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HI g2, I live in South Australia (SA) and have the following comments about diving in SA. Firstly, I have looked at the 'About' tab on your 'members' profile to find out who you are and what you are interested in. When do you propose to visit Australia? This is important because diving is...

Hi iand, I am interested in your query because I am thinking about a dive trip to QLD for mid-late 2025, and have been wondering about this class of insurance.. If you have paid for the trip using a credit card, the card may have 'complimentary insurance' which may cover the events like those...

For that price, I hope the catering will be a memorable experience (when compared to "crap coffee and stale doughnuts.") FYI, TQS was started in Adelaide by a local dive shop owner whose business was strictly sales & service (and no scuba training). He closed his bricks & mortar store just...

Hi Laff I would think you and your wife may need to be retrained because you have not dived for several decades. As your postcode suggests that you live in England, you have two supplier options - a local dive centre (i.e. PADI or SSI or other), and your local BSAC branch which can be found...

Hi Sam008, The only official advice that I can find is the following statement from the Australian Underwater Federation (AUF) website - "CMAS Diver level certification cards no longer have an expiry date, but CMAS instructor certification cards expire after 5 years." This appears on the...

Hi sam008 My personal experience is that CMAS instructor certification cards expire after 5 years.

Hi Philip, Assuming that you may be open to all suggestions including those from the Southern Hemisphere, please have a look at the following link from the South Australian dive store where I shop at: Diving Adelaide PADI Divemaster course

Hi Cthippo, I would suggest looking at the Nautical Archaeology Society website particularly the pages concerning its publications and its training program which offered globally and which has providers in both Canada and the United States - please refer OUR TRAINING PARTNERS

Hi Ross9 I have lots of books, but I tend to use the following mobile phone app when I need to do some identifying - sea life australia

Hi DuncanGlave, I have two comments. Firstly, I did an online search for "Coral Bleaching' and "Great Barrier Reef", and found a page re the Tourism Reef Protection Initiative. This could be of use to you. If not, you could ask the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for suggestions on...

Hi, I live in South Australia and have the following comments. The site of the attack is in a marine protected area (MPA) established in 1968 under the name of the Port Noarlunga Aquatic Reserve. The aquatic reserve was added to a larger MPA called the Encounter Marine Park in about 2009...

Pearlman I cannot answer your question, but did you know that the speciality course instructor quide can be downloaded from AWARE Shark Conservation Instructor Guide? A read of this may be helpful.

Hi Toni, I would suggest that you could ask "Aquapro Dive Services" who is active on Scubaboard and who is an diving industry service provider in Cairns for a local update on this matter. This is because there may be higher standards of practice involved in the Cairns marketplace or in the...

Hi living4experiences, I live in South Australia - I have the following comments. Firstly, there are Australians on Scubaboard. February is probably OK if you are diving on the coastline of the southern half of the Australia continent and the coastline of Tasmania. I must emphasis that...

The following installation went live on 31 January 2023 at Edithburgh Jetty in South Australia Edithburgh Live by AusOcean More information can be found on Friends of Edithburgh Jetty Facebook group

The PADI Drysuit Diver speciality course is mentioned in the 1991 edition of PADI's Adventures In Diving

Hi Zeke XA3 I think the relevant point of contact in the CDAA would be Mathew Rochford - please refer About CDAA

Hi. I suggest that you search online for suitable providers of diving services using searches such as "scuba clubs western australia". In the first instance, You could try the following three - Underwater Explorers Club of WA UWA Underwater Club Underwater Australia - Dive Clubs - Perth...

Hi bjd001 I have provided the information re Leafy Sea Dragons (LSD) that you requested along with some comments. The weather should be favourable, i.e. warm, sunny and dry, with water temperatures about 20 degrees C. I would suggest the following dive ops – Diving Adelaide, Adelaide Scuba...

Hi Seaweed Doc, Firstly, the content of your post suggests that you are a PADI instructor (i.e. 'MSDT', 'DSD' and 'Open Water'). Can you confirm if you are? If you are looking for a PADI store in Wollongong, the PADI website shows that there are none there, and that the nearest PADI stores...