Manta Lodge & Scuba Centre

They are not a YHA hostel anymore but that hasn’t changed the staff’s friendliness and attention to detail. It was very clean! And quiet but I imagine it gets louder during school holidays. The dive crew was to notch! They were very attentive to our needs. I’m so glad we dove with them, even if it was chilly and choppy seas. A humpback whale surfaced very near to our boat!

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.

Great diving sites with plenty of marine life such as Mantas, Leopard Sharks and Guitar Sharks. The dive guides are very friendly as well. Accommodation onsite and the beach is only metres away. If you want to learn scuba diving here is an excellent place to start. I definitely recommend it.

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!!

Amazing diving. I did the advanced course and My instructor Taylor was brilliant and very patient. I will be returning. Despite challenging conditions the crew did brilliant to get the boat out and us in the water at a safe dive site. So many manta and other types of rays.

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 !