Abyss Scuba Diving website guide

Find Your Way Around Abyss

Explore scuba courses, Sydney shore and boat dives, snorkelling, live calendars, overseas trips, Vanuatu and dugong guides, marine life, dive gear and practical help—all from one clear starting point.

Learn to Dive & Keep Developing

Start with PADI Open Water, rebuild confidence after a break, progress through specialties or take the professional pathway.

New divers

Become a certified diver

Course details, first-dive preparation and direct help from the Abyss training team.

Certified divers

Confidence and next steps

Choose the right next experience for your recent diving, skills and goals.

Specialties & careers

Go further with your training

Build specific skills, explore Avelo or freediving, or work towards a PADI professional qualification.

Before you dive

Medical, fitness and certification help

Find the current participant questionnaire, understand fitness-to-dive considerations or retrieve proof of certification.

Dive & Snorkel Sydney

Plan around current conditions, choose a shore or boat dive, learn to snorkel, explore freediving and discover Sydney’s varied marine life.

Plan the day

Sydney diving and live calendars

From the shore

Guided shore diving

Use the main guide for planning and live dates, or open the standard booking list directly.

From the boat

Sydney boat diving

Compare the boat experience, see current departures or find technical boat-dive options.

At the surface

Snorkelling and freediving

Learn the basics, choose suitable Sydney locations and equipment, or plan a guided seal-snorkelling adventure.

Wildlife experiences

Sharks, seals and marine life

Dive Trips & Travel

Browse current adventures, compare destinations and prepare properly for your first overseas holiday or liveaboard.

Explore

Find a dive trip

Compare

Choose the right destination

Prepare

Travel practicalities

Vanuatu Diving & Dugongs

Plan a warm-water Vanuatu holiday, then follow the evidence-led guides to understand where dugongs occur and how a responsible wild encounter should unfold.

Plan a Vanuatu holiday

Destination and trip options

Follow the evidence

The dugong guide pathway

Swim with Dugongs: Worldwide Guide Compare the main international destinations and encounter formats.
Dugongs in Vanuatu Compare Havannah Harbour, Epi, Malekula, Santo and other reported areas.
Dugongs of Havannah Harbour & Moso Island Review local habitat, research, sightings and what remains unknown.
Responsible Dugong Encounter Guidelines Learn the rules for swimmers, snorkellers, divers, boats, cameras and drones.
Dugong Facts: The Gentle Sea Cow Explore biology, diet, habitat, calves, threats and conservation.

The honest position: dugongs are present in Havannah Harbour and a sighting is genuinely possible. They are free-ranging wild animals, so no trip, dive or particular day can guarantee an encounter.

Dive Guides, Marine Life & Advice

Explore Sydney dive sites and species, then browse practical articles on skills, equipment, snorkelling, freediving, sharks and ocean care.

Where to dive

Sydney dive-site guides

What you may see

Sydney marine-life guides

Read and learn

Blog and advice categories

Gear, Community & Help

Shop or hire equipment, arrange servicing, join the Abyss community, visit the Ramsgate store or find account and policy information.

Equipment

Shop, hire and service

Popular categories

Browse dive equipment

Dive together

Community and social

About Abyss

Contact, visit and meet the team

Account and policies