James Cook University is situated adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef National Park, one of the natural wonders of the world. It is home to an extremely diverse array of marine life, from tiny nudibranchs to large pelagics such as humpback whales. Colourful and vibrant coral reefs are located close to our shores.

The JCU Dive Club aims to provide a social fun environment in which to SCUBA dive with friends, or learn to dive with one of our PADI certified instructors. The weather in Townsville is perfect for diving with over 300 hundred days of sunshine a year, and there are many world famous dive-sites just off our shores.

The Dive Club offers PADI courses from Open Water up to Dive Master level, and there are plenty of opportunities to dive the Great Barrier Reef with fortnightly Yongala Wreck liveabords, lecture recess dive camps to the Whitsundays and Pelorus Island, as well as diving off Magnetic Island which lies 15 minutes from Townsville.

Although our primary emphasis is on SCUBA diving, we have close links with the numerous dive operators in the Townsville Region, who commonly give discounts to members of the JCU Dive Club, and can offer more specialised courses such as NITROX and TRIMIX diving. Please email us for more information on the availability of these courses.

As well as providing numerous opportunities for diving, the Dive Club also allows divers to meet like-minded people from all over the world who have come to JCU to study. We are a particularly social club, with pub crawls, parties, bar-b-ques, an annual ball and camping trips throughout the academic year.

The JCU Dive Club is a great way to make new friends, learn to dive, and help explore the Great Barrier Reef.

For more information on any of the topics outlined above, please email us. We are enthusiatic about diving, and we want you to join us...