Guides
How to Choose a Divemaster Internship
Compare mentoring, real course involvement, workload, total cost and employment claims before committing weeks or months to a professional programme.
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Better questions. Useful answers.
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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Search Australian dive sites, dive centres, regions, published guides, courses and definitions in one place. Filter by type to narrow your results.
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Guides
How to Choose a Technical Diving Instructor
Evaluate current diving, configuration, failure standards, mentoring and local support before comparing agency logos.
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How to compare dive-trip quotes without missing the extras
Build a like-for-like comparison of Australian dive-trip quotes, including hire, transfers, guiding, cancellation terms and the real total.
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Hypoxia and inadequate oxygen
Too little oxygen can cause loss of consciousness, potentially without a useful warning.
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Learning to Dive
What entry-level scuba training actually involves, and how to judge a course before you book it.
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Learning to Dive: Tropical vs Temperate
Certifying in Cairns or in Melbourne produces different divers — here is how, and why it matters.
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Learning when you feel nervous
Prepare a way to discuss confidence and support.
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Liveaboard Diving in Australia
How Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea and remote Australian liveaboards differ — and what to compare beyond the advertised number of dives.
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Logbook
A record of diving experiences, factual details and learning reflections.
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Low visibility and night diving
Less visual information changes navigation, communication and team spacing.
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Marine life and injury prevention
Observe wildlife with enough space that neither the animal nor the diver needs to react defensively.
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Mouthpiece
The part of a snorkel or regulator held in the mouth.
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NAUI Open Water Scuba Diver
Learn the fundamentals for autonomous buddy diving in conditions comparable to your training.
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NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver
Develop risk management, assistance, transport and rescue skills for diving emergencies.
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Ocean Hut
Narooma · NSW
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Open Water Diver
The entry-level certification that allows independent recreational diving to around 18 metres.
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Try different types of diving with an instructor and develop experience beyond entry-level training.
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PADI Deep Diver
Develop planning and awareness for deeper recreational dives under appropriate instruction.
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PADI Divemaster
Develop the skills and knowledge used to assist instructors and support certified divers within professional standards.
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PADI Divemaster vs SSI Divemaster
Both lead into recreational dive leadership, but the programme structure, intermediate rating and centre relationship differ.
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PADI Dry Suit Diver
Learn how a drysuit changes preparation, buoyancy and in-water responses.
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PADI Enriched Air Diver
Learn to plan and manage recreational enriched-air nitrox use.
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PADI Open Water Diver
Build the knowledge and practical skills for your first scuba certification. Learning takes place through theory, confined-water practice and open-water training.
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PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Prepare for teaching through instructor development and the required evaluation process.
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