Dive Manta Bommie

Double dive $200

Return ferry $20

Full gear hire $70

Nitrox $30

Nitrox course $150

Diving Manta Bommie has become a favourite dive location for scuba divers in Brisbane and South East Queensland. Indeed, the site is in the Top 10 places to dive in Queensland. Manta Bommie is well-known for scuba diving with manta rays during the warmer months from October to April. These fascinating creatures have an inquisitive nature. Therefore, it doesn’t take them long to start gliding among the divers whenever we visit. It’s believed the mantas come to Manta Bommie to see the cleaning station after their migration.

Scuba divers can reach depths between 8-12 metres, dropping off to 15 metres. This exciting dive site is located a short distance from Brisbane. Indeed, I would vote it the best dive site in Brisbane during good conditions. The boat’s drive is approximately 5 minutes from Stradbroke Island.

During manta ray season, you will likely dive with up to 10 manta rays. The mantas come in different sizes and can grow up to 6 metres wide. These mystical creatures often descend close to scuba divers. Therefore, you can enjoy their dance moves up close as they feed on plankton. Further, the dive hosts a variety of marine wildlife, including wobbegong sharks, turtles, dolphins and a myriad of tropical fish. Other dive highlights include the numerous leopard sharks that sleep peacefully on the ocean floor. Sometimes, you can also encounter humpback whales as they migrate from May to October.

Without a doubt, this is one dive you have to do in your lifetime!

Finally, Shag Rock or Stradbroke Island Artificial Reef will be the alternative dive site if the conditions aren’t in our favour.

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Nitrox 32% is available for both dives at $30. Otherwise, you can enrol in the Nitrox Diver Course for $150.00,  giving you a safer dive profile.

Similarly, please state this in your booking if you want to dive on Nitrox 32%. Otherwise, you can do your Nitrox Diver Course with your social dive for only $150. Moreover, it qualifies as one of your specialty courses for your Master Diver certification. Notably, the course can be taught dry, but I insist you dive into Nitrox to experience it. Some say you aren’t as tired after your dives. I’ll let you be the judge of this.

Shag Rock is the go-to dive site for the diver looking for a relaxed and calm dive. This perfect site is used by the Open water diver and for anyone looking for mantis shrimp. In fact, Shag Rock is under related dive site that boosts garden eels and wobbegong sharks most of the year. Protected from the conditions most of the year and close to shore, it makes this a straightforward and relaxing adventure.

Notably, North Stradbroke Island Artificial Reef has been positioned 1.5km North of the dive launch point. As a result, this gives this site excellent protection from the Southerly winds. There’s a maze of 38 triangular blocks in 10 metres of water. Perfect for the open water diver! The reef triangles have been positioned to mirror the Southern Cross star constellation and are made of recycled plastic.

Ideally placed close to shore, it provides shelter for abundant marine life in the local area. It might not be the most profound dive site, but what it lacks in depth, it gains in marine life diversity. You can find the familiar characters searching the structures for their next feed. Here is where the show’s star glitters above you, BAIT FISH! Having a school of bait fish so thick that you can’t see your dive buddy isn’t uncommon. Indeed a spectacle to be seen.

This morning I was wondering where the sun was, then it dawned on me. 🌞

• 2x 200 bar aluminium tanks and weights
• Hot soup and tea during your surface interval
• Separate cleaning basins for wetsuits and regulators
• Hot showers
• Beach launch
• Return transfer from Dunwich to dive boat
• Dive guide

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• Meeting time: 5:30 am
• Finishing time: 1:00 pm
• Location: North Stradbroke Island
• Cost: $200
• Ferry: $20
• Gear hire: $70 includes all safety gear
• Nitrox: $30 double dive 32%
• Nitrox Course: $150 BARGAIN
• Double dive includes a dive guide
• Certification Open Water and above
• The backup dive site will be Shag Rock or Stradbroke Artificial Reef
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