Abrolhos Islands Aquaculture Trip 4 October 10th – 12th 2025

Trip coordinator –  Dylan Walker

If you’re keen please book the relevant ticket below and in the notes of the booking please state which other trips you could make.

Trip Deposit – Only 10 people can attend per trip.  If you are within the first 10 (and received your confirmation), but later remove yourself from the trip your trip deposit will be forfeited.  However, if you are on the waitlist (ie: do not receive confirmation) and are unsuccessful UWAUC will issue a full refund.  The trip deposit is refundable if the date you have selected doesn’t go ahead, or if the trip is overbooked and we can’t get you onto that one or swap you onto another trip that you can’t make.  Other than that, it is non refundable.

The trip deposit is the booking fee with UWAUC.  The remainder of the fee is payable to Central TAFE.  The prices will be around $750 full price and $650 for concession card holders (uni students are not concession).  This includes all meals, tank fills, and accomodation while over at the Abrolhos (we’ll sleep on the boat).  Please note accommodation the night before departure will be required and will be an additional expense

Note: Prices with Central TAFE do not apply to international students or temporary visa holders, who will be charged  the “commercial rate” which is around $3,000. 

The TAFE rates offered are conditional on all passengers taking part in a number of units from their Cert III in Aquaculture (See attached flyer from a previous year – Scuba Diving 2017 V7MF). Assessment is mostly observational and is quite straight forward.  Registration and final payment are though Central Tafe.

For a bit of info on diving the Abrolhos: https://www.godiving.com.au/abrolhos-islands-diving-abrolhos-islands-western-australia-islands/   Also check out Michael’s video, plus the trip reports from 2018 and 2017   If you like crayfish this is a trip not to miss; there are so many you won’t know which ones to go for.

Further info:

• 3-4 dives on day 1 and day 2, and then 2 on day 3, before heading back to shore (so 8 – 10 dives in total).
• Berths are bunk beds below decks, take a sleeping bag.  Options to sleep on island are under review, we will follow up.  If you have a swag sleeping in this on the deck or the fly bridge is also an option.
• All meals/snacks/tea/coffee included
• Fully kitted out diving vessel with own tender
• Air compressor and tanks (yoke) on the boat, BYO nitrox if required
• Most sites okay for Open Water divers, but Advanced is highly recommended to get the most out of the trip
• Shower and toilet on board
• Lounge area, TV, books and kitchen upstairs
• May be possible to snorkel/dive at Batavia wreck site depending on conditions
• Please note this is not a “party” trip and you are asked to be respectful of your peers, the crew and the vessel. 
• Departure time will be 0700hrs on the wharf  by 77 Connell Road, West End, WA 6530

There will be a waitlist ticket once the trip fills up

To book onto this trip you must be logged into the website and be a current financial member of the club. If you are having any issues viewing this please contact us either through the Facebook page, the contact us page on this website or email [email protected].