have snorkelled with­in the past 6 months to be eli­gi­ble to enter the water with a whale. 

Please note that whales are com­plete­ly wild and we do not dis­rupt their nat­ur­al behav­iours in any way. For this rea­son we can­not guar­an­tee that all swim­ming guests will expe­ri­ence an in water interaction. 

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Proof of age required for Seniors & Family/​Child Rates.

** We Run Two Deluxe Tours**Jazz 2 is our first ves­sel, If this tour shows as unavail­able in the cal­en­dar, click back & book your­self on to our sec­ond tour boat, Mahi 2. Both are very spa­cious and sta­ble West­Coast­ers and you will have an amaz­ing tour on either vessel! 

Join us on an adven­ture of a life­time snorkelling with these gen­tle Whale­shark giants in the nutri­ent rich waters of the Ninga­loo Reef between March and ear­ly August. Our high­ly expe­ri­enced, pro­fes­sion­al and fun crew will ensure your inter­ac­tions with the biggest fish in the sea are relaxed, safe, and most impor­tant­ly, unforgettable!! 

Guar­an­tee: Deluxe Good Swim

Exmouth Dive & Whale­sharks Ninga­loo offer all Deluxe Tour cus­tomers our unique ​‘Good Swim Guar­an­tee’, we will, in the very unlike­ly event of not sight­ing a Whale­shark, or you just did­n’t get a good swim on your tour with us from Exmouth, give ONE FREE Whale­shark Swim tour on any avail­able spot with­in the next 3 years. All of our cus­tomers should give them­selves a lit­tle extra time in Exmouth just in case.

This price includes:

• FREE Video of your Whale­shark Swim Tour by Pro­fe­sion­al Video­g­ra­ph­er (USB not included)
• An unfor­get­table day on board our well-equipped ves­sels, with the World’s Lead­ing Whale­shark Swim Team
• Qual­i­ty ser­vice and handy tips to max­imise your time spent with the Ninga­loo Whale Sharks
• Morn­ing tea, lunch, after­noon tea and refresh­ments through­out the day
• Cel­e­bra­tional glass of sparkling wine or light beer to end your adventure
• For all of our Whale­shark Swim Adven­tures, we employ a light air­craft to fly over­head through­out the day to spot each shark and guide the boat to it. Our plane time is NOT lim­it­ed to two hours.
• Ful­ly qual­i­fied and expe­ri­enced Crew who will answer your ques­tions, help with your gear and brief you on how to get the most from your day!
• A Pre-Whale­shark Snorkel les­son for everyone
• All DPaW fees includ­ed, a pro­por­tion of your tick­et price goes towards Whale­shark Research.
• Good ​‘Whale­shark Swim’ Guar­an­tee in the unlike­ly event no whale shark is sight­ed on your Whale Shark Adven­ture with us or you just did­n’t get a good swim. We offer a free repeat tour on stand­by, yours to take in the next 3 years. (con­di­tions apply).
• Free Mini Golf /​Amusement cen­tre Voucher
• No Gim­micks, Just great Whale­shark swims & Great Ser­vice, with boats designed for Whale­shark­ing & Crew who Love shar­ing this expe­ri­ence with you!

Your Crew will brief and assist you through­out the day with infor­ma­tion about the Whale­sharks: sex, behav­iour, feed­ing pat­terns, how to take pho­tos and more. They will also instruct you on how to best approach and swim with the Whale­sharks so that your encounter with the world’s largest fish is a tru­ly mem­o­rable one.

With Mutu­al Respect

The Whale­sharks we vis­it are excep­tion­al­ly con­sis­tent in their habits and suc­cess­ful encoun­ters are extreme­ly reli­able. But please remem­ber we are vis­it­ing wild ani­mals in their own envi­ron­ment. We ask you to approach each encounter with cau­tion and respect, and nev­er to pre­sume we have any con­trol over their appear­ance or actions what­so­ev­er. These whale sharks favour our encoun­ters with curios­i­ty and much tolerance.

We like to return the favour

At Exmouth Div­ing Cen­tre it is our goal to give all cus­tomers sat­is­fac­tion with all trips, cours­es and prod­ucts. Part of our Fee goes to Ninga­loo Whale­shark research.
A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates.

** We Run Two Deluxe Tours**Mahi 2 is our first ves­sel, If this tour shows as unavail­able in the cal­en­dar, click back & book your­self on to our sec­ond tour boat, JAZZ 2. Both are very spa­cious and sta­ble West­Coast­ers and you will have an amaz­ing tour on either vessel! 

Join us on an adven­ture of a life­time snorkelling with these gen­tle Whale­shark giants in the nutri­ent rich waters of the Ninga­loo Reef between March and ear­ly August. Our high­ly expe­ri­enced, pro­fes­sion­al and fun crew will ensure your inter­ac­tions with the biggest fish in the sea are relaxed, safe, and most impor­tant­ly, unforgettable!! 

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates.

Guar­an­tee: Deluxe Good Swim

Exmouth Dive & Whale­sharks Ninga­loo offer all Deluxe Tour cus­tomers our unique ​‘Good Swim Guar­an­tee’, we will, in the very unlike­ly event of not sight­ing a Whale­shark, or you just did­n’t get a good swim on your tour with us from Exmouth, give ONE FREE Whale­shark Swim tour on any avail­able spot with­in the next 3 years. All of our cus­tomers should give them­selves a lit­tle extra time in Exmouth just in case.

This price includes:

• FREE Video of your Whale­shark Swim Tour by Pro­fe­sion­al Video­g­ra­ph­er (USB not included)
• An unfor­get­table day on board our well-equipped ves­sels, with the World’s Lead­ing Whale­shark Swim Team
• Qual­i­ty ser­vice and handy tips to max­imise your time spent with the Ninga­loo Whale Sharks
• Morn­ing tea, lunch, after­noon tea and refresh­ments through­out the day
• Cel­e­bra­tional glass of sparkling wine or light beer to end your adventure
• For all of our Whale­shark Swim Adven­tures, we employ a light air­craft to fly over­head through­out the day to spot each shark and guide the boat to it. Our plane time is NOT lim­it­ed to two hours.
• Ful­ly qual­i­fied and expe­ri­enced Crew who will answer your ques­tions, help with your gear and brief you on how to get the most from your day!
• A Pre-Whale­shark Snorkel les­son for everyone
• All DPaW fees includ­ed, a pro­por­tion of your tick­et price goes towards Whale­shark Research.
• Good ​‘Whale­shark Swim’ Guar­an­tee in the unlike­ly event no whale shark is sight­ed on your Whale Shark Adven­ture with us or you just did­n’t get a good swim. We offer a free repeat tour on stand­by, yours to take in the next 3 years. (con­di­tions apply).
• Free Mini Golf /​Amusement cen­tre Voucher
• No Gim­micks, Just great Whale­shark swims & Great Ser­vice, with boats designed for Whale­shark­ing & Crew who Love it.

Your Crew will brief and assist you through­out the day with infor­ma­tion about the Whale­sharks: sex, behav­iour, feed­ing pat­terns, how to take pho­tos and more. They will also instruct you on how to best approach and swim with the Whale­sharks so that your encounter with the world’s largest fish is a tru­ly mem­o­rable one.

With Mutu­al Respect

The Whale­sharks we vis­it are excep­tion­al­ly con­sis­tent in their habits and suc­cess­ful encoun­ters are extreme­ly reli­able. But please remem­ber we are vis­it­ing wild ani­mals in their own envi­ron­ment. We ask you to approach each encounter with cau­tion and respect, and nev­er to pre­sume we have any con­trol over their appear­ance or actions what­so­ev­er. These whale sharks favour our encoun­ters with curios­i­ty and much tolerance.

We like to return the favour

At Exmouth Div­ing Cen­tre it is our goal to give all cus­tomers sat­is­fac­tion with all trips, cours­es and prod­ucts. Part of our Fee goes to Ninga­loo Whale­shark research.
A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Diving

Our Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Div­ing Expe­ri­ence is per­fect for those who do not have time to com­plete an entire PADI Open Water Course and for those who just wish to have a taste of div­ing. The Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing expe­ri­ence with us will include dis­cussing some basic dive the­o­ry with your instruc­tor, intro­duc­tion to dive equip­ment and two boat dives. We will vis­it 2 dif­fer­ent sites, the same dive sites that our cer­ti­fied divers enjoy so you’ll know you are get­ting the best the Ninga­loo Reef has to offer.

*** DIS­COV­ER SCU­BA DIVERS

Advance book­ings are essen­tial Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing. This includes the use of all the nec­es­sary equip­ment air fills, trans­fers from your in-town Exmouth accom­mo­da­tion and 2 boat dives. We require a min­i­mum of two par­tic­i­pants to con­duct our DSD pro­gram; in the unlike­ly event that we do not have a sec­ond per­son by 4:30pm the day before your sched­uled date you will have two options: 1 – a full refund or 2 – you can pay an addi­tion­al $120 and have a pri­vate one-on-one session. 

The D.S.D. course is suit­able for every­one from 14 years old; those under 18 will need the writ­ten approval of a parent/​guardian and a dive med­ical. You do need to have basic swim­ming abil­i­ty. Div­ing med­icals are not required to par­tic­i­pate unless you have an indi­ca­tor such as (but not lim­it­ed to) asth­ma. Please con­tact us and we will for­ward you a copy of the dive medical.

Sur­round­ed by an abun­dance of coral gar­dens, rocky ledges and intrigu­ing dive sites, the Muiron Islands are locat­ed about 10nm north east of Exmouth. Keep your eyes open dur­ing the 45 minute trip across to the Islands for ospreys, shear­wa­ters, tur­tles, man­ta rays, dol­phins, dugongs, and dur­ing their migra­tion, hump­back whales.

We have a wide range of dive sites with a max­i­mum depth of 20m and usu­al­ly only gen­tle cur­rents, the dive sites around the Muiron Islands are suit­able for all lev­els of snorkel­ers and divers. Swim-throughs and ledges pro­vide plen­ty of places to search for shrimps, nudi­branchs, eels, juve­nile angelfish and oth­er timid crea­tures. In mid-water and against the reefs look for friend­ly pota­to cod, large rankin cod, tur­tles, nurse sharks, soft coral gar­dens, anemones, clams and 1000’s of dart­ing, colour­ful reef fish. Late in the year, man­ta rays grace sev­er­al of our dive sites, too.

Includ­ed;

- Dis­cov­er SCU­BA learn­ing booklet

- Patient and enthu­si­as­tic Instruc­tors intro­duc­ing you to this incred­i­ble under water world

A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

Book­ing with us

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Diving

Our Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Div­ing Expe­ri­ence is per­fect for those who do not have time to com­plete an entire PADI Open Water Course and for those who just wish to have a taste of div­ing. The Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing expe­ri­ence with us will include dis­cussing some basic dive the­o­ry with your instruc­tor, intro­duc­tion to dive equip­ment and two boat dives. We will vis­it 2 dif­fer­ent sites, the same dive sites that our cer­ti­fied divers enjoy so you’ll know you are get­ting the best the Ninga­loo Reef has to offer.

*** DIS­COV­ER SCU­BA DIVERS

Advance book­ings are essen­tial Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing. This includes the use of all the nec­es­sary equip­ment air fills, trans­fers from your in-town Exmouth accom­mo­da­tion and 2 boat dives. We require a min­i­mum of two par­tic­i­pants to con­duct our DSD pro­gram; in the unlike­ly event that we do not have a sec­ond per­son by 4:30pm the day before your sched­uled date you will have two options: 1 – a full refund or 2 – you can pay an addi­tion­al $120 and have a pri­vate one-on-one session. 

The D.S.D. course is suit­able for every­one from 14 years old; those under 18 will need the writ­ten approval of a parent/​guardian and a dive med­ical. You do need to have basic swim­ming abil­i­ty. Div­ing med­icals are not required to par­tic­i­pate unless you have an indi­ca­tor such as (but not lim­it­ed to) asth­ma. Please con­tact us and we will for­ward you a copy of the dive medical.

Explore the amaz­ing under­wa­ter world of the Ninga­loo Reef. Our tour vis­its two dif­fer­ent dive sites so you can expe­ri­ence the diver­si­ty found in this amaz­ing region. Tur­tles, sea snakes, Man­ta Rays, wobbe­gongs, sea fans, soft corals, moray eels, bat­fish, whitetip reef sharks, nudi­branchs, colour­ful reef fish and many more crit­ters pro­vide an end­less feast for your eyes! We are con­stant­ly adding new dive sites and we choose the best sites on the day.

Includ­ed;

- Dis­cov­er SCU­BA learn­ing booklet

- Patient and enthu­si­as­tic Instruc­tors intro­duc­ing you to this incred­i­ble under water world

A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

Book­ing with us

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

Sit back for a joyride as we trav­el to our snorkel site around the Ninga­loo area. We get to snorkel with gor­geous colour­ful fish, corals, with oppor­tune sight­ings of Dugongs, Tur­tles & much more! Then we ven­ture out to look for man­tas from the deck of one of our big sta­ble boats. Get ready for an added bonus of hump­back Whale watch­ing in Whale sea­son. Equip­ment, and full lunch drinks and snacks are pro­vid­ed along with our pro­fes­sion­al in-water guides for extra safe­ty. Avail­able May thru Octo­ber, tide and weath­er dependent. 

For Last Minute Book­ings that are 48 hours Pri­or, please email or con­tact the store directly.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates.

Sit back for a joyride as we trav­el to our snorkel site & for some Whale watch­ing. We get to snorkel with gor­geous colour­ful fish, corals, with oppor­tune sight­ings of Dugongs, Tur­tles & much more! Then we ven­ture out to look for man­tas from the deck of one of our big sta­ble boats. Get ready for an added bonus of hump­back Whale watch­ing in Whale sea­son. Equip­ment, drinks and snacks are pro­vid­ed along with our pro­fes­sion­al in-water guides for extra safe­ty. Avail­able May through to Octo­ber on select­ed dates. 

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

For Last Minute Book­ings that are 48 hours Pri­or, please email or con­tact the store directly.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates.

Explore the amaz­ing under­wa­ter world of the Ninga­loo Reef. Our tour vis­its two dif­fer­ent dive sites so you can expe­ri­ence the diver­si­ty found in this amaz­ing region. Tur­tles, sea snakes, Man­ta Rays, wobbe­gongs, sea fans, soft corals, moray eels, bat­fish, whitetip reef sharks, nudi­branchs, colour­ful reef fish and many more crit­ters pro­vide an end­less feast for your eyes! We are con­stant­ly adding new dive sites and we choose the best sites on the day.

- A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Free Nitrox for all cer­ti­fied divers. 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Diving

Our Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Div­ing Expe­ri­ence is per­fect for those who do not have time to com­plete an entire PADI Open Water Course and for those who just wish to have a taste of div­ing. The Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing expe­ri­ence with us will include dis­cussing some basic dive the­o­ry with your instruc­tor, intro­duc­tion to dive equip­ment and two boat dives. We will vis­it 2 dif­fer­ent sites, the same dive sites that our cer­ti­fied divers enjoy so you’ll know you are get­ting the best the Ninga­loo Reef has to offer.

Before you Book 

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

* Cer­ti­fied Div­er must have a logged dive with­in the past 12 months to par­tic­i­pate on our div­ing tours. If you do not have a recent dive, you’ll need to com­plete a refresh­er with us before head­ing out on the ocean dives. * Refresh­er ses­sions are a sim­ple review of basic dive plan­ning, equip­ment, the­o­ry and dive skills. These ses­sions usu­al­ly take 1.5−3 hours and include time in the pool, so you will need to wear your bathers and bring a tow­el. We sched­ule our refresh­ers on demand. Refresh­ers are cur­rent­ly $99/​person.

*** DIS­COV­ER SCU­BA DIVERS

Advance book­ings are essen­tial Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing. This includes the use of all the nec­es­sary equip­ment air fills, trans­fers from your in-town Exmouth accom­mo­da­tion and 2 boat dives. We require a min­i­mum of two par­tic­i­pants to con­duct our DSD pro­gram; in the unlike­ly event that we do not have a sec­ond per­son by 4:30pm the day before your sched­uled date you will have two options: 1 – a full refund or 2 – you can pay an addi­tion­al $120 and have a pri­vate one-on-one session. 

The D.S.D. course is suit­able for every­one from 14 years old; those under 18 will need the writ­ten approval of a parent/​guardian and a dive med­ical. You do need to have basic swim­ming abil­i­ty. Div­ing med­icals are not required to par­tic­i­pate unless you have an indi­ca­tor such as (but not lim­it­ed to) asth­ma. Please con­tact us and we will for­ward you a copy of the dive medical. 

Sur­round­ed by an abun­dance of coral gar­dens, rocky ledges and intrigu­ing dive sites, the Out­er Reef or Muiron Islands are locat­ed about 10nm north east or around the west of Exmouth. Keep your eyes open dur­ing the 45 minute trip across to the Islands for ospreys, shear­wa­ters, tur­tles, man­ta rays, dol­phins, dugongs, and dur­ing their migra­tion, hump­back whales.

We have a wide range of dive sites with a max­i­mum depth of 20m and usu­al­ly only gen­tle cur­rents, the dive sites around the Out­er Reef or Muiron Islands are suit­able for all lev­els of snorkel­ers (over Six years of age) and divers. Swim-throughs and ledges pro­vide plen­ty of places to search for shrimps, nudi­branchs, eels, juve­nile angelfish and oth­er timid crea­tures. In mid-water and against the reefs look for friend­ly pota­to cod, large rankin cod, tur­tles, nurse sharks, soft coral gar­dens, anemones, clams and 1000’s of dart­ing, colour­ful reef fish. Late in the year, man­ta rays grace sev­er­al of our dive sites, too. A med­ical Ques­tion­naire must be answered before tak­ing this tour. Please con­tact us for full details.

Includ­ed;

- A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Free Nitrox for all cer­ti­fied divers. 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

For Last Minute Book­ings that are 48 hours Pri­or, please email or con­tact the store directly.

Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Div­ing
( over 14 years of age only)

Our Dis­cov­er SCU­BA Div­ing Expe­ri­ence is per­fect for those who do not have time to com­plete an entire PADI Open Water Course and for those who just wish to have a taste of div­ing. The Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing expe­ri­ence with us will include dis­cussing some basic dive the­o­ry with your instruc­tor, intro­duc­tion to dive equip­ment and two boat dives. We will vis­it 2 dif­fer­ent sites, the same dive sites that our cer­ti­fied divers enjoy so you’ll know you are get­ting the best the Ninga­loo Reef has to offer. 

Book­ing with us

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour. Chil­dren must be over Six and under Six­teen
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

*All cer­ti­fied SCU­BA divers must have logged a dive in the past 12 months or will be required to do a refresher. 

* Con­fir­ma­tion of this tour is based on safe weath­er con­di­tions and min­i­mum numbers.

*** DIS­COV­ER SCU­BA DIVERS ( over 14 years of age only)

Advance book­ings are essen­tial Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing. This includes the use of all the nec­es­sary equip­ment air fills, trans­fers from your in-town Exmouth accom­mo­da­tion and 2 boat dives. We require a min­i­mum of two par­tic­i­pants to con­duct our DSD pro­gram; in the unlike­ly event that we do not have a sec­ond per­son by 4:30pm the day before your sched­uled date you will have two options: 1 – a full refund or 2 – you can pay an addi­tion­al $140 and have a pri­vate one-on-one session. 

The D.S.D. course is suit­able for every­one from 14 years old; those under 18 will need the writ­ten approval of a parent/​guardian and a dive med­ical. You do need to have basic swim­ming abil­i­ty. Div­ing med­icals are not required to par­tic­i­pate unless you have an indi­ca­tor such as (but not lim­it­ed to) asth­ma. Please con­tact us and we will for­ward you a copy of the dive medical.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates.

Our PADI Advanced Open Water Course is a two day course and includes five dives from one of our ves­sels on the Ninga­loo Reef and we can begin any day. 

For the Advanced Course, you will do Deep and Nav­i­ga­tion plus three elec­tives. Elec­tives you can choose may include some of the fol­low­ing: Under­wa­ter Pho­tog­ra­phy, Under­wa­ter Nat­u­ral­ist, Boat Div­er, Peak Per­for­mance Buoy­an­cy, Search & Recov­ery or Fish ID. 

We need a min­i­mum of two stu­dents to con­duct the course. If it is just you we can reg­is­ter you in our file as a per­son who is inter­est­ed and try to find anoth­er per­son to do the course with you. Or you my chose to pay extra for a 1 on 1 course

We include the use of mask, snorkel, fins, wet­suit, BCD, reg­u­la­tor, tanks, weights, all of your tank fills, com­pli­men­ta­ry pick up and drop off to your in-town Exmouth accom­mo­da­tion and your cer­ti­fi­ca­tion fees. Also the PADI Adven­tures in
Div­ing Man­u­al is includ­ed and is yours to keep. Each stu­dent for our Advanced Course must have the fol­low­ing: Open Water or equiv­a­lent cer­ti­fi­ca­tion card, a log book, a tim­ing device and a logged dive from with­in the past 12 months.
If you do not have a cur­rent dive his­to­ry, you will need to do one of our Refresh­er ses­sions before your course. Depend­ing on which elec­tives you choose you might need to bring some spe­cial­ty items such as a slate for writ­ing under­wa­ter
or a cam­era for the pho­tog­ra­phy elec­tive ( some­times we can organ­ise cam­era hire). Just check when book­ing what extra items you might need.

If you haven’t had a dive from with­in the past 12 months, you will need to com­plete a refresh­er with us before com­menc­ing the course. Refresh­er ses­sions are a sim­ple review of basic dive plan­ning, equip­ment, the­o­ry and dive skills. These ses­sions usu­al­ly take around1.5 – 3 hours and include time in the pool, so you will need to wear your bathers and bring a tow­el. We sched­ule our refresh­ers dai­ly and advanced book­ings are required.

You do not need to have a div­ing med­ical for the Advanced Course but you must answer our med­ical ques­tion­aire. If you do have answered Yes to any ques­tions, you may need to arrange a div­ing med­ical and they can be hard to get in Exmouth, so we rec­om­mend hav­ing a look through the attached med­ical ques­tion­naire and get­ting any nec­es­sary med­icals done before arrival. We can­not refund course fees if you can­not get a med­ical and need one.

The PADI Dive­mas­ter course teach­es you to be a leader and take charge of dive activ­i­ties. Through knowl­edge devel­op­ment ses­sions, water­skills exer­cis­es and work­shops, and hands-on prac­ti­cal assess­ment, you devel­op the skills to orga­nize and direct a vari­ety of scu­ba div­ing activ­i­ties. Top­ics and prac­ti­cal work­shops include:

• The role and char­ac­ter­is­tics of the PADI Divemaster
• Super­vis­ing dive activ­i­ties and assist­ing with stu­dent divers
• Div­er safe­ty and risk management
• Dive­mas­ter con­duct­ed pro­grams and spe­cial­ized skills
• Busi­ness of div­ing and your career
• Aware­ness of the dive environment
• Dive set­up and management
• Map­ping an open water site
• Con­duct­ing dive briefings
• Orga­niz­ing a search and recov­ery project and a deep dive
• Con­duct­ing a scu­ba review and skin div­er course
• Assist­ing with Dis­cov­er Scu­ba Div­ing and lead­ing Dis­cov­er Local Div­ing programs

To start your PADI Dive Mas­ter train­ing you need to hold a Res­cue Div­er cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and a cur­rent Emer­gency First Respon­der or equiv­a­lent rat­ing
includ­ing CPR train­ing. If you wish to do them with us, con­tact us for the lat­est pric­ing for a PADI Res­cue Div­er andr Emer­gency First Respon­der. If you do them togeth­er the EFR course is reduced. If you are doing your Dive Mas­ter train­ing with us, we can fit in the Res­cue and Emer­gency First Respon­der cours­es with your Dive Mas­ter train­ing sched­ule. You need at least 40 logged dives to begin and will need 60 logged dives includ­ing at least one night dive to com­plete your course. Please note: a night dive is not includ­ed in your Dive Mas­ter Course price. 

If you don’t have 40 logged dives yet we can arrange for you to com­plete your dives at an extra cost, on our tours for a reduced rate when you book the dives togeth­er with the dive­mas­ter train­ing course.

You will also need a div­ing med­ical cer­tifi­cate done to Aus­tralian Stan­dard 4005.1 stat­ing that you are fit to dive pri­or pri­or to start­ing the course. You are required to get the med­ical done before your arrival as med­icals for div­ing are not avail­able in Exmouth. We can­not refund course fees if you fail the med­ical so it’s best to do this before you pay for your training.

We require a min­i­mum of 7 – 8 weeks to com­plete your Dive Mas­ter train­ing thor­ough­ly to a high stan­dard, when you devote all your time to the course. 

You can also have the option to spread it out over a longer peri­od if you need to work and train at the same time. 

Dur­ing your time train­ing, youi will learn many aspects of the div­ing centre’s oper­a­tions including:

logis­tics, deal­ing with cer­ti­fied divers, deal­ing with stu­dents, equip­ment main­te­nance, sell­ing tech­niques, boat handling/​rope skills, div­ing the­o­ry, dive
plan­ning, con­di­tion eval­u­a­tion, tank fill­ing and much more. 

Our course includes your Dive Mas­ter Man­u­al, Ency­clo­pe­dia and Work­book; and a Dive Mas­ter in Train­ing crew shirt for you to keep. You can use any of our hire gear that you do not have (if it is avail­able), but you need your own PADI RDP, log book, tim­ing device, dive knife/​tool, torch, sig­nal­ing device, safe­ty sausage, under­wa­ter slates and mask/​snorkel. You will receive spe­cial rates on all equip­ment pur­chased with us. You can dive vir­tu­al­ly as much as you like dur­ing your course. 

Our Dive Mas­ter Trainees also receive spe­cial rates on our Assis­tant Instruc­tor Course and Instruc­tor Devel­op­ment Cours­es should you wish to con­tin­ue your pro­fes­sion­al dive train­ing. Our IDC course fee includes the IDC Can­di­date work­book, all pool, class­room and ocean fees/​expenses and all air fills.

Exmouth Dive & Whale­sharks Ningaloo’s Dive Mas­ter and Instruc­tor Train­ing pro­vides small groups and lots of indi­vid­ual atten­tion and sup­port. The pris­tine Ninga­loo Reef is an awe­some place to fur­ther your div­ing edu­ca­tion and to learn to be a pro­fes­sion­al in this diverse indus­try – our water is warm, the marine life abun­dant year round and we are ded­i­cat­ed to train­ing pro­fes­sion­als who will find it easy to secure posi­tions as dive mas­ters and instruc­tors. We also pro­vide the oppor­tu­ni­ty for each of our can­di­dates to gain expe­ri­ence with cours­es, div­ing and gen­er­al dive cen­tre oper­a­tions. There is also the oppor­tu­ni­ty to train on the Whale­shark tour ves­sel- which means swim­ming with whale sharks! This is invalu­able expe­ri­ence for you and gives you a good foun­da­tion for your div­ing career. 

Free­d­iv­ing Lev­el 1

The intro­duc­tion to the purest form of div­ing. Learn prop­er breath­ing tech­niques, famil­iar­ize your­self withdiaphragm breath­ing and take a deep breath like you nev­er have before. In the PADI lev­el 1 Free­d­iv­ing course you acquire the prop­er skills and knowl­edge to par­tic­i­pate in Free­d­iv­ing to Max­i­mum depths of 20 meters (60 ft) in the most relaxed and safest man­ner pos­si­ble. You will devel­op the skills nec­es­sary to train your body to be more effi­cient with breath-hold­ing, gain bet­ter res­pi­ra­tion and mus­cle flex­i­bil­i­ty and learn new skills to take your Free­d­iv­ing to the next level.

This 2 Day course runs on demand. 

Day One: In the pool to learn the techniques.

Day Two: Out Free Div­ing the Ninga­loo Reef off one of our Boats.

Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Lev­el 1

How annoy­ing is it when the con­di­tions are per­fect but you have to ascend because your no-decom­pres­sion time has run out? Or your sec­ond dive has to be real­ly short because of resid­ual nitro­gen in your body? There is a solution…use Enriched Air Nitrox!

Div­ing with Enriched Air Nitrox is div­ing with high­er per­cent­ages of oxy­gen than nor­mal com­pressed air. By intro­duc­ing more oxy­gen into your breath­ing gas, your nitro­gen lev­els are reduced so your allow­able bot­tom time increas­es, i.e. div­ing with enriched air means more time under­wa­ter. It’s a safe way of get­ting more out of your div­ing.

There are many mis­con­cep­tions regard­ing Nitrox. Many think it’s a gas for deep tech­ni­cal divers only, where in fact, Nitrox is extreme­ly ben­e­fi­cial for the recre­ation­al div­er, par­tic­u­lar­ly div­ing between 15 and 40 meters. And if you’re doing more than one dive a day, the ben­e­fit on sub­se­quent dives is enor­mous.

So, if you’re into under­wa­ter pho­tog­ra­phy or wreck div­ing, on vaca­tion in some trop­i­cal par­adise and want to do as many dives as pos­si­ble or sim­ply out for a leisure­ly day of div­ing at your local site, our Enriched Air Nitrox course helps you get more out of your div­ing by safe­ly giv­ing you more time underwater.

Using air on an 18 metre dive gives you 56 min­utes of bot­tom time. If you dived using Enriched Air 32% NITROX you can extend your time to 95 min­utes and with 36% you can extend your time to 125 min­utes * Based no decom­pres­sion limits 

The Nitrox course con­sists of:

• 1 Brief ses­sion Academics.
• 2 dives. (1Day Off our Boat)

What you will learn

• How to safe­ly increase your no stop time
• Plan enriched air dives using dive computers
• How to analyse cylin­der gas contents
• Enriched air scu­ba div­ing equip­ment considerations
  
• Enriched air con­sid­er­a­tions, includ­ing man­ag­ing oxy­gen expo­sure and how to set your dive computer

The course includes:-

• PADI Five Star Certification.
• The Enriched Air Nitrox Com­put­er Pass.
• Two tanks of enriched air Nitrox appro­pri­ate to the dive site.
• All Enriched Air Nitrox fills and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion costs cov­ered by us — no hid­den extras!!!
• Per­son­al instruc­tion in small groups.
• All trans­port to and from the shop and dive sites provided.

Pre­req­ui­sites:-

• Be 15 years of age.
• Be a cer­ti­fied Open Water Div­er or high­er (Advanced Open Water recommended).
• Have at least 20 dives logged.
• Pass A Med­ical Ques­tion­airre (con­tact the store)
• Be ready to go down for longer!!!!

Learn to Dive with us here at Exmouth Dive Cen­tre with our 3 day PADI Open Water Course and obtain a qual­i­fi­ca­tion that allows you to dive any­where in the world! 

Dur­ing this 3 day course stu­dents par­tic­i­pate in the­o­ry ses­sions, pool dives and four open water ocean dives — all of the ocean dives will be from one of our dive ves­sels. This means that not only will you gain the skills that you need to dive safe­ly and enjoy­ably, but you will get to vis­it some spec­tac­u­lar dive sites and see amaz­ing sea crea­tures from your very first ocean train­ing dive! We pro­vide lots of indi­vid­ual atten­tion so that by the time you are ready for the ocean dives you will be able to con­cen­trate on enjoy­ing your­self while you revise the skills you learned in the class­room and in the pool…our instruc­tors are extreme­ly friend­ly, knowl­edge­able and fun!!!

Inclusions; 

- High qual­i­ty SCU­BA equipment

- PADI learn­ing mate­ri­als includ­ing man­u­al, log book and your own PADI Recre­ation­al Dive Planner

- Four boat dives

- Fun and inter­est­ing Dive Instructors 

Please note that there is about 5 – 8 hours of study includ­ing knowl­edge reviews to com­plete and a DVD to watch pri­or to start­ing your course. If you arrive in Exmouth a few days pri­or to your start date you will have time to col­lect your book, watch the DVD and do your home­work. If not we can post the book to your home address in Aus­tralia. This usu­al­ly costs about $12 — $18 and we can just add this to your out­stand­ing bal­ance if you need your book before you arrive in Exmouth. 

The alter­na­tive to doing your home­work with the PADI Open water man­u­al is to com­plete the the­o­ry online. There are two online options: first option is to receive an online ver­sion of the open water course man­u­al via email and a link to watch the required videos online. You will do your knowl­edge reviews online and required to present these on the morn­ing of your course, the Final exam is then done in the class­room. This option is at no extra charge. The 2^nd option is via e‑learning which you can sign up through PADI and costs an addi­tion­al amount on top of the course cost, but if you reg­is­ter our store num­ber 8165 as the store where you will be com­plet­ing the course with you will receive a cred­it towards your e‑learning course. You do all the the­o­ry,
knowl­edge reviews and final exam online so you don’t need to spend as much time in the class­room and you save you valu­able hol­i­day time for more excit­ing adventures.

We need a min­i­mum of two peo­ple to run our Open Water Cours­es so please con­tact us at the store on 9949 1201 if you are trav­el­ling by your­self. We may be able to line up anoth­er per­son to do the course with you! 

Before book­ing, please con­tact us so we can dis­cuss the PADI med­ical ques­tions with you. If you answer yes to any of the ques­tions you must see a Doc­tor for a div­ing med­ical cer­tifi­cate done to Aus­tralian Stan­dard 4005.1 stat­ing that you are fit to dive pri­or to start­ing your course for your own safe­ty. There is a med­ical cen­tre right in the heart of Perth city — across from the bus port. Traveler’s Med­ical Cen­tre, 1 Mill St. Phone 08 9321 1977. Just ring and make an appoint­ment. Med­icals are not cur­rent­ly reli­ably avail­able in Exmouth so you must get your med­ical com­plet­ed to the cor­rect stan­dard before you arrive. Refunds are not avail­able if you are unable to obtain a medical. 

A refer­ral is only avail­able to those who have com­plet­ed all the­o­ry & all pool ses­sions from a pre­vi­ous course, pri­or to com­ing to Exmouth & require just ocean dives( You must also bring your cer­ti­fy­ing PIC).

Please make sure you give your­self a bit of flex­i­bil­i­ty dur­ing your vis­it! While we love moth­er nature, some­times the weath­er does­n’t go to plan and we need an extra day to fin­ish off your course. :) 

Learn to Dive with us here at Exmouth Dive Cen­tre with our 3 day PADI Open Water Course and obtain a qual­i­fi­ca­tion that allows you to dive any­where in the world! 

Dur­ing this 3 day course stu­dents par­tic­i­pate in the­o­ry ses­sions, pool dives and four open water ocean dives — all of the ocean dives will be from one of our dive ves­sels. This means that not only will you gain the skills that you need to dive safe­ly and enjoy­ably, but you will get to vis­it some spec­tac­u­lar dive sites and see amaz­ing sea crea­tures from your very first ocean train­ing dive! We pro­vide lots of indi­vid­ual atten­tion so that by the time you are ready for the ocean dives you will be able to con­cen­trate on enjoy­ing your­self while you revise the skills you learned in the class­room and in the pool…our instruc­tors are extreme­ly friend­ly, knowl­edge­able and fun!!!

Inclusions; 

- High qual­i­ty SCU­BA equipment

- PADI learn­ing mate­ri­als includ­ing man­u­al, log book and your own PADI Recre­ation­al Dive Planner

- Four boat dives

- Fun and inter­est­ing Dive Instructors 

Please note that there is about 5 – 8 hours of study includ­ing knowl­edge reviews to com­plete and a DVD to watch pri­or to start­ing your course. If you arrive in Exmouth a few days pri­or to your start date you will have time to col­lect your book, watch the DVD and do your home­work. If not we can post the book to your home address in Aus­tralia. This usu­al­ly costs about $12 — $18 and we can just add this to your out­stand­ing bal­ance if you need your book before you arrive in Exmouth. 

The alter­na­tive to doing your home­work with the PADI Open water man­u­al is to com­plete the the­o­ry online. There are two online options: first option is to receive an online ver­sion of the open water course man­u­al via email and a link to watch the required videos online. You will do your knowl­edge reviews online and required to present these on the morn­ing of your course, the Final exam is then done in the class­room. This option is at no extra charge. The 2^nd option is via e‑learning which you can sign up through PADI and costs an addi­tion­al amount on top of the course cost, but if you reg­is­ter our store num­ber 8165 as the store where you will be com­plet­ing the course with you will receive a cred­it towards your e‑learning course. You do all the the­o­ry,
knowl­edge reviews and final exam online so you don’t need to spend as much time in the class­room and you save you valu­able hol­i­day time for more excit­ing adventures.

We need a min­i­mum of two peo­ple to run our Open Water Cours­es so please con­tact us at the store on 9949 1201 if you are trav­el­ling by your­self. We may be able to line up anoth­er per­son to do the course with you! 

Before book­ing, please con­tact us so we can dis­cuss the PADI med­ical ques­tions with you. If you answer yes to any of the ques­tions you must see a Doc­tor for a div­ing med­ical cer­tifi­cate done to Aus­tralian Stan­dard 4005.1 stat­ing that you are fit to dive pri­or to start­ing your course for your own safe­ty. There is a med­ical cen­tre right in the heart of Perth city — across from the bus port. Traveler’s Med­ical Cen­tre, 1 Mill St. Phone 08 9321 1977. Just ring and make an appoint­ment. Med­icals are not cur­rent­ly reli­ably avail­able in Exmouth so you must get your med­ical com­plet­ed to the cor­rect stan­dard before you arrive. Refunds are not avail­able if you are unable to obtain a medical. 

A refer­ral is only avail­able to those who have com­plet­ed all the­o­ry & all pool ses­sions from a pre­vi­ous course, pri­or to com­ing to Exmouth & require just ocean dives( You must also bring your cer­ti­fy­ing PIC).

Please make sure you give your­self a bit of flex­i­bil­i­ty dur­ing your vis­it! While we love moth­er nature, some­times the weath­er does­n’t go to plan and we need an extra day to fin­ish off your course. :) 

Our PADI Res­cue Div­er Course is a two day course and includes a day of the­o­ry and pool, and a day on the dive boat! 

The PADI Res­cue Div­er course pre­pares you to deal with dive emer­gen­cies, minor and major, using a vari­ety of tech­niques. Through knowl­edge devel­op­ment and res­cue exer­cis­es, you learn what to look for and how to respond. Dur­ing res­cue sce­nar­ios, you put into prac­tice your knowl­edge and skills. Top­ics include:

• Self res­cue
• Rec­og­niz­ing and man­ag­ing stress in oth­er divers
• Emer­gency man­age­ment and equipment
• Res­cu­ing pan­icked divers
• Res­cu­ing unre­spon­sive divers

You must have the Advanced Open Water Div­er cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and a cur­rent Emer­gency First Respon­der or equiv­a­lent rat­ing includ­ing CPR train­ing before you can start this course. If you wish to do them with us, the cost is cur­rent­ly $550 for the Advanced Course, and $185 for Emer­gency First Respon­der. If you do Res­cue and EFR togeth­er, the EFR course is reduced to $165.

We need a min­i­mum of two stu­dents to con­duct the cours­es. Please con­tact us to see if we have any cours­es organ­ised for the dates you are interested. 

We include the use of all of the equip­ment you will need, the PADI Res­cue Div­ing Man­u­al, all of your tank
fills, com­pli­men­ta­ry pick up and drop off to your in-town Exmouth accom­mo­da­tion and your cer­ti­fi­ca­tion fees. Each stu­dent for our Res­cue Course must have the fol­low­ing: Advanced Open Water or equiv­a­lent cer­ti­fi­ca­tion card, a log
book, a tim­ing device and a logged dive from with­in the past 12 months. 

You must have a dive from with­in the past 12 months to begin your PADI Res­cue Course with us. If you do not have a recent dive, you will need to com­plete a refresh­er with us before com­menc­ing the course. Refresh­er ses­sions are a sim­ple review of basic dive plan­ning, equip­ment, the­o­ry and dive skills. These ses­sions usu­al­ly take 1.5−3 hours and include time in the pool, so you will need to wear your bathers and bring a tow­el. We sched­ule our refresh­ers dai­ly and
advanced book­ings are required.

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We rec­om­mend that all divers must have a logged dive
with­in the past 12 months to par­tic­i­pate on our div­ing tours. If you do not
have a recent dive, it’s a good idea to com­plete a refresh­er with us
before head­ing out on the ocean dives. 

Refresh­er ses­sions are a sim­ple review
of basic dive plan­ning, equip­ment, the­o­ry and dive skills. These ses­sions
usu­al­ly take 1.5−3 hours and include time in the pool, so you will need to wear
your bathers and bring a tow­el. We sched­ule our refresh­ers on demand.
Refresh­ers are held in the pool. 

If you are short on time you can do a 2 dive Refresh­er on the boat, either at Muiron Islands, or Ninga­loo Reef with your own pri­vate guide. The cost of this is the boat tour plus an extra for your guide. Note Totals will be for Muiron Islands or for Ninga­loo Reef. To book this go to Padi Scu­ba Boat Refresh­er & also add the Ninga­loo Reef or Muiron Islands Dou­ble Dive Tour to your Cart..

Please check out our med­ical ques­tion­naire. https://​www​.exmouth​div​ing​.com​.au/​m​e​d​i​c​a​l​-​q​u​e​s​t​i​o​n​n​aire/

Pri­vate Whale­shark Swim Tour

With Our Whale­shark Sea­son run­ning from March until August, why not Splash out & book the whole boat to your­selves. Bring your fam­i­ly & friends, with a max­i­mum of 20 swim seats & 3 observers, there is space for everyone.

Obvi­ous­ly we will need to check avail­abil­i­ty at short notice, but imag­ine join­ing us on a pri­vate adven­ture of a life­time snorkelling with these gen­tle Whale­Shark giants in the nutri­ent rich waters of the Ninga­loo Reef. 

Between March and ear­ly August our high­ly expe­ri­enced, pro­fes­sion­al and fun crew will ensure your inter­ac­tions with the biggest fish in the sea are relaxed, safe, and most impor­tant­ly, unforgettable!! 

Whale­shark Swim Guarantee.

We also offer all whale­shark tour cus­tomers our ​‘Sight­ing Guar­an­tee’. We will, in the very very unlike­ly event of not sight­ing a Whale­Shark, give each swim cus­tomer on-board, ONE FREE Whale­Shark Swim tseat on any of our nor­mal­ly avail­able tours, to use with­in the next 3 years. We rec­om­mend to all of our cus­tomers, why not give your­selves a lit­tle extra time in Exmouth, & if there is any dis­s­a­point­ments, you have time to come out again.

This price includes:

• An unfor­get­table day on board our well-equipped ves­sels, with the World’s Lead­ing Whale­Shark SwimTeam
• Qual­i­ty ser­vice and handy tips to max­imise your time spent with the Ninga­loo Whale Sharks
• Morn­ing tea, lunch, after­noon tea and refresh­ments through­out the day
• Cel­e­bra­tional glass of sparkling wine or light beer to end your adventure
• For all of our Whale­Shark Swim Adven­tures, we employ a light air­craft to fly over­head through­out the day to spot each shark and guide the boat to it. Our plane time is NOT lim­it­ed to two hours.
• Ful­ly qual­i­fied and expe­ri­enced Crew who will answer your ques­tions, help with your gear and brief you on how to get the most from your day!
• A Pre-Whale­shark Snorkel les­son for everyone
• All DPaW fees includ­ed, a pro­por­tion of your tick­et price goes towards Whale­shark Research.
• Stan­dard ​‘Sight­ing Guar­an­tee’ in the very unlike­ly event no whale shark is sight­ed on your Whale Shark Adven­ture with us, we offer a free repeat tour, yours to take in the next 3 years. (con­di­tions apply).
• 1 Free Pic­ture of your choice from the day.
  
• No Gim­micks, Just great Whale­shark swims & Great Ser­vice, with boats designed for Whale­shark­ing & Crew who Love it.

A Video & Pic­ture pack­age of your whale­shark swim tour by our Pro­fe­sion­al Video­g­ra­ph­er is included.

With Mutu­al Respect

The Whale­Sharks we vis­it are excep­tion­al­ly con­sis­tent in their habits and suc­cess­ful encoun­ters are extreme­ly reli­able. But please remem­ber we are vis­it­ing wild ani­mals in their own envi­ron­ment. We ask you to approach each encounter with cau­tion and respect, and nev­er to pre­sume we have any con­trol over their appear­ance or actions what­so­ev­er. These whale sharks favour our encoun­ters with curios­i­ty and much tolerance.

Your Crew will brief and assist you through­out the day with infor­ma­tion about the Whale Sharks: sex, behav­iour, feed­ing pat­terns, how to take pho­tos and more. They will also instruct you on how to best approach and swim with the Whale Sharks so that your encounter with the world’s largest fish is a tru­ly mem­o­rable one.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Sur­round­ed by an abun­dance of coral gar­dens, rocky ledges and intrigu­ing dive sites, the Muiron Islands are locat­ed about 10nm north east of Exmouth. Keep your eyes open dur­ing the 45 minute trip across to the Islands for ospreys, shear­wa­ters, tur­tles, man­ta rays, dol­phins, dugongs, and dur­ing their migra­tion, hump­back whales.

We have a wide range of dive sites with a max­i­mum depth of 20m and usu­al­ly only gen­tle cur­rents, the dive sites around the Muiron Islands are suit­able for all lev­els of snorkel­ers and divers. Swim-throughs and ledges pro­vide plen­ty of places to search for shrimps, nudi­branchs, eels, juve­nile angelfish and oth­er timid crea­tures. In mid-water and against the reefs look for friend­ly pota­to cod, large rankin cod, tur­tles, nurse sharks, soft coral gar­dens, anemones, clams and 1000’s of dart­ing, colour­ful reef fish. Late in the year, man­ta rays grace sev­er­al of our dive sites, too.

Includ­ed;

- A fresh buf­fet lunch, drinks and snacks

- High qual­i­ty snorkel equipment

- Expe­ri­enced crew to guide you on your adventure! 

- Com­ple­men­tary trans­fers from accom­mo­da­tion in Exmouth. 

Book­ing with us

A $100 deposit per per­son holds your book­ing with full pay­ment due a min­i­mum of 14 days pri­or to your tour.
We offer a com­plete snorkel and div­ing ser­vice, with pro­fes­sion­al and help­ful staff. Talk to us about our oth­er snorkel and div­ing char­ters, cours­es and ser­vices — we are only too will­ing to assist. 

* Con­fir­ma­tion of this tour is based on safe weath­er con­di­tions and min­i­mum numbers.

Relax and enjoy the ride on one of our big sta­ble boats as we trav­el from Exmouth Mari­na to cruise the Gulf waters. With the chance to Wit­ness the whales in their nat­ur­al habi­tat look­ing for Dol­phins & Tur­tles too. Watch from our walk-around deck, with the back drop of the mag­nif­i­cent Cape Range at Sun­set, whilst enjoy­ing a com­pli­men­ta­ry glass of WA Bub­bles! Often Whales and their calves will delight us with a vis­it and if you’re lucky you will see more than one breach from August to late October.

Please note that these tours begin when the Hump­back whales make their way into the Exmouth Gulf area. This is gen­er­al­ly in late July or Ear­ly August, until November.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs. There are no Guar­an­tee’s of the Whales behav­iour on this tour.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates. An Infant must be declared due, lim­it­ed seats available.

Relax and enjoy the ride on one of our big sta­ble boats as we trav­el from Exmouth Mari­na to cruise the Gulf waters. With the chance to Wit­ness the whales in their nat­ur­al habi­tat look­ing for Dol­phins & Tur­tles too. Watch from our walk-around deck, with the back drop of the mag­nif­i­cent Cape Range at Sun­set, whilst enjoy­ing a com­pli­men­ta­ry glass of WA Bub­bles! Often Whales and their calves will delight us with a vis­it and if you’re lucky you will see more than one breach from August to late October.

Please note that these tours begin when the Hump­back whales make their way into the Exmouth Gulf area. This is gen­er­al­ly in late July or Ear­ly August, until November.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs. There are no Guar­an­tee’s of the Whales behav­iour on this tour.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates. An Infant must be declared due, lim­it­ed seats available.

Relax and enjoy the ride on one of our big sta­ble boats as we trav­el from Exmouth Mari­na to wher­ev­er the Hump­back Whales are! Wit­ness the whales in their nat­ur­al habi­tat as our expe­ri­enced crew teach­es you all about these fan­tas­tic crea­tures. Watch Whales from our walk-around deck, with the back drop of the mag­nif­i­cent Cape Range whilst enjoy­ing a com­pli­men­ta­ry glass of cham­pagne! Often moth­ers and their calves will delight us with a vis­it and if you’re lucky you will see more than one breach! 

Please note that these tours begin when the Hump­back whales make their way into the Exmouth Gulf area. This is gen­er­al­ly in late July or Ear­ly August, until November.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs. There are no Guar­an­tee’s of the whales behav­iour on this tour.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates. Infants Must be declared due to lim­it­ed seat availabity

Please ​‘OPT IN’ to receive email book­ing con­fir­ma­tions & our med­ical questionnaire.

Relax and enjoy the ride on one of our big sta­ble boats as we trav­el from Exmouth Mari­na to wher­ev­er the Hump­back Whales are! Wit­ness the whales in their nat­ur­al habi­tat as our expe­ri­enced crew teach­es you all about these fan­tas­tic crea­tures. Watch Whales from our walk-around deck, with the back drop of the mag­nif­i­cent Cape Range whilst enjoy­ing a com­pli­men­ta­ry glass of cham­pagne! Often moth­ers and their calves will delight us with a vis­it and if you’re lucky you will see more than one breach! 

Please note that these tours begin when the Hump­back whales make their way into the Exmouth Gulf area. This is gen­er­al­ly in late July or Ear­ly August, until November.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs. There are no Guar­an­tee’s of the whales behav­iour on this tour.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates. Infants Must be declared due to lim­it­ed seat availabity

Please ​‘OPT IN’ to receive email book­ing con­fir­ma­tions & our med­ical questionnaire.

Sit back for a joyride as we trav­el to our snorkel site around the Ninga­loo area. We get to snorkel with gor­geous colour­ful fish, corals, with oppor­tune sight­ings of Dugongs, Tur­tles & much more! Then we ven­ture out to look for Whale­sharks, Hump­back Whales & Man­tas from the deck of one of our big sta­ble boats. With over 2 hour sof plane spot­ting, we will swim with one of the big 3, but no guar­an­tee’s. Get ready for an added bonus of hump­back Whale watch­ing too!. Equip­ment, and full lunch drinks and snacks are pro­vid­ed along with our pro­fes­sion­al in-water guides for extra safe­ty. Avail­able August thru Octo­ber, tide and weath­er depen­dent. With over 1 hour of plane spot­ting, we will swim with one of the big 3 but no guarantee’s.

Video of your day avail­able for $30 (USB not included)

For Last Minute Book­ings that are 48 hours Pri­or, please email or con­tact the store directly.

We reserve the right to alter or can­cel spe­cif­ic dives/​tours/​courses with­out notice due to weath­er, sea con­di­tions, min­i­mum num­bers or oth­er fac­tors. We always rec­om­mend that you trav­el with flex­i­bil­i­ty in your itin­er­ary and with trav­el insur­ance – please con­tact your local trav­el agent for details on the best trav­el insur­ance for your trav­el needs.

Proof of Age required for Seniors and Family/​Child Rates.

Please ​‘OPT IN’ to receive email book­ing con­fir­ma­tions & our med­ical questionnaire.

All cancellations made 4 days prior incur a 20% cancellation fee.

No refunds for cancellations with less than 48 hours notice. Date changes are subject to availability and must be made 48 hours in advance and are subject to availability on the newly desired date.

Tours cancelled by Exmouth Diving & Whaleshark Centre due to weather or other unforseable conditions will result in re-booking.

All divers must meet the following criteria before scuba diving:

1) be certified as Open Water or higher (you will need to show your card!)

2) have a dive within the past 12 months OR have completed a refresher within the past 30 days OR complete a refresher session with us before heading out on the ocean dives.

Swimmers on our whaleshark tour must have a basic level of swimming ability and be able climb a ladder.

Refreshers ($90) are available every day with 24 hrs notice.