We run daily shore dives at our easy access dive sites with the option of doing two or three dives in a day. All dive sites are relatively shallow and are great for all experience levels and interests. Visit the Moltke Shipwreck for some great macro photo opportunities, each dive can be tailored to your needs.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to scuba dive? An introductory dive is a great way to find out! You will start with a little bit of theory that will take you through the equipment you will be using and some important information you need to have a fun and safe dive. You'll spend some time, with your instructor, in our purpose built dive pool where you'll learn a few basic dive skills and then you're off for a dive at one of our beautiful dive sites!
In our purpose built dive pool your instructor will teach you a few basic dive skills. Your instructor will guide you through them step by step and you'll find them useful during your dive. Your instructor will give you plenty of time to get used to being in the water. The skills you learn in the pool are:
How to use you BCD
Breathing underwater
Clearing water from your mask
Regulator clearing.
And you will get the chance to go for swim in the pool. Once your comfortable it's time to go for a dive at one of our dive sites around Magnetic island. Your instructor will guide you through the dive and show you why so many people take up this amazing activity. You'll be surprised just how easy it is to dive. After your introductory dive you will be ready to do your Open Water Course so you can start exploring the underwater world on your own!

A Scuba Skills Update (refresher course) provides you with the opportunity to review and practice necessary scuba skills that you learned in your original Open Water Diver program under the guidance of an SSI Dive Professional. The Scuba Skills Update is often a required for continuing your diving training after a long period of time away from the sport. You will be issued an SSI Scuba Skills Update recognition card.

This is a great course for anyone looking to dive the Yongala or to get back into the wonderful world of diving.

During the SSI navigation course you will go through some advanced compass and navigation skills to ensure you fully understand how to navigate naturally, and with a compass.

SSI's Nitrox course will go through the theory behind diving with enriched air, how to test your tanks and your oxygen levels and includes 2 ocean dives off the island diving with Nitrox tanks.
The SSI Enriched Air Nitrox program will teach you how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Diving with enriched air can increase your no-decompression limits, increase your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air. You will earn the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification after completing this program.

Day 1
Starts in the classroom where you'll learn about dive theory. Theory can be done online prior to the course by visiting divessi.com and registering yourself with Pleasure Divers Magnetic Island. If the online theory is completed prior to the course the first day is a meet and greet and we go through any problems you may have had with the theory.
Alternatively you can do the theory at the shop. Your instructor will explain dive physics, physiology, and how you are affected underwater. Your Instructor will also take you through each section step-by-step, so that you have a complete understanding of dive theory.
Day 2
Starts in the pool, getting you familiar with all the scuba equipment and helping you understand the basics of diving with some dive skills and practice. Before long you will be swimming like a fish and ready for the ocean. After lunch your Instructor will take you to one of our Island dive sites, for your first open-water dive. On this dive you will get a chance to get comfortable being in the ocean. After you have completed dive 1 you'll head back into ocean, for your second training dive where you will repeat many of the skills that you mastered in the pool.
Day 3
You're back into the ocean for your final 2 training dives. As you have already completed most of your skills on dive 2 you only have a few more skills on each dive. You will have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the sites. All that's left to do is to complete the theory and you’re CERTIFIED and ready to dive!

SSI Assistant is the last step before becoming a Scuba Instructor. This course will prepare you to start teaching people how to dive.
We go through classroom presentations, fine tune and perfect your skills and allow you to develop your teaching style.


SSI Assistant Instructor is the last step before becoming a Scuba Instructor. This course will prepare you to start teaching people how to dive.
We go through classroom presentations, fine tune and perfect your skills and allow you to develop your teaching style.

The course can be done intensively over 4 days or spread out over 4 weeks. We focus on getting you ready for your Instructor Training Course (ITC).

All of our AI's are ready to become instructors on completion of this course. Our Instructor Trainer's focus on professionalism and safety when going through this course.

​Prerequisites:

Divemaster (any agency)

75 dives upon completion

Dive Medical

First aid, CPR and O2 certificates



Internships and professional course packages are available upon request.

Do you want to take the first step into the world of professional diving?
The SSI Divemaster course is a great place to begin. At Pleasure Divers Magnetic Island we offer you the opportunity to be part of our team to get as much experience within the dive industry as possible. During 6 weeks we will guide you through the science of diving specialty, workshops, sales training, gear maintenance, the dive guide course and much more.
Our SSI Divemaster course will integrate you as part of our team for 6-8 weeks, depending on how many dives you need to log and how many days you can be here a week. By spending your days working alongside the dive team you will not only earn the dives you need but learn the true fundamentals of what makes the dive industry tick. You will be helping out with guiding certified divers, Open Water students, continuing education, sales and general maintenance to get a broad foundation for future work. On completion of your course you will be able to guide dives,assist with dive courses and conduct various SSI programs independently . During your SSI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom (science of diving program) and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems. You put this knowledge into action through a series of practical training exercises and workshops. Knowledge development covers topics ranging from dive theory, assisting student divers in training to physics.
At Pleasure Divers Magnetic Island we believe the more you are in the water the more you learn so we encourage you to do as many dives as possible during the course.
To Start the Divemaster course we require you to have:
Advanced Adventurer Certification
Stress & Rescue Diver Certification
Completed First Aid training within 24 months
Medically cleared by a physician within 12 months
18 years old
40 logged dives (we can do an intensive pre-week course to get your dives up to this number)
We also recommend that you have experience diving with nitrox, night, deep and boat diving. This can be done through us with our dive guide course.
The course includes all gear hire (own mask snorkel and fins are recommended), learning materials and post course support.
Not included insurance (post course).
If this course is for you please contact us and we will help you on your way to becoming a dive professional. Divemaster intakes are limited so please contact us early to avoid disappointment.


We also offer Divemaster packages that include your Advanced and Rescue Certifications.

This package can be tailored to suit your schedule. Specialties can be chosen from the following list:
· Nitrox
· Night Diver
· Wreck Diver
· Deep Diver
· Photography
· Marine Ecology
· Science of Diving
· Underwater Navigation
· Search and Recovery
The master diver program also includes a trip to the SS Yongala and a trip to the Great Barrier Reef (additional trips to the GBR or the Yongala can be organised for $275ea).
The master diver program gives you unlimited shore dives and use of our facilities for the duration of the course.