Headquartered in Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, WaterMaarq is the first full-service freediving education, tours and excursions organisation in southern Australia. The Mornington Peninsula is approximately a one-hour drive south of Melbourne. They’re passionate about the underwater world and particularly the one that rests on their […]

Batemans Bay is located in the mouth of the Clyde River on the South Coast. This beautiful location and caters for all levels of diving, from stunning shore dives to boat dives to 40 metres. The Bay is located approximately 3.5 hours south of Sydney on the […]

An easy 3 hours drive north of Sydney lies the coastal town of Forster, and just a little south of Forster is Seal Rocks. These areas are two of the iconic dive locations on the NSW coast. Dive sites at Forster include “The Pinnacle” which on its day has […]

SNORKELLING SYDNEY Sydney offers a diverse range of snorkelling sites that will keep your sense of discovery growing with every snorkelling expedition you go on. Sydney has a honeycomb of rivers and estuaries that offer sheltered snorkelling in every condition. With a little knowledge of […]

What You Need To Know About Sea Urchin Stings Imagine exploring the depths of the ocean, marvelling at the vibrant marine life all around you, when suddenly, you feel an intense pain shooting through your foot. You’ve just encountered a sea urchin, and its sting […]

A Naturalist is someone who is versed in Natural History (This is not to be confused with a “naturist” who is someone who sunbaths naked). The Underwater Naturalist module of the PADI Advanced Open Water Course teaches you about aquatic natural history and not how to dive in the […]

Scuba Diving Age Scuba diving is a great family sport, and many parents ask, how old do you have to be to scuba dive? Before a parent has their children taught to dive then, the child’s readiness to learn to dive needs to be considered. According to […]

Let’s face it, the water and weather are getting colder, for most Sydney divers this would immediately equate in their mind to the end of “the diving season”. But those of us who enjoy diving in Sydney year-round know what really happens July – September… Yes, the water gets […]

The SS Satara was a cargo vessel, first launched in October 1901. The ship was over 130 meters long with a beam of 17 meters. The Satara‘s first voyage to Australia was in September 1902 and she completed many other voyages to and from and within Australia before […]

As I swim around the artificial reef, both my dive computers start to alarm, five minutes of No-Stop time remaining – I glance at the depth – 38 meters and quickly see that I have been down for 12 minutes…  Normally this would be the […]

SHARKS! and what to expect from your Advanced Open Water Course in 2019! Most of us start our diving life in a similar way – trying to get our head around the idea of neutral buoyancy, asking our buddies, “B.W.R.A….what comes next?”; feeling a little […]

What’s Special About Wreck Diving? Divers always love a good challenge, and wreck diving is the perfect way to get your adrenaline pumping. There are a few things that make wreck diving special, and in this blog post, we'll explore what makes this activity so […]

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 things to […]

Many people hear the term Technical Diving, and immediately think of heavy, cumbersome equipment and additional risk whilst scuba diving. This perception needs to change…. Traditionally, technical scuba diving has meant going beyond recreational scuba diving limits, and included one or more of the following: […]

History of Sidemount Since the early 1960’s, cave and sump divers have been using Sidemount related equipment to conduct their dives. These divers required smaller tanks that could be configured to overcome space restrictions. They also required more tanks to provide extended lateral penetrations. Tanks […]

Have you ever been diving, seen an anchor and thought to yourself that must be worth something to someone? Well, it is, takes it to your local boat shop and you will be surprised how much it is worth. The trick is how do you […]

Sydney truly does have some amazing diving. What a lot of people don’t realise is some of the best months to dive are July – September. This is when we get the westerly winds which flatten out a lot of the dive sites and the […]

So your interest has been piqued, perhaps by some diving friends, and you’re ready to take the plunge (pun intended!) and learn to scuba dive. You book your course, your learning materials arrive and you begin to read about the amazing aquatic adventures on which you’re […]

If you’ve been out of the water for a while or did your PADI Open Water Course but haven’t been diving since your knowledge and skills are likely to be somewhat rusty. You might even be lacking the confidence to go diving again at all! If the […]

Three tanks, three regulators and half a dozen other pieces of dive equipment are clipped onto your BCD, now try and hover, maintain your depth and swap to your NITROX mix.  This is the Tec 40 course training and it’s GREAT! The additional time, the potential depth […]