First breaths to new depths…
Welcome to Conservation Divers Australia
Our mission is to empower young people in Years 9-12 to take charge of their future, to create opportunities for themselves and our oceans.
Conservation Divers Australia is an independently owned operation offering immersive SCUBA and marine conservation training packages, including Vocational Education Training (VET) for school-aged learners in mainstream and homeschool settings.
These courses are designed to develop the whole learner; shaping decision-making and interpersonal skills, whilst cultivating a genuine passion for protecting our oceans through doing.
Each participant leaves as a qualified PADI Diver, with a deeper understanding of our local waterways and their significance to environmental sustainability. Students also have the opportunity to gain nationally accredited Statements of Attainment in key areas of SCUBA diving and marine conservation, creating the educated divers the ocean needs.
We’re not a regular dive shop, Conservation Divers Australia helps open pathways to further education, industry employment, and a lifetime of confidence and exploration - both above and below the surface.
Get in touch to find out how we can tailor a hands-on learning experience for your young learners.
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Yugambeh-speaking peoples of the Eora, and pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.
We gather on Kombumerri nation, where mountains, rivers, creeks and ocean are inseparable and have long sustained the Yugambeh People as places of knowledge, ceremony and deep connection. We honour the enduring care for this spiritually significant place and the living culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Explore our courses
Each program delves into dizzying depths of diving, marine ecology and conservation practices with access to the Conservation Diver online learning system. CLICK ‘learn more’ to find more about each one.
Students seeking an accredited pathway can opt to receive VET credits (vocational statements of attainment for specified SCUBA skills).
Over 3 days learners complete:
PADI Open Water Ticket:
Full confined water pool session
2 x days (4 dives) at open ocean dive sites
Access to PADI online learning and PADI AWARE
2 x Comprehensive theory review sessions
In 11 days (1 day per week) learners complete:
PADI Open Water dive ticket
PADI Advanced Open Water certification
Full access to the Conservation Diver online learning system
Certificate in ecological monitoring techniques (fish or substrate)
7 x Nationally accredited VET Statements of Attainment in SCUAB diving (optional)
Over 5 days learners complete:
PADI Open Water dive ticket
Buoyancy workshop
4 x Coral conservation dives
Access to the Conservation Diver online learning system
6 x Nationally accredited VET Statements of Attainment for first aid and diving (optional)
Over the 5 day course learners take part in:
PADI Open Water ticket
Buoyancy workshop
Focus dives and theory sessions to support specific area of the syllabus (tailored to group needs)
2 x Nationally accredited VET Statements of Attainment in diving (optional)
Get in touch
Thankfully all individuals, groups and schools are different, drop us a message including a contact number and the context of your group (size, goals/interests, time available)… We will give you a call to discuss how scuba can kickstart your journey in conservation!