We get asked this regularly here at the old jam factory and the answer is pretty easy. We specialise in arranging all tours, reef cruises and Cairns Accommodation , however as a avid diver myself, I tend to look after Scuba Diving in Cairns and Cairns Learn to Dive clients. I usually leave the annoying resort accommodation and skyrail bookings to my staff.
If you have spare time and money do the 5 day learn to dive course. You are only going to learn to dive once in your life, so why scrimp.
It’s sort of like doing a course and trip combined into one.
With a four day course you’ll do four dives, which is the very minimum required to attain your dive certificate. They will all be “learning dives”.
A five day course will mostly give you nine dives. Now the first four are learning dives but for the next 5 dives you are a certified diver. One of these usually is also a nighttime dive. Another advantage is that the dives will be with the other people from your class who have corresponding skill levels as you.
So the first dive trip you do after completing your course you will have already experienced five certified scubadives and be that little bit more skilled and confident.
Also the cost per dive is about .
You can even choose to extend your dive course into a 6 day dive course and get an advanced certification, but thats next article.
So I hope I’ve helped all you future Scuba Divers out in internet land.