Glossary
Buddy
A diving partner participating in an agreed system of communication and mutual awareness.
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Planners, checklists & logs
Eight tools to organise a trip, compare courses, keep equipment records and prepare useful notes.
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Official forecasts, tide information and a worksheet to take to your briefing.
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Buddy briefing worksheet
Record shared goals, equipment questions, communication and unresolved points before the local briefing.
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Buddy separation and missing divers
Separation procedures must be agreed before the dive, when everyone can communicate clearly.
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Buffalo LVT amphibious vehicle
Darwin Harbour · NT · Wreck · Boat (day trip)
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Build a scuba-course study plan that leaves time for questions
Organise course preparation, terminology, questions and review around the training provider’s actual requirements, without rushing practical learning.
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Build a shared dive plan
A plan is useful only when both divers can explain it in their own words.
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Build a weather backup plan for your diving holiday
Prepare useful alternatives, booking questions and a decision contact so a changed dive itinerary does not unravel the whole holiday.
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Bulk Jetty (Kwinana)
Perth · WA · Jetty/Pier · Shore
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Bullocky Reef
Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands · NSW · Reef · Boat
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Bulwer Wrecks
Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD · Wreck · Shore or Boat
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Bum Rock
Wilsons Promontory · VIC · Wall · Boat
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Bunbury Artificial Reef
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA · Artificial Reef · Boat (day trip)
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Bunbury Back Beach
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore
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Bunbury Offshore Coral Reefs
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA · Reef · Boat (day trip)
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Bunbury Outer Harbour Breakwater
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore or Boat
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Bundaberg & Agnes Water
Queensland · Regional dive-site directory
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Bundaberg Aqua Scuba
Bundaberg · QLD
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Bundaberg Dive Academy
Bundaberg · QLD
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Bundegi Reef
Ningaloo – Exmouth · WA · Reef · Shore or Boat
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Bunga Head
Bermagui & Tathra · NSW · Reef · Boat
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Bunker Bay - Shelley Beach
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore
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Bunker Bay (Maria Island)
Tasmania East Coast · TAS · Reef · Boat (day trip)
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Bunyip
Port Phillip Heads · VIC · Wreck · Boat (day trip)
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Buoyancy
The upward force exerted by a fluid on an immersed object.
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