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Coffin Bay Oyster Lease: A Unique Marine Garden in South Australia’s Shellfish Heartland
By ScubaDownUnder Team
The Coffin Bay Oyster Lease on SA's Eyre Peninsula is a unique intermediate boat dive from 3-9m. Visibility typically 5-8m, with temperatures 14-20°C. This site reveals a vibrant marine garden amidst oyster farm structures, teeming with garfish, squid, and colourful nudibranchs.
Exmouth Navy Jetty: A Macro Wonderland for Beginners
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Exmouth Navy Jetty, WA, is a beginner-friendly shore dive (4-10m) with 10-12m variable visibility and warm 22-26°C waters. This macro wonderland teems with juvenile fish, octopus, and diverse nudibranchs amidst concrete pylons. Best dived at slack high tide, it offers easy access and incredible photographic opportunities within a thriving artificial reef ecosystem, ideal for relaxed exploration
Ningaloo Reef: Western Australia's Coral Masterpiece for Every Diver
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Ningaloo Reef, WA, offers world-class diving for all levels (3-30m) with 22-26°C waters and excellent visibility. Famed for whale sharks, manta rays, and pristine corals, it’s a vibrant hub of reef sharks and turtles. Accessible from shore or by boat from Exmouth, it promises unforgettable encounters within a UNESCO World Heritage-listed marine sanctuary
Corny Point Lagoon: A Tranquil Tide-Pool Haven for Aspiring Divers
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Corny Point Lagoon on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula is a tranquil beginner-friendly shore dive with depths of 2-5m. Though visibility is often limited to 3-4m due to silt, the calm waters host crabs, small rays, and seastar
What to Expect in Your Pool Sessions (Confined Water Training)
By ScubaDownUnder Team
# What to Expect in Your Pool Sessions (Confined Water Training) > > The pool is where you first put on scuba gear and breathe underwater. Here's exa...
Rapid Bay Jetty Dive Site Guide | Fleurieu Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Rapid Bay Jetty on SA's Fleurieu Peninsula is Australia's leafy seadragon capital. Shallow pier dive to 10m with iconic marine life, sponge-covered pylons and year-round access.
North Bondi Bommie: Sydney's Underwater Marvel
By ScubaDownUnder Team
North Bondi Bommie, a vibrant Sydney dive site, offers intermediate divers rich marine life and unique topography. Depths from 6-18m reveal groper, trevally, and rays amidst rocky ledges and swim-throughs like "The Cathedral". Best from October-April, it's accessible by boat, showcasing an impressive underwater world just off iconic Bondi Beach.
Julian Rocks Dive Site Guide | Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Julian Rocks (Nguthungulli) .Two and a half kilometres off Byron Bay beach, a pair of volcanic rocks break the surface that have been drawing divers ...
Is Scuba Diving Right for Me?
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Is Scuba Diving Right for Me? 10 Questions to Ask Before You Learn Most people who are drawn to scuba diving have one core question underneath........
Port Vincent Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A sheltered northern Yorke Peninsula jetty with calm conditions and a productive shallow-water community including resident sea dragons and year-round cuttle...
Cook Island: A Sanctuary of Turtles and Vibrant Reefs
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Cook Island, near Tweed Heads, NSW, is a stunning marine sanctuary perfect for all diving levels. With depths of 5-15m and visibility reaching 20m, this boat-accessed site is famous for its resident green and loggerhead turtles.
What Is Scuba Diving? A Complete Beginner's Overview
By ScubaDownUnder Team
What Is Scuba Diving? A Complete Beginner's Overview. You've seen the photos, coral gardens, sea turtles, walls of colour. Here's everything you need to know
Decompression education and safety
By ScubaDownUnder Team
This collection of sources explores the physics, physiology, and history of diving decompression, focusing on how the body manages dissolved inert gases during ascent.
PADI vs SSI vs NAUI, Which Scuba Certification Agency is Right for You?
By ScubaDownUnder Team
PADI vs SSI vs NAUI, which Scuba Certification Agency is Right for You? So you've decided to learn to scuba dive, great decision. Now comes you...
The Breath of Life: A Deep Dive into Diving Gases
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Choosing the right gas is about matching the tool to the task. From standard air to clear-headed Trimix, each mix offers a specific physiological key to the deep. Understanding partial pressures and gas density ensures that every diver, from recreational enthusiast to marine biologist, remains safe, sharp, and submerged for longer.
West Cape Reef Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A remote reef system at the southern tip of Yorke Peninsula, where Spencer Gulf meets Investigator Strait, with strong currents, clear water, and an exposed ...
Manta Bommie Dive Site Guide | North Stradbroke Island, QLD, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A coral-encrusted bommie off North Stradbroke Island's eastern coast with a dedicated cleaning station that draws manta rays and bull rays for regular, close...
Clarkes Reef Dive Site Guide: Albany, WA
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A granite reef on Albany's south coast, 5–18 m, where Western blue devils, blue groper and the texture of Southern Ocean swell define the dive.
Albany Artificial Reef Dive Site Guide — King George Sound, WA
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A purpose-built Recfishwest habitat reef in King George Sound, sitting in 8–18 m of sheltered Southern Ocean water — a site for watching colonisation happen, not a wreck dive.
How to Choose the Right Scuba Diving Fins: A Comprehensive Guide
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Choosing the right scuba diving fins is essential for underwater comfort and efficiency. This comprehensive guide explores various designs, from powerful open-heel paddle fins to effortless split fins, while detailing how material, blade stiffness, and diving conditions influence performance. Discover how to select the perfect pair to enhance your propulsion and control.