Remote Area Dive is Townsville's only 5 star Instructor Development centre. A full service Dive shop that prides itself on looking after the Individual. At RAD we believe in taking the time to make sure you're a happy comfortable diver or snorkeler. Whether it be your very first Dive or Snorkel trip to the reef, or one of many, RAD will look after you.
Thankyou to everyone who attended our Big Shark Shout Out Trivia Night!
I think we all had an absolute ball catching up with Dive Club friends over a great meal and a few drinks, testing our trivia knowledge and, of course
raising money and awareness for Project Aware and the Big Shark Shout Out!
all up we raised $500 and collected about 30 signatures :)
A big thankyou to all those who attended, as well as our sponsors for the night (who supplied some of the fantastic prizes,) Aquanaut and Project Aware.
Tonga trip dates have been changed to suit the Queensland school holiday period!
Due to popular demand, we've changed the dates of our Tonga trip so that they are now within the Queensland shool holidays. The trip is now running from 27 September to 04 October.
Be sure to jump on this trip of a lifetime... I'ts not everyday you get them opportunity to swim with Humpback Whales!!!
Check out our travel pages for full details. click here
Put your knowledge to the test...
This month, Remote Area Dive are hosting a
Fundraiser Trivia Night for Project AWARE!!
Project AWARE Foundation is a growing movement of scuba divers protecting the ocean planet – one dive at a time. They are currently campaigning for greater awareness of the peril that is facing the world's shark population and are collecting signatures for a petition to have all sharks placed under trade protection.
Please join us in supporting Project AWARE by signing their petition, and coming along to our trivia night...
Thurday 19th April from 5pm
at the
Shamrock Hotel, 31 Palmer St South Townsville
evening includes: 2 course meal (main and dessert,) trivia questions, fantastic prizes and great company!
Cost: $30 (proceeds go to Project AWARE
All are welcome, children included.
RSVP Friday 13th April
We hope to see you there :)
Come on in and check out what
fantastic savings
we have in store with our
Aquanaut Easter Sale!
Strictly limited time... don't miss out on these great deals!!!
We're all getting super excited about our up-coming overseas trips!!
Check out this video on our
Amazing Truk Lagoon Trip!
Click our 'Travel' tab for details on all of our trips :)
Everyone wants to do it.... so lets go!!
It's that time again.. we've had lots of interest in diving the Yongala so we've arranged a special charter for our valued customers.
Sunday March 25th
Heavily Discounted Prices as follows:
Dive Club Price (with all own gear) $200.00*
Dive Club Price (with RAD gear) $230.00*
Non Dive Club Price $250.00*
Nitrox $20/tank*
* does not include $19 reef taxes payable direct on the day.
Nitrox tanks can only be hired if suitably qualified, must be booked when paying for seat.
Spaces strictly limited as this is a private charter.
RSVP by Friday 9th March, payment required to secure a seat
Come and join us for a fantastic trip off Port Douglas! We are running a charter in July this year exploring all the best diving the Port Douglas area has to offer, including Ribbon Reef 10, Challenger Bay and possibly Cod Hole. But of course at that time of year the main attraction is
swimming with minke whales!!!
This is truly going to be a trip you'll never forget! Spaces are strictly limited.
Hurry only 2 spots left!!
Click here for more information on this exciting trip.
Our website sale is on its last days but in the meantime Craig continues to go nuts!! We've added heaps of new items to the sale. With up to 80% off selected items, these are deals not to be missed. Click here to see the great prices we have on offer.
Be Quick!!
Stock is limited and sale must end at the end of February!
To launch our brand new website we are running a:
"Its no surprise that Craig's gone nuts"
SALE 30% - 70% OFF
Click here to see the great prices that we have on offer. This is a once only sale with prices running out the door!!!!! Get in quick for these great prices as there is only a limited amount of stock!!!
Do your photos come out blurey are there is a lot of fish photos of fish tails, does words like aperture & f stops put a shudder up your spine?
So if you can't take photos to save your life, but want to learn more about underwater photos... then come to our underwater photography night on the 21st July. We'll be featuring the works of internationally acclaimed and national geographic photographer Daniel Wisdom (affectionately known as Gandalf the great.) A hidden talent at RAD and one we're proud off. Gandalf will be doing a presentation on some of his works and answering your questions. We have also been lucky to secure him for a upcoming photography course at RAD. Call for bookings to this free night there are limited places available.
Management and friends of RAD would like to wish Fairy and her band of merry divers a safe journey on the PALAU trip.. the guys fly out Friday and are gone for 10days exploring the beautiful crystal clear waters of the islands that make PALAU. They plan to visit the Jelly fish lakes, dive the world famous Blue holes and dive the awe inspiring Blue corner where big sharks and turtle action is plentiful. Last time we were there the team encountered big ocean whalers up close and personal... you could just about touch them was the cry phrase on surfacing.
Never fear, If you didn't make PALAU and are chasing some action why not consider the upcoming trips that RAD are offering... come dive the HMAS Brisbane with the Crew on 28-31 July and chase the rush of wreck diving. Wreck diving is not your cup of tea then there is always the Thrasher sharks of Philippines happening 2-9 Sept.
Need more info see our travel pages or call RAD for more info.
The 20011 Season for mantas has kicked off with a Boom. For the last two weekends in a row we have seen Mantas at several sights around Pelorus Island. One site called Pillow point 5 Mantas in a row one after the other coming into a cleaning station it was truly a awe inspiring sight and a big bonus for the newly certified Divers out on the trip. Manta Sizes were varying with the biggest one being around the 4m mark. This old grand daddy of the deep had 5 remoras hanging of him and as they got closer to the divers they detached like little missiles to come over and check us out. Only to return to the manta when we were not found worthy enough.
The Mantas were so placid that all of the divers got a good look over multiple encounters. Even the surface watch got a eyeful... check out his iPhone video
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