Before each dive, work with your stu­dents to closely examine the objects of their fear, help them rationally weigh the risks, and then develop a sound procedure to control the perceived risk or danger. By teaching our students to perform such an analysis, the stresses associated with common ...

J4, or Scratchers Sub is by far the most popular mostly due to its depth at 27 meters, but also because it is such a great dive. It's broken at the torpedo room, with the bow twisted away to port. Like all the others, the bow ...

A tattered skull and crossbones fluttered high on the stern mast of the double-mast prahu KLM Shakti as it cut through tranquil waters off the western tip off Papua. This is the secret islands of Raja Ampat, an area steeped in a shadowy past and present. ...

Water quality in Bass Strait is generally good, with visibility varying from five to 20 meters, but averaging around 10 meters. The best sea conditions are usually around June with predominant northerlies and water temperature around 14 degrees. February through March sees water temperatures around 18 ...

Nelson Bay is on the southern shoreline of Port Stephens, near to the ports headlands. Made up of a series of volcanic peaks and sand dunes formed around forty million years ago, Port Stephens became an estuary about 70,000 years ago when the sea level rose about 60 ...