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Mask
Equipment that creates an air space in front of the eyes for underwater vision.
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Masthead Island Reef
Heron Island & Capricorn Group · QLD · Island · Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)
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Maud's Landing
Ningaloo – Coral Bay · WA · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore
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Maureen's Cove (Hook Island)
Whitsundays & Bowen · QLD · Reef · Boat (day trip)
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Max's Hole
Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves · SA · Cave/Cavern · Shore
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Maximum operating depth is a boundary
A gas’s maximum operating depth is a planning limit, not a target to reach.
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Mayfield (Swan Island wreck)
Tasmania North-East · TAS · Wreck · Boat (day trip)
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Mayhill Wreck (Geraldton)
Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands · WA · Wreck · Shore
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McGregor Rock, Quiet Corner
Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay · VIC · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore
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McKay's Shaft
Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves · SA · Cave/Cavern · Shore
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Medical screening
A process used to identify health information that may require further assessment before participation.
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Medical screening and honest disclosure
A medical questionnaire is a route to appropriate assessment, not a test to pass by hiding an answer.
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Medication, alcohol and fatigue
Decisions about substances and tiredness belong before the dive, when changing plans is easy.
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Medkhanun 3
Darwin Harbour · NT · Wreck · Boat (day trip)
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Meelup Beach
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
Victoria · Regional dive-site directory
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Melbourne Diving Services
Portsea · VIC
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Melbourne University Underwater Club
Parkville · VIC
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Mellish Reef
Coral Sea · EXT · Reef · Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)
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Memory Cove
Eyre Peninsula · SA · Reef · Shore or Boat
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Merewether Ocean Baths shore dive
Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · NSW · Shore/Rock Platform · Shore
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Merewether Reef (The Mowie Hole)
Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · NSW · Reef · Shore or Boat
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Merimbula
New South Wales · Regional dive-site directory
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Merimbula Divers Lodge
Merimbula · NSW
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