Dive Courses

Dive La Trobe offers a number of scuba diving courses to its members, ranging from Scuba Discovery and Open Water certification, right through to more advanced speciality courses and even technical diving courses such as Advanced Nitrox and Cave Diving.

We have a number of qualified instructors and deliver training through SDI and TDI as well as offering CDAA cave diving courses.

Checl out our most commonly run courses, or email info@divelatrobe.org.au to ask about any other certifications that aren't listed here.

You can enrol in an upcoming course or register an expression of interest for a future course through our Events Page or by clicking on the links below.

Recreational Diving

For further information on the full range of SDI recreational certifications, their website has a list of the available SDI recreational certifications. Our instructors are qualified to teach almost all of the courses lists there.

SDI Scuba Discovery

For those who want to test the waters and try scuba, this is the course for you! The SDI Scuba Discovery Program gives you a glimpse of what you can expect to experience in the underwater world.

SDI Open Water Scuba Diver

Unlock the door to the underwater world with the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver certification, your first step into scuba diving freedom. Learn online at your pace, develop skills in the pool, and experience the thrill of open-water dives, as you earn a passport to dive the globe.

SDI Rescue Diver

Embark on a journey where adventure meets safety with the SDI Rescue Diver Course. Gain the confidence and skills to become the diver everyone relies on, skilled in managing dive emergencies and providing essential first aid.

SDI Advanced Adventure Diver

If you’ve taken your Open Water course and are now ready to expand your knowledge but would like to see what is out there first, then the SDI Advanced Adventure Diver course is for you! The SDI Advanced Adventure course will give you an overview of five different SDI specialties.

SDI Speciality Courses

To progress your diving even further, there are a number of speciality courses to improve your diving skills, ability and enjoyment. These include Computer Nitrox, Deep, Wreck, Drysuit, Sidemount, and more!

SDI Divemaster

The SDI Divemaster course offers divers the chance to ascend to the professional ranks of diving, providing them with comprehensive skills in dive leadership, safety management, and underwater guidance, thereby opening doors to a rewarding career in the dive industry.

Technical Diving

For further information on the full range of TDI recreational certifications, their website has a list of the available TDI technical certifications. Our instructors are qualified to teach many of the courses lists there.

We are able to run either TDI or CDAA cave diving courses, so please contact info@divelatrobe.org.au to decide which is best for you.

TDI Nitrox Diver

TDI Nitrox Diver Course is an entry-level course for divers wishing to continue their diver education and utilize enriched air nitrox as a breathing gas to extend no-decompression limits at depth.

TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver

The TDI Advanced Nitrox Course qualifies divers to use enriched air nitrox from EAN 21 through EAN 100 percent within your current certification level to a maximum depth of 40m feet for dives that do not require staged decompression.

TDI Sidemount Diver

The TDI Sidemount Course is for the certified diver looking to use sidemount cylinder instead of the standard back mount single or twin cylinder configuration. It's a great foundation for advanced wreck or cave diving.

CDAA Basic Cave

If you have always wanted to try cave diving, experience unparalleled adventures and see the world beneath the ground, this is where it starts. CDAA Basic Cave qualifies you to dive caverns and sinkholes with some overhangs, but where daylight is always visible

CDAA Cave Diver

The next step in your training is CDAA Cave Diver, where you develop practical skills and knowledge to safely undertake diving activities in caves -enclosed bodies of fresh water that have overhangs, silt, darkness zones, and passages that are times are not large enough for two divers to swim adjacent to each other and turn around together.

CDAA Advanced Cave

The final step in your cave diving qualifications is CDAA Advanced Cave Diver. This training builds on your cave certification and helps you develop the minimum skills and knowledge for advanced (staged) cave diving including the planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, self reliance and problem solving in a variety of cave diving situations.