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Abyss Scuba Diving
Ramsgate · NSW
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Find a lesson, look up a word, check the forecast or find the manual for your gear. Bring your next diving question here.
FIND YOUR NEXT ANSWERNEW / INTERACTIVE TOOLS
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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Beginner lessons
Accessories with a purpose
Connect an accessory to a specific use and learning need.
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Advanced Nitrox
High-oxygen decompression gases and oxygen-clean equipment — not ordinary recreational Nitrox.
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After OWSI: specialty teaching, MSDT and IDC Staff Instructor
Understand further instructor development without confusing a preparation package with an earned rating.
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Algorithm
A defined calculation process; dive computers use algorithms to process measurements and settings.
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Aqua Cruise (formerly Sea the Gold Coast)
Southport · QLD
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Aqua Dive Gold Coast
Southport · QLD
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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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Breathing gases are not interchangeable
Recognise why a gas name implies training and limits.
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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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Byron Bay Dive Centre
Byron Bay · NSW
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Certification
A qualification awarded after meeting a training programme’s requirements.
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Choose your next course from a real learning need
Use instructor feedback and your intended diving to compare continuing education rather than collecting course names.
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Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver
Recycling breathing gas to extend duration, reduce bubbles and optimise oxygen exposure.
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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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Decompression Procedures
Planning and executing dives with a mandatory decompression obligation.
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Devocean Dive
QLD
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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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