Unlike some of the open water dive courses around Sydney all courses run by Abyss Scuba Diving are PADI certification. The price of the course includes your PADI certification and you do not have to pay extra to upgrade to a PADI certification. All the Abyss Scuba Diving […]

Scuba diving is a great family sport but before a parent have their children taught to dive then the child’s readiness to learn to dive needs to be considered. According to PADI kids can be certified as Junior Open Water Divers as early as the age […]

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 […]