About Pro Dive Cairns
Pro Dive Cairns is the premier dive training facility in tropical North Queensland, specialising in PADI certification courses that incorporate liveaboard reef trips as part of the learning experience. Their Spence Street dive centre sits in the heart of Cairns and serves as both a full-service dive shop and the starting point for multi-day expeditions that take students from pool training to open water certification dives on the actual Great Barrier Reef — an experience that few dive schools anywhere in the world can match.
Their signature offering is the three-day, two-night PADI Open Water course conducted aboard their liveaboard vessel, which includes nine dives across multiple outer reef sites. This format allows students to complete their certification in a fully immersive environment, sleeping on the boat and waking up anchored over pristine coral. For already-certified divers, Pro Dive runs day trips and liveaboard expeditions visiting premium outer reef sites with options for up to three dives per day, including night dives on liveaboard itineraries. Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, and specialty courses are also available.
Pro Dive Cairns has trained thousands of divers over its decades of operation and maintains a reputation for thorough, safety-first instruction that doesn't sacrifice fun. Their instructors are multilingual, catering to the international backpacker and tourist crowd that flows through Cairns year-round. The Spence Street shop stocks a comprehensive range of dive gear for purchase, from budget-friendly starter kits to professional-grade equipment, and offers gear servicing for travelling divers.
