Fish Rock Dive Centre — Local services in Fishermans Reach

Amazing diving with a truly wonderful team. We spent a week in July 2020 doing double boat dives with Fish Rock Dive Centre and loved every second of it!

We saw more grey nurse sharks than I could have imagined, turtles, shovel nose rays, eagle rays, bull rays, and so many fish - there were walls of fish with a great many varieties! The cave swim through is a different experience, and the fish life at either end is quite a treat!

The water was about 20 degrees Celsius and the visibility 25 meters +. We could see the deep cave entrance at the bottom as soon as we entered the water which was about 25 meters below!

Pete, Bia and Larry are very safety conscious and have a great communication system worked out for swimming through the cave. Fish Rock Dive Centre love having dive photographers too!

Pete is so passionate and enthusiastic about grey nurse sharks, whales, and conservation of underwater environments. It was such a pleasure to watch him along side the grey nurse sharks, he is in his element down there with them.

Bia was one of our dive master, she is poetry in motion underwater. Her underwater communication is clear and easy to understand, and she looks like a ballerina with flowing movements underwater. Our other dive master was Larry who was so chilled and relaxed, and there to help when I experienced buoyancy problems in my dry suit.

Pete went out of his way so we could experience whales on our dives, consequently we saw whales almost everyday. Sometimes the whales were just blowing as they took a breath, but other times they slapped their tail for ages, and even breached, sometimes in unison!

The boat ride to Fish Rock varies with weather, so if you suffer sea sickness, I would recommend sea sickness prevention medication every trip, even if you think it will be calm. This prevented any problem for me.

South West Rocks itself is a beautiful place, with lots of walks, photography opportunities, bird watching, surfing, swimming and so on. The view from the lighthouse is wonderful, and with stormy clouds the photo opportunities...

My partner and I drove 14.5 hours to get to Southwest Rocks, to dive Fish Rock on my 30th bday. I am so, so glad we got to do so with Fish Rock Dive Centre!

Before I get into how great the crew was and etc let me say that both myself and my partner are experienced divers and have blown bubbles all over the world (literally). The reason I say this is that we have been in the water with dive operations that are sub-par, and dive ops that are great. THE STAFF AT FISH ROCK DIVE CENTRE ARE AMAZING!!!

The crew was super friendly and extremely knowledgeable. They took perfect care of all our gear and made it so you could just relax throughout the day- they even swapped our BCDs over for us in-between dives.

Our dive guide handled the varying experience levels and gas consumption in the group perfectly. This allowed myself (diving Nitrox) and partner to experience Fish Rock the way we wanted to, while still having a local guide to show us the best spots.

Before, between and after the dives, and the crew was always super friendly and helpful. Keen for a laugh, and also very professional.

My partner and I both highly recommend that when you choose to dive Fish Rock, you choose Fish Rock Dive Centre!

P.S. A big plus is the Costa Rica Hotel that is literally right next door. They do discounts if you're diving with Fish Rock Dive Centre and the rooms are super comfy.

P.S.S. Almost forgot to mention how amazing the dives were. There were dozens and dozens of grey nurses cruising around. Plus we got to see some whales in the distance along with a few turtles, octopus, stone fish, bull rays, wobbygongs, eels, giant schools of fish, a pristine cave, and even the ever-elusive mermaid. What more could a...

Welcomed myself and partner by Pete and Bia on arrival for our adventure out to Fish Rock. Hire gear all sorted then meet at the boat ramp for the trip out. Massive amount of rain but Pete assured us that currents from the south were keeping the visibility pretty good. Safety is obviously the first priority of this dive operation, equipment was excellent, instructions and procedures were clear and precise, all we had to do was listen and follow. In the water, WOW! Simple, just follow Pete and everything appears, Grey Nurse everywhere and in your face, friendly and pesky large Blue Groper, lazy Wobbygongs littering the rock bottom even a big school of Kingfish blazing past. After some food and refreshment during the surface interval we were back in the water this time with the planned and much anticipated Fish Rock Cave. No disappointments here, lobsters and more Wobbies galore then as we began to see the light more Grey Nurse silhouettes at the shallow end, Mind Blowing.

Thankyou Fish Rock Dive Centre, Pete and Bia for a wonderful and...