Experience the opportunity of a lifetime if you've ever wanted to dive with sharks and other amazing marine creatures. You will get up close and personal with HUGE sharks, giant stingrays, sea turtles, wobbegong sharks and a vast array of marine life. Shark dives give you an amazing perspective of these fascinating creatures and are fantastic for first time and experienced divers.
The Shark dive experience commences with an Oceanarium tunnel tour where you are introduced to the sharks from a distance. Then move into the shark dive classroom to for a SCUBA, equipment and safety briefing.
Divers on a Certified diver only program will then demystify the deep with a Shark Awareness Lecture. You will be educated on topics ranging from the plight of the endangered Grey Nurse shark and the identification of the various species to facts surrounding the most dangerous shark species. Oceanworld is one of just 3 aquariums in the world to have successfully bred the Grey Nurse Shark in captivity and our shark experts will endeavour to answer all your questions.
Divers on the Introductory program will then gear up in wetsuits and weight belts, psych up and enter the dive training pool adjacent to the 5,000,000 Oceanarium. Here you’ll learn how to breathe underwater with personalised tuition from our dive instructors. Tune Up and Certified divers on an introductory session will refresh their skills in the pool to ensure they’re very comfortable in the water and know how to recover their regulator and clear their mask. Then it’s time for some final gear checks before diving in to the main aquarium.
A certified diver only session will gear up and get straight into the Oceanarium.
Once in the tank you will commence a 30 minute exploration of this underwater wonderland. This dive is the same for Introductory and Certified programs. The tank contains an endless number of creatures that are very keen to meet you with 4 different species of sharks including 7 adult and 1 juvenile Grey Nurse Shark, Maia, who was born at Oceanworld in 2001. There are 4 different species of rays including the huge queen mattress–sized smooth stingrays, you will also encounter giant turtles and the marine life of Sydney Harbour including snapper any fisherman would be proud of and enormous mulloway.
You are guaranteed perfect conditions every time with great visibility within our 5 million litre Oceanarium, and you won’t get sea sick! (Catch the bus rather than the Manly ferry if you do suffer from motion sickness)
After your dive you can freshen up with a hot shower. Then check out the photographic evidence of your dive adventure and take the opportunity to ask your instructor any further questions about the marine life in a debrief. Purchase a A4 photo or images on CD or images and video footage on a DVD to relive the experience and prove to your mates that you really did it!
Group dives are available for a fantastic team building exercise or to celebrate a special family occasion, such as a bucks night or hen party. Special dive sessions can be run during the day or at night. Please note night dives still have lights on.
