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 Sunreef is a scuba diving company based on the Sunshine Coast offering a range of local coral reefs and locations including Barwon Banks, Inner Gneerings, Outer Gneerings, Murphy’s Reef and Mudjimba Island. Click here for more.
We're easy to find on the Sunshine Coast. We are located at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. There are regular direct flights to Sunshine Coast Airport from Sydney and Melbourne. Mooloolaba is a one hour drive north of Brisbane. Click here to find out what’s at Mooloolaba and surrounding areas. Go To Website
Sunreef Scuba Diving Services is the longest established dive shop on the Sunshine Coast. From modest beginnings in 1976 the business has expanded to offer a comprehensive range of diving services in key locations, from the local waters to the Great Barrier Reef and famed international dive sites. Proprieters Greg Riddell and Paul White have been involved in the scuba industry for more than 20 years.
Diver Training and Courses with a PADI 5Star Centre
Complete a PADI certified beginner’s dive course at Sunreef and you can graduate to other courses including open water, advanced rescue, wreck, deep, night, photography, navigation, right through to dive professional. Whether in the classroom, the pool or open water, you’ll appreciate the years of diving and professional training of our experienced and friendly staff.
 Sunreef diving services offers diving trips to the HMAS Brisbane which was scuttled in mid 2005 as an artificial reef, the former destroyer, ex HMAS Brisbane is attracting a growing number of divers from around the country and around the world. Being on a sandy floor in 27 metres of water, she seems to be in the perfect diving spot. Sitting bolt upright the HMAS Brisbane has 12 to 15 metres of water over her forward decks and 18 metres over her stern. Consistently good water clarity and minimal swell makes for great diving.
Just one dive on the HMAS Brisbane and you readily understand why Sunreef Dive is privileged to have been issued a licence by the Environment Protection Agency of the Queensland Government to conduct dive trips on the former HMAS Brisbane. The dive is phenomenal.
There is certainly a lot of ship to see. Just cruising around the outside, its sheer size makes it an awesome sight.
Water temperatures range from 17C in winter to a summer high of 27C. Visibility averages around 15 metres but up to 20 metres or more is not uncommon.
Environmental studies commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency and conducted by scientists from the University of the Sunshine Coast and Queensland Museum confirm the diversity of marine life that has made the Brisbane home.
A resident school of predatory yellow tailed king fish now ‘buzz’ the schools of bait fish that surround the HMAS Brisbane. Local inhabitants include a large bull ray, angler fish, lion fish, blennies, nudibranchs, sea hares, squid and a small school of juvenile snapper. Other visitors include a shovelled nose ray, greasy cod and eagle rays. An octopus has made a home in a pyrotechnic tube on the deck.
Sunreef speeds you out to the Brisbane in what many are describing as the Sunshine Coast’s best dive boat – the purpose built 11 metre Kevla Cat dive boat we call 2 Ezy. Click here to find out about real comfort on the water.
The ex HMAS Brisbane offers a great opportunity for advanced scuba diving courses, enriched air, wreck diving and photography courses.
Sunreef diving centre runs morning, afternoon and night dives to the Brisbane. Bookings are essential.
Costs to dive the Brisbane
Charter only - $120.50
Double dive with tanks & weights - $145
Double dive with all gear supplied - $184.50
(plus $15 conservation fee)
To book a Sunreef dive requires a $100 deposit with the balance payable no later than one week prior to the dive day. We will ask all divers to phone in for a weather check between 4-5p.m. the day prior to the dive. If the dive is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, then all monies will be refunded or transferred to another day: the choice is yours. Go to Website
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