Scuba Diving Blog

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: Top Global Hotspots for Wreck Diving Enthusiasts Delving into the depths of oceans and lakes, wreck diving offers a compelling fusion of history, adventure, and underwater biodiversity. This practice isn’t just about the dive; it’s about touching a piece of […]

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 […]

You might have dived with whales, filled a logbook or two, or been in some pretty brag-worthy locations. But what separates the novices from the pros isn’t about the coolest animal you’ve seen, the number of dives you’ve racked up or the warmest water you’ve […]

Learning to navigate underwater For someone who relies heavily on Google Maps to get around in day-to-day life, the concept of navigating underwater for the Advanced Open Water Course was nothing short of terrifying. The thought of waving goodbye to the dive master and then relying on […]

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 […]

One of the most satisfying parts of my job is watching my freedivers develop in confidence and technique and build themselves towards their next goals. Nowhere is this more apparent than during the PADI Advanced Freediver Course. Upon completion of the entry-level program PADI Freediver, many students […]

I started scuba diving almost 5 years ago. Since then, I have become a dive and freediving instructor and love being underwater! I love the feeling of being in a new environment every day! Working in the industry, learning and improving a bit every day, I […]

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 Two Scuba Diving Certificates: Master Scuba Diver and Divemaster 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 to explore the depths of the oceans: […]

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 […]

Learning to dive and doing your open water course can be one of the most life-changing activities you will ever complete. Gaining the ability to float in the water like an astronaut in space and swim along like a deep-sea fish are truly unique experiences. […]

Sam Leeson was an English tourist who also did his AI and OWSI training at Abyss Scuba Diving while working in the shop from 2002. The training and work experiences they both undertook at Abyss helped them both gain employment as a PADI dive instructor all over the world They have […]