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Byron Bay Dive Centre
Byron Bay · NSW
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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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Glossary
Certification
A qualification awarded after meeting a training programme’s requirements.
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Choosing an instructor
Prepare useful questions about teaching and support.
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Configuration
The arrangement and combination of equipment used by a diver.
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Confined water
A pool or water with pool-like conditions used for suitable supervised learning.
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Continuing practice and refreshers
Plan a next learning step around your actual experience.
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Course quote
A provider’s stated price and inclusions for a particular course package.
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Cylinders and their labels
Recognise a cylinder as a documented pressure vessel.
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Dive boots
Footwear used for protection, warmth or compatibility with suitable fins.
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Dive Centre Bondi
Bondi · NSW
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Dive Centre Manly
Manly · NSW
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Dive computer
An instrument that measures dive information and uses settings and models to calculate additional guidance.
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Dive Darwin
Darwin · NT
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Dive Jervis Bay
Huskisson · NSW
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Dive Lord Howe
Lord Howe Island · NSW
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Eaglehawk Dive Centre
Eaglehawk Neck · TAS
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Equipment familiarity with a buddy
Explain why equipment differences should be discussed.
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Equipment hire
Temporary use of equipment supplied by a provider under its rental arrangements.
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Exposure protection
Recognise why suit choices depend on conditions and the wearer.
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Exposure protection
Equipment selected to help manage thermal and environmental exposure.
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Fins
Equipment worn on the feet to help move through water.
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Fins and footwear
Compare fin styles and the footwear they are designed around.
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First stage
The regulator component connected to the cylinder valve that reduces supply pressure to an intermediate pressure.
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Fish Rock Dive Centre
South West Rocks · NSW
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