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Walk into Frog Dive at Gladesville on a Saturday and you'll usually find someone working out their first spear gun setup at the counter. The questions are almost always the same. What size gun? How thick a wetsuit? Do I need a licence? And where am I allowed to go?...

This weekend, we had two impressive students Angel and Vera who got amongst the action and had a ball on our Discover Scuba Course! A big congratulations to both of these students and we can't wait to see them on an Open Water Course soon!A big thankyou goes out to...

The first wetsuit question many divers get wrong is asking how warm. The right question is what for. A 7mm steamer that's perfect for a winter Bare Island shore dive will cook you on a tropical liveaboard. A 3mm that handles Cairns won't get you through an hour at Shelly...

There are dozens of dive computers on the Australian market and four brands worth short-listing: Shearwater, Oceanic, Suunto and Garmin. Within those four, you'll find models from around $450 to over $3,000. The $450 unit is not worse than the $3,000 one for most divers. It's different. This guide is...

Most divers buy their first BCD within the first year of getting certified. It is the second-biggest gear purchase after a regulator set, and the choice between jacket, back-inflate, wing and travel is the one that causes the most confusion. Each style exists for a good reason, but which one...

Sydney is one of Australia's most underrated shore diving cities. Cold-water divers already know it; mainstream travel coverage rarely does. Between the ocean reefs at Manly, the protected bays off Clovelly, the sheltered harbour coves, and the weedy seadragon sites at La Perouse and Kurnell, scuba diving Sydney from the...

Open Water certification is a solid foundation. It builds safe habits, covers the core skills and gets divers into the water with confidence. For many people, it is also the start of a longer progression.  Sydney rewards that progression more than most places. The coastline is varied, the marine life is rich,...

Most dive computer buying guides are written for warm, clear water. They assume you are stepping off a boat in the Coral Sea, not scrambling over rocks at Bare Island with 3 metres of visibility and a southerly picking up.  Sydney diving is good diving, but it has its own...

Most divers reach the same point a few months after their Open Water course. The rental gear works, technically, but it does not feel like yours. The console screen is unfamiliar, the settings are generic, and you spend half the dive second-guessing the display instead of watching the reef.  That...