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If you learned to dive in Thailand, Cairns, or Fiji, you probably wore "Full Foot" fins.  These are the fins you wear barefoot. You slip them on like a shoe. They are light. They are comfortable. They are perfect for walking across a white sandy beach or jumping off a boat into...

Learning to scuba dive is an adventure. But for many people, the first day is also terrifying.  You are wearing heavy equipment for the first time. You are breathing through a regulator. You are trying to remember hand signals while keeping your mask clear.  The last thing you need is...

It is a summer ritual. You drive to the coast. You stop at a supermarket or a petrol station. You grab a forty dollar snorkel set for the weekend.  You get in the water. You put your face down. Cold salt water rushes into your nose. You clear it. You tighten the strap. You...

It is the classic Sydney summer ruin. You are at the beach. The water is clear. The sun is out. But there is a blue line of jagged debris on the sand.  Bluebottles.  You want to get in the water. But you know the pain that is waiting. You see...

People often assume a diver’s personality is shaped by the gear they buy or the courses they choose. In Sydney, divers tend to be shaped by something else entirely. The city itself. The swell lines, the headlands, the tides that turn quickly, and the quietly stubborn culture of shore diving...

When you dive, the Tasman Sea doesn't care how keen you are or how much you spent on your regulator. You can have the sharpest fins and a tank full of nitrox, but if your teeth are chattering so hard you can’t keep the mouthpiece in, the dive is over....

Local dive instructors are reporting a steady change across Sydney’s scuba community. Rather than relying on rental equipment for years, more divers are buying their own masks, fins and wetsuits within the first months of their certification. The shift reflects how Sydney’s conditions, diving culture and attitudes toward safety are evolving. ...

The First Signs of the Season Underwater  Sydney divers know when spring has arrived. The mornings are still cool, but the water begins to warm. Baitfish move back into the shallows. Rays cruise across kelp beds at Bare Island. Wobbegongs rest on the sand at Manly. On the right day,...

As the Sydney diving season kicks off in spring and summer, divers eagerly prepare to explore the ocean once again. But before heading underwater, one essential step often gets overlooked: servicing dive equipment. Annual servicing isn’t just a suggestion—it’s an industry standard recommended by equipment manufacturers, PADI, and Divers Alert...