• Diving

When thinking about diving people often have ideas of beaches and dive sites way out in the ocean. Most never consider that just beneath that jetty or pier you’re standing on whilst waiting for the dive boat is a myriad of life, waiting to be e.. Read More

• Diving

One of the great things about diving is that there are endless places to see and the skills to learn. Fortunately often these two things work well together. To see that deep shipwreck you need a new set of skills. Tec 45 is one of the courses you can.. Read More

• Diving

Cave diving is something that most scuba divers read about and awe at but never get to do. So why and how does a diver get into cave diving? The how of cave diving? The CDAA (Cave Diving Association of Australia) is the governing body in Australia an.. Read More

• Course

Master Scuba Diver vs. Divemaster | Key Differences Explained For those who love the underwater world, becoming a certified scuba diver is just the beginning. There are two higher-level scuba diving certificates that offer divers more opportunities t.. Read More

• Course

Wreck Diver Course As instructors we get to do lots of different diving. I love cave diving, photography, sidemount diving, deep diving, technical diving, shark diving, seal diving, the list goes on and on. But I have to say one of my favourite thing.. Read More

• A Career in Diving

I am currently at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, waiting for a plane to take off that will eventually take me to the beautiful Perhentian Islands, where I will be working as a PADI Dive Instructor. Just six months ago, I was working as a bart.. Read More

• A Career in Diving

I never intended to have a career in diving, it was just something I did on weekends but that’s not quite how it turned out I learned to dive in Cairns for my 40th Birthday, there were sixteen students in the class with one instructor.. Read More

• A Career in Diving

When I first arrived at Abyss I was convinced I was just going to do my Divemaster; I’m only on a gap year and didn’t see that being an instructor would interest me, and if I’m being honest I didn’t think I&rsqu.. Read More

• A Career in Diving

I moved to Australia from Sweden in 2005 to study design in Sydney. One of the goals I had wen I arrived in Sydney was to learn to Scuba dive. I wanted a new hobby to take my mind of the studies, a hobby that all…owed me to be active, socializ.. Read More

• A Career in Diving

Six months ago when I was an Open Water student I remember watching the instructors at the filling station and thought to myself, Wow that looks so complicated! All those hoses, valves and pressure gauges, just didn’t seem to make any.. Read More