Glossary
Equipment
The items used for a diving activity, selected for the diver and intended environment.
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Planners, checklists & logs
Eight tools to organise a trip, compare courses, keep equipment records and prepare useful notes.
Open the tools →01 / BEFORE YOU TRAVELWeather & dive preparation
Official forecasts, tide information and a worksheet to take to your briefing.
Open the preparation resources →02 / KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENTManuals & manufacturer support
Find the correct documents for your model and prepare a useful support enquiry.
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Guides
Buying used scuba equipment: build an evidence file first
Organise model details, history, manufacturer information and professional assessment before deciding whether used scuba equipment makes sense.
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Equipment care and service record
Keep one item’s model, official manual, service history and follow-up questions together.
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Equipment familiarity with a buddy
Explain why equipment differences should be discussed.
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Equipment faults and maintenance
A small fault identified before entry is an opportunity to prevent a larger underwater problem.
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Equipment hire
Temporary use of equipment supplied by a provider under its rental arrangements.
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Equipment Hire
Rental gear ranges from basic recreational sets to drysuits, steel cylinders and DPVs.
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Equipment Retailers
A dive shop and a dive centre are not always the same business.
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Rental scuba equipment: make the handover clear
Prepare an itemised rental conversation about sizing, models, instruction, concerns and returns before you arrive at the dive centre.
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Scuba equipment manuals & support
Official owner manual and support links for seven equipment brands.
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Travelling with scuba equipment: documents, baggage and handovers
Build a travel checklist around your actual airline, equipment manuals and rental arrangements, with a clear record of what goes where.
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Advanced Nitrox
High-oxygen decompression gases and oxygen-clean equipment — a different capability from recreational Nitrox.
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Advanced Nitrox
High-oxygen decompression gases and oxygen-clean equipment — not ordinary recreational Nitrox.
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Apeks
Apeks presents a technically focused range covering regulators, BCDs, suits, masks, fins and torches. Its catalogue is a useful place to research equipment configurations with an instructor or experienced retailer.
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BCD
Buoyancy control device: equipment with an inflatable chamber used as part of a diver’s buoyancy system.
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Boat Diving in Australia: A Practical Guide
Entries, exits, seasickness, briefings and equipment routines for day boats, RIBs and liveaboards around Australia.
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Buddy briefing worksheet
Record shared goals, equipment questions, communication and unresolved points before the local briefing.
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Cold water and hypothermia
Cold can reduce comfort, coordination and the ability to manage equipment before a diver recognises a serious problem.
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Comfort
A person’s sense of ease with the equipment, environment and activity.
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Communication
Sharing information through agreed words, signals or equipment.
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Configuration
The arrangement and combination of equipment used by a diver.
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Dive Insurance for Australian Trips
How to compare emergency assistance, evacuation and equipment cover for local, interstate and overseas dive travel.
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Dive reflection log
Record an outing, observations, equipment context and the skill you want to develop next.
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Dive-boat accessibility: questions to ask before booking
Discuss the complete journey from meeting point to boat facilities, communication and equipment handling with the operator before committing.
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