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Having experienced New York diving at its best, and worst, it seems that I am being transferred to Oz most probably March next year. It will almost for sure be Sydney as one of my work colleagues already lives in Malabar.
So, the question is, what can I expect in the way of diving? I am advanced nitrox and deco certified and would be looking for both beach and wreck diving. Is access to the beach pretty easy and do you need a drysuit over winter (I do have one)?
Obviously I'll be shipping my gear over and have both yoke and DIN tanks - are both of these used in Oz? Or would it be better to buy secondhand tanks and sell my doubles and singles over here?
What can I expect to see in the way of wildlife?
I think I am more excited about it than when I moved to the USA from England!!!
Having experienced New York diving at its best, and worst, it seems that I am being transferred to Oz most probably March next year. It will almost for sure be Sydney as one of my work colleagues already lives in Malabar.
So, the question is, what can I expect in the way of diving? I am advanced nitrox and deco certified and would be looking for both beach and wreck diving. Is access to the beach pretty easy and do you need a drysuit over winter (I do have one)?
Obviously I'll be shipping my gear over and have both yoke and DIN tanks - are both of these used in Oz? Or would it be better to buy secondhand tanks and sell my doubles and singles over here?
What can I expect to see in the way of wildlife?
I think I am more excited about it than when I moved to the USA from England!!!
It all sounds too good to be true. Thanks for your replies.
Need to find out if it is going to be cheaper bringing over my tanks and getting them hydroed. I have nine tanks and it'll cost a small fortune to replace them all.
Just wondering about the local regulations. Can you legally dive anywhere that is publicly accessible and do you always need a dive flag?
Almity1 - nice site!!