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Can get typoons at that time, we had one in late August last year but really only affected diving which was banned by the coast guard. All I can offer other than the visibility was good and water warm (hence the typhoon).

Happened to a diver I knew in Sydney. Who knows why? Ran out of air, too heavy to then ascend, water came in through reg when upsidedown (that happens a lot cleaning boats).

See my website. Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site. Click on Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia to see some information about places I dived there.

In December 2022 I was diving in Sydney and found a sawn off 0.303 Lee Enfield rifle and ammunition. It was close to a swimming enclosure in an estuary on the southern side of Sydney. It was in perfectly good working order. AS we have extremely strict firearm laws, I suspect that it was...

Have seen a couple of urns in Sydney at well known dive sites. Not sure if the person was a diver, but could have been a fisher.

The WWII wrecks have hardly any oil in them at all. The tankers that I have dived on are all empty (well, close enough) and the other oil powered ships have only a percentage of their possible fuel load. Some, like the ones in Chuuk, have very little as Japan was already in trouble and they did...

Two similar deaths in Tassie in a few weeks. Amazed that there have been four this year. Only one in NSW as far as I know and we have 16 times the population and weather far more conducive to diving.

No idea, I just booked a ticket at Sabang for return trip. You could book the whole boat or a ticket.

The fast boat goes to Sabang, so no trike needed. Just walk the rest of the way.

Wow, you must have dived with the wrong people I think. We had brilliant dives, every one was high quality. Little rubbish under or on water. What is wrong with being stuck at your hotel? Most dive resorts around the world are isolated from towns, there are only a few locations where the...

Did this in September last year. Buceo's car to Batangas wharf took 85 minutes, could not use their boat for first bit due to typhoon, so was car all the way. Then slow ferry took 2.5 hours. Trike to Sabang was about 20 minutes. Ferry was 450 pesos pp (US$8.00). Car was US$60 and trike 350 pesos...

I think there are two type of people, those who have an innate sense of direction and those who do not. In my experience, those who have a sense of direction can navigate in the bush or in cities without trouble and are also good at navigating underwater. Those who have no sense of direction are...

That is a very remote location. Not sure why anyone would be diving there except to catch crayfish/lobsters. I suspect would have been from a boat, too far to swim across the channel which is has strong incoming and outgoing tides and river flow. It is called Hells Gates. Article is basically...

OWL = OWN. OWN & COMP means get the data from your own computer.

Why would you need insurance? Medicare covers all medical matters. If you have to be evacuated by helicopter or plane, the various state governments run the organisations that do this (or the Royal Flying Doctor Service). Possibly need ambulance cover, but not sure. Recompression chambers...

The GBR is very long, many airports. However, you probably want Cairns for the northern end of the reef.

Never strap to your head, every person I know who has done this has lost it. TG-7 and SeaFrogs housing is a good option.

I didn't think the Thorfinn was still running. Even if it is, I would avoid at all costs (I have done 6 trips to Chuuk).

I use a Garmin Descent G1 and a Shearwater Perdix. Both excellent and very similar in NDL etc. I am sure the MK3 is even better.

From New Zealand I assume. They resemble that statement.