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When to Say No to a Dive: The Smart Diver’s Guide
Safety 30/09/2025

When to Say No to a Dive: The Smart Diver’s Guide

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Saying no is not weakness , it’s a mark of maturity. The ocean will always be there tomorrow, and the smartest divers are those who dive within their limits and return ready for the next adventure

Diving Cabbage Tree Island Port Stephens
Dive Sites 29/09/2025

Diving Cabbage Tree Island Port Stephens

By ScubaDownUnder Team

A hidden gem of Port Stephens’ underwater world

Understanding No-Decompression Limits in Scuba Diving
Safety 27/09/2025

Understanding No-Decompression Limits in Scuba Diving

By ScubaDownUnder Team

A diver’s guide to no-decompression limits and safe diving

Perfect Buoyancy: The Key to Effortless Diving
Tips 27/09/2025

Perfect Buoyancy: The Key to Effortless Diving

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Master buoyancy for safer, longer and more enjoyable dives

Noarlunga Tyre Reef Dive Site Guide | Adelaide, SA, Australia
Dive Sites 27/09/2025

Noarlunga Tyre Reef Dive Site Guide | Adelaide, SA, Australia

By ScubaDownUnder Team

An artificial reef constructed from scuttled tyres off the southern Adelaide coast, now a compact dive site with cuttlefish, sea dragons, and the invertebrat...

Diving Bluefish Point North Head NSW
Dive Sites 24/09/2025

Diving Bluefish Point North Head NSW

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Rugged deep dive with sharks and sweeping currents

Mount Dutton Bay Jetty Diving Guide
Dive Sites 23/09/2025

Mount Dutton Bay Jetty Diving Guide

By ScubaDownUnder Team

An uncrowded jetty dive brimming with critters, seagrass charm, wrecks and history

Darwin Harbour Wrecks Dive Guide
Dive Sites 21/09/2025

Darwin Harbour Wrecks Dive Guide

By ScubaDownUnder Team

The eight WW2-era wrecks of Darwin Harbour, lost in the 19 February 1942 Japanese raid, with cross-links to individual reviews and shared dive conditions.

Diving Black Reef Point, Evans Head
Dive Sites 20/09/2025

Diving Black Reef Point, Evans Head

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Remote reef dive with thrilling marine encounters

Dive Sites 20/09/2025

The Bluff (Rosetta Head) Dive Site Guide | Victor Harbor, SA, Australia

By ScubaDownUnder Team

A granite headland at Victor Harbor with kelp forest diving, resident sea dragons, and a rugged reef structure that produces some of the most visually dramat...

Dive Sites 12/09/2025

Port Victoria Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia

By ScubaDownUnder Team

A historic grain port jetty on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula facing Spencer Gulf, with good sea dragon sightings and a marine museum nearby that provides...

Moray Eels: What Divers Need to Know
Marine Life 10/09/2025

Moray Eels: What Divers Need to Know

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Australian diver's guide to moray eels: hunting style, habitat, and whether they're actually dangerous to humans underwater.

The Spotted Eagle Ray: Graceful Gliders of the Ocean
Marine Life 07/09/2025

The Spotted Eagle Ray: Graceful Gliders of the Ocean

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Exploring the life, habits and mysteries of the eagle ray

Dive Sites 05/09/2025

Point Turton Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia

By ScubaDownUnder Team

A small peninsula-tip jetty on the eastern Yorke coast with clear bay water, reliable sea dragon sightings, and a compact dive well-suited to combining with ...

Are Puffer Fish Dangerous to Scuba Divers?
Marine Life 04/09/2025

Are Puffer Fish Dangerous to Scuba Divers?

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Australian dive guide to puffer fish — how they inflate, where you'll spot them, what makes them deadly to predators (and humans), and how they behave underwater.

Diving The Leap Kurnell: Sydney’s Thrilling Drift Adventure
Dive Sites 01/09/2025

Diving The Leap Kurnell: Sydney’s Thrilling Drift Adventure

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Exciting drift dive with rich marine life in Kurnell

Diving Danger Reef Great Barrier Reef Queensland
Dive Sites 30/08/2025

Diving Danger Reef Great Barrier Reef Queensland

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Remote coral reef diving at its most dramati

The Enchantment of Night Diving in Australia
Tips 29/08/2025

The Enchantment of Night Diving in Australia

By ScubaDownUnder Team

Exploring the ocean after dark on Australia’s reefs and coasts

Dive Sites 28/08/2025

Wallaroo Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia

By ScubaDownUnder Team

One of the longest recreational jetty dives in South Australia, with an extended pylon run, resident sea dragons, and the marine community of a well-establis...

Black Reef Dive Site Guide — Southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD
Dive Sites 27/08/2025

Black Reef Dive Site Guide — Southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD

By ScubaDownUnder Team

A liveaboard-access reef on the southern Great Barrier Reef, 110 km offshore from Mackay — turtles, reef sharks and coral trout in 12–25 metres of clear tropical water.