Manta Lodge & Scuba Centre

Went to Manta to obtain my Open Water Scuba License. It was a great experience, led by Nick, who was a very focused trainer and very experienced. My fellow students were fantastic too, with plenty of of light banter, but asleep great concentration.

I recently completed my open water at Manta and had such a great experience! My trainer Nick was amazing, very knowledgeable, encouraging and fun! All of the staff here are really helpful and friendly. The Dives were fantastic and I couldn't recommend them more! Thank you Manta team!

Did the open water diver course with my two sons. We all had an excellent weekend learning to dive! Our instructor Em was fantastic, very knowledgeable, patient and thorough in the training. The skills in the pool were paced well and we all felt confident for the ocean dives. The ocean dives were amazing, the crew fantastic, well organised, completely professional, they found us perfect sites for skills practice. The final dive was our first sightseeing dive and we saw amazing wildlife including turtles, leopard sharks and a huge gathering of guitar sharks. I finished the course feeling confident in my abilities. Lastly, the crew at Manta did everything in their power to make our course excellent, responding quickly to solve any minor issues with gear and personnel and I can't recommend them more highly. And straddie is a beautiful place to learn to dive!!

My experience doing a dive course through Manta Scuba Centre with my daughter was fantastic. Our instructor Taylah was a great teacher and really helped build my 12 y.o daughter’s confidence underwater. We had a lot of fun. I highly recommend.

Great dive experience with the Manta Lodge team. M/C - James with the early morning stretches Captain Tyler Our fearless guides Miffie , Julia and Joel. Well maybe -1 for Joel who kicked the biscuits over ! Hit all the high points. Safety clearly first throughout the day right from ensuring people could setup their own gear before loading the boat , good high quality rental gear , left on time and everyone on the boat came back in good spirits. Super team on a day when the weather could have been not our friend still ended up with some 5 star diving. Tons to see, great dive site for this part of the world well worth a visit if you are in the region looking for diving without wanting to go way further north. Dive sites - Turtle Cave and Shark Alley. Both lived up to their names , turtles and sharks a plenty. Grey Nurse and Leopard , don’t worry they don’t bite. 16-18m dive range , deeper if you are advanced certified available but plenty to see at the Open Water level. 10/10 will dive again, in fact am going again tomorrow !

The staff at the dive shop were awesome! As experienced divers we have visited many locations both in Australia and overseas and we were very impressed by the professionalism shown by all the dive crew at Manta Lodge. They were very attentive to our needs and their selection of dive site’s appropriate for the day’s conditions. Their dive boat was great on the water and the organising both before and after the dives was very efficient. We will be back!