Graduation Night

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.Learning to dive with the SSI Open Water Diver course is a 3-stage process:THEORY - You begin your journey with SSI's online learning, which you complete at home. You will then review it together with your Instructor & classmates at the first session of your course.POOL TRAINING - You begin learning the basic techniques of Scuba Diving in a swimming pool. Your Instructor will ensure you are comfortable before you move out into the ocean.OPEN WATER TRAINING - Open Water training dives are where you put the skills you learned into practice in the "real world" and are able to discover the excitement and enjoyment of exploring the underwater world. You will complete 4 dives in the ocean to earn your Open Water Diver certification.

The SSI Deep Diving Specialty will teach you all you need to dive to depths between 18 and 40 meters, through a mixture of academic sessions and open water dives. You will learn to plan and safely complete your deep diving adventures and use computers and gas consumption calculations to get the most from your deep dives. Upon completion, you will earn your SSI Deep Diving Specialty certification and be able to explore beautiful deep dive sites wherever you choose. This SSI Specialty is also a prerequisite for some advanced training, making it the next logical step to take in your dive education.

Our team like to celebrate our Course Graduates, so we get together on the first Friday night of each month to present Course Certificates to our graduates and a to offer them a huge congratulations from the Aquatic Adventures Dive Club! Whether they have just completed their first course and started their dive journey, or ticked the next Specialty course off the to-do list, the club would love to celebrate together, so join us for snacks (bringing a plate is always appreciated), some drinks and plenty of high fives. A great chance to learn more about courses that may interest you, this is also the perfect opportunity for you to meet some new dive buddies to explore the underwater world with, so we hope to see you there!

The SSI Try Scuba program is the best way to try scuba diving for the first time. You will be in confined water and well looked after by your instructor, so you can enjoy those first unforgettable breaths underwater and experience the magic of scuba diving. At the end of this short course, you will have earned your SSI Try Scuba recognition card and undoubtedly want to go diving again. Endless scuba diving adventures are waiting for you and this course is where it all begins. Start today!

Explore the sandstone reefs, gullies, seagrass and rocky habitat of Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary. This shallow natural reef is one of Bayside’s most interesting shore dives and offers plenty to see without travelling far down the Peninsula.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20 fee applies to participate

As a Nitrox diver, you can increase your bottom times and safety margins, plus shorten your surface intervals - so you can spend more time diving and less time waiting! In this program, you will learn new skills and increase your diving knowledge whilst learning how to safely plan and dive with enriched air mixtures of up to 40% oxygen. Upon completion, you will earn an SSI Enriched Air Nitrox 32% or 40% certification.

If you cannot decide which specialty programs are the best choice for you, join the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver program! You will try Deep Diving and Navigation plus a variety of 3 more specialty areas of choice before committing to full specialty training. It is a great way to experience what advanced diver training is all about and how valuable it can be to your diving adventures. During the Advanced Open Water Diver Program, you will experience 5 different specialties by completing one open water training dive per specialty after a comprehensive briefing with your SSI Instructor. By taking this program you will have total freedom to explore. You can complete the full Specialty trainings any time in the future and credit your Advanced Open Water Diver training towards them.

Drysuit diving opens up a world of opportunities, including diving remote Arctic destinations and exploring cold-water dive sites teeming with life. Dry suit diving also keeps you warm on multi-dive days when you do not want to spend your time getting in and out of a cold wetsuit. The SSI Dry Suit Diving specialty program is the best way to become a dry suit diver and teaches you all the knowledge and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably in a dry suit. You will learn how to use specialized equipment, like dry suits and BCs, the benefits of dry suits and how to deal with dry suit emergencies – which are unique to this type of diving. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Dry Suit Diving specialty certification.

A shallow Western Port reef dive with rock, weed and sandy patches to explore. Point Leo provides an enjoyable natural-reef alternative to the region’s pier dives and is particularly suited to relaxed exploration with a buddy.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20 fee applies to participate

An easy-access local favourite featuring pier structure, reef and sandy habitat. Its shallow depth makes it perfect for a long, relaxed dive while searching around the pylons and surrounding reef for the surprising amount of marine life found close to Melbourne.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20 fee applies to participate

The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. With a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification.

A relaxed shallow reef dive in Western Port, with broken reef, weed beds and sandy patches to explore. A good change of pace from pier diving and a great location for a slow, easy club dive.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20 fee applies to participate

Make a weekend of it with Aquatic Adventures as we head to Phillip Island for two days of relaxed shore diving. Saturday is planned for Kitty Miller Bay, followed by Flynns Reef on Sunday, giving us two different shallow reef environments with rocky reef, kelp, sandy areas and plenty of temperate marine life to explore. Join us for one dive or both and enjoy a weekend of diving somewhere a little further from home. As always with Phillip Island, final sites will be confirmed according to wind, swell and local conditions.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20/dive fee applies to participate

One of the Peninsula’s classic shore dives. The pier, reef and surrounding seabed provide plenty to explore, with a diverse mix of fish and invertebrates making it a reliable and enjoyable site for divers of varying experience levels.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20 fee applies to participate

An adventurous ocean-side reef dive featuring rocky terrain, kelp, crevices and sandy areas. With the right conditions this is one of our more exciting shore dives and gives club members a genuine taste of Bass Strait diving.As with all Aquatic Adventures club dives, this is a FREE event for Club Members. For non-Club members, a $20 fee applies to participate