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SCUBA Refresher / PADI ReActivate

Regain confidence and get back underwater at Nguthungulli / Julian Rocks

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Been a while since your last dive? Our SCUBA Refresher / PADI ReActivate brings you back up to speed with key skills, equipment setup and safe diving practices — then gives you the option to head out to Julian Rocks.

We’ll tailor the session to your experience and comfort level, rebuild buoyancy control, review safety procedures, and make sure you’re ready to enjoy the incredible marine life here in Byron Bay.

Refresh & enhance skills In the safety of the pool
Group size 2–6 Min 2, max 6 students
Prework for ReActivate eLearning 2–3 hours
Optional dive Julian Rocks same day

Which one should I book? Choose your Refresher option

Pool-based skills

Sundive Refresher – Pool Only

$175

If you have not been diving for a while but not too long and just want to practice your skills in the safety of the pool with a dedicated instructor and regain confidence before going back into the ocean.

Join an informal Sundive Refresher session of 1.5 hours that will cover:

  • A quick chat about the most important safe practices of diving
  • Assembling and disassembling your equipment and doing your gear checks
  • A pool session in the pool next door practicing a few essential diving skills and your buoyancy, plus you’ll have the opportunity to ask your instructor to have extra practice of any skill you feel insecure about

This is a mandatory program if you’d like to dive with us and you have not dived for 2 to 4 years.

Formal reactivation

PADI ReActivate – Pool Only

$275

If you have not been diving for a long time and you want to formally reactivate your certification, you will have the opportunity to go over all the important dive theory before joining a comprehensive skills refresher in the safety of the pool with an experienced instructor.

As soon as you book your ReActivate, we will sign you up for PADI eLearning. You will be able to go through the essential dive theory that you learnt on your dive course at your own pace at home before coming to join the practical session at Sundive.

Join the PADI ReActivate pool session of 1.5 hours that will cover:

  • A quick review of your diving knowledge with an instructor to clarify any questions you may have
  • A structured practical session going over all key skills from gear assembly and disassembly to the key in-water skills like mask clearing and buoyancy

Once you have demonstrated mastery of all the practical skills you will receive a formal ReActivate qualification from PADI that will appear as a certification in your PADI app and student record.

This is a mandatory program if you’d like to dive with us and you have not dived for over 4 years.

Ocean extension

Complete your experience with an optional dive at Julian Rocks

$295–$395

Your Refresher or ReActivate are complete after the pool session, but there is nothing better than going for a real ocean dive in one of the most beautiful dive sites in the world to immediately put into practice your freshly refreshed skills.

Optional ocean dive pricing:

  • Cost Sundive Refresher plus Dive – $295
  • Cost PADI ReActivate plus Dive – $395

When you go for the dive you will join a regular group of up to 6 certified divers. If it has been a really long time since your last dive or you are still not very confident about your diving skills it may be worth considering also booking a private guide for the open ocean dive (add-on cost of $250 AUD).

With a private guide you will not be bound to the pace of the group and you can take your first steps back in the ocean as slowly as you like, with a dedicated instructor and the chance to keep practicing your skills in open sea.

Prerequisites & Safety

You must hold an Open Water certification (or equivalent). Conditions can include swell, surge and current; divers should be comfortable in open ocean. If over 65 or with relevant medical history, a doctor’s clearance may be required. Ask us if you’re unsure.

Confidence first

Patient coaching focused on comfort and control.

Iconic site

Re-enter the water at world-class Julian Rocks.

Tailored session

We match the pace to your recent diving history.

Pathway ready

Feel prepared for trips, specialties or advanced courses.

Ready to dive again?

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