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We are a PADI 5 star Dive Centre and TDI Instructor Training Facility. We offer a comprehensive range of PADI courses from beginner to highly specialised and advanced. If you don't find the course you want on the list below, we can design a course to meet your particular needs.

Contact us for dive course dates, prices and more information about any of our courses.

PADI Online Learning (* if you click on the button at left, the PADI website will open in a new window)

Learn to Dive

Thinking about learning to dive? Our PADI Discover Scuba Diving short course will open up an exciting new underwater world to you. Our highly qualified and experienced instructors will ensure you have a great time learning your addictive new hobby.

Give it a try. Diving can change your life.

  • World’s most popular introduction to scuba diving
  • Available in a pool, ocean, river, lake, quarry or almost anywhere there’s water
  • Discover Scuba Diving skills may be credited toward the PADI Open Water Diver certification
  • Average dive depth is 6 metres/20 feet (12 metres/40 feet is the maximum depth)
  • Most Discover Scuba Diving experiences take just an hour or two
  • No equipment is necessary – everything is provided

Discover Scuba Diving Courses are offered frequently.

Check our calendar or contact us for dates, prices and more information.

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Recreational Courses

Click on a course name below to go to the PADI website for more details.

Open Water DiverPhoto of Dive Course in Classroom  (Beginner)
Advanced Open Water Diver
Rescue Diver
Divemaster
Snorkelling

Specialty Courses

Click on a PADI course name below for course details.

Altitude Diver
AWARE Fish Identification
Boat Diver
Cavern Diver
Coral Reef Conservation
Deep Diver
Digital Underwater Photographer
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Drift Diver
Dry Suit Diver
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Enriched Air DiverPhoto of Dive Course in Pool or Ocean
Equipment Specialist
Ice Diver
Multi-level Diver
National Geographic
Night Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Project AWARE Specialist
Search and Recovery Diver
Semiclosed Rebreather
Underwater Naturalist
Underwater Navigator
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Wreck Diver

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Technical Courses

TDI Advanced Nitrox
TDI Decompression Procedures
TDI Extended Range
TDI Gas Blender

Diving as a Career Courses

Divemaster
Assistant Instructor (refer to PADI site)
Instructor

More information about becoming a diving instructor is on the PADI site.

Our Own Courses—Unique to CDA

Shark Specialty Diver
Aquarium Diver

Spear Fishing and Free Diving Courses

Refer to our Spear Fishing courses page for more information.

Teaching Facility

The classroom component of our courses are taught at our teaching facilities adjoining our dive shop. Many courses also include instruction at a pool, lake, beach or ocean.

Course Dates, Prices and More Information

Please Contact us for dates, prices and more information about any of our courses.

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