The PADI Instructor Exams can be a little bit stressful. To overcome this, simply follow these general guidelines outlined below. Make sure you do your PADI Instructor training within a PADI Career Development Centre.  PADI CDC’s are Instructor training facilities that dedicate themselves to career level development of PADI […]

Everyone is faced with tough decisions in life, the decision to do a course at Abyss, not so much. After becoming a corporate refugee with no desire to return to a fast-paced world of stress-induced sleepless nights, I spoke with a few people about a […]

Abyss Scuba Diving held their monthly Awards Night on Sunday 11th August at St George Motor Boat Club to celebrate divers who had accomplished prestigious certifications. All divers are welcomed to these events, and we had an outstanding attendance by all local divers to help celebrate these awards. There […]

Transitioning from training into the ‘Real World’ of teaching divers can be daunting for some… But not here at Abyss Scuba Diving. Through our Dive Instructor Internship all our candidates are moving directly into real courses, teaching real students and gaining the confidence needed to be a […]

Your Instructor Development Course is the most important step in your dive career… It may be the most important, but choosing what course and with what PADI Course Director is the easy part!!! It is extremely important that when you are looking around for courses you choose […]

After a morning of filling out paperwork, we all jumped into the party bus and drove down to PADI Headquarters. Our examiner, Thomas, greeted us and made us feel at ease as he led us into the PADI board room. After a quick orientation session […]

Welcome to the house of…. Ummm, well I’ll let you be the judge of that…. There are many different ways you can describe life in the intern house. For me, fun, exciting and chilled are the first things that come to mind. I think a little […]

Abyss Scuba Diving held their months Awards night at St George Sailing Club on the 15th September. These nights consist of Abyss recognizing and celebrating those divers who have achieved a prestigious certification or highly recognized diving achievement. This month we celebrated our brand new instructors who had […]

Have you ever been on holiday in some tropical paradise and noticed the dive instructors and divemasters there? They always seem to have a smile on their face and are always so happy. I am from Austria and whenever I have gone diving around the world, I […]

My name is Jen, Me on my Advanced Open Water CourseI’m 18 years old and graduated high school last year (2013). Earlier that year, my parents both really got into the sport of diving – dad used to dive a lot but mum was a newbie […]