Beginner Dive Courses

If you’ve always wanted to learn to scuba dive, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts! Get your first SCUBA diving certification with the ​PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognised scuba course.

Here at Divers Den we aim to make your certification a vacation, not a complication. So to make sure you find the right course for you, we have created a range of different course options. All of them achieve the same goal – to get you your first scuba diving certificate with the safest, most efficient scuba education available worldwide. We proudly teach PADI courses, the world’s leading scuba diving organisation.

Beginner courses in English start every day except Wednesday. Contact us for availability of courses in Japanese and Chinese.

We also offer scuba diving for kids! Children aged 8 and over can experience breathing underwater in our popular Scuba Kids programs, with other kids diving courses available at certain times of the year.

View the PADI course progression and see where learning to dive can take you!

Courses we offer

Scuba Kids PADI dive program
From $168

Scuba Kids (8 Years +)

Try scuba diving for the first time in our pool and enjoy fun underwater games!

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PADI Open Water Course Dive Student
From $945

Four Day PADI Open Water Course (Day Trips)

Get your Open Water cert with this quick, affordable option - two days in the pool, and two day trips to the outer reef

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OceanQuest Liveaboard Dive Vessel Cairns
From $965

Four Day, One Night PADI Open Water Course

Let us introduce you to a new underwater world, finishing your certification with a stay on our liveaboard vessel.

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Dive Students on the Great Barrier Reef with Divers Den Cairns
From $1,230

Five Day, Two Night PADI Open Water Course

Our most popular learn to dive course, with 6 extra 'fun dives' and a guided night dive from our liveaboard vessel

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Cairns Scuba Diving Lessons
From $1,695

Six Day, Three Night PADI Open Water & Advanced Course

Get your Open Water and Advanced Open Water certification in one unforgettable trip, with three nights on the reef

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Cairns Scuba Diving
From $845

PADI Open Water Diver Referral Courses

Let's finish what you started - if you've already completed your pool and theory sessions, head straight to the reef with us

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Learn to Scuba Dive Great Barrier Reef
From $810

PADI eLearning Open Water Course

Start your Open Water Dive Course online with PADI, then complete your practical training with us

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PADI Open Water Dive Course Cairns
From $160

Scuba Refresher Course

If it's been a while between dives, our friendly team can get you back up to speed with a refresher session

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