Scuba Diving Sydney

If you are looking for Sydney scuba diving boat , you will find the following tips quite valuable. No matter whether you are a beginner or an experienced scuba diver, if you keep in mind the following things, it will certainly enhance your overall skills and knowledge regarding various aspects associated with underwater scuba.

The Captain’s Instruction Is Very Important
It is very important for you to always pay heed to what the captain or dive master is instructing you. Do follow his/her instructions properly. After all, it is the captain who leads the boat and your safety lies in his/her hands.

Ask Questions
If there is something that is not clear to you, do not hesitate to ask questions. For example, sometimes the boat looks ready to board, but may not be equipped to carry you. Until and unless the captain tells you to board, you should not board it.

Keeping Gear In The Right Place
Make sure that you have kept gear at the right place. If you place the gear in the wrong place, someone might stumble over it.

Precaution With The Tank
You need to take precaution for the tank as well. Keep the tank in a proper manner and make sure that it is completely secured. You must keep in mind that a dropped tank may result in a broken toe. In this regard, the best way is to use a bungee cord loop.

Pay Heed To What The Dive Master Or Captain Says
The dive master or captain keeps addressing the group on various things. For example, it might be a boat briefing or a dive briefing. Normally, they prefer to do briefing both before and after you go in for diving. It is very important for you to pay heed to everything that your dive master or captain is instructing you in these briefings. Keep note of things that are of vital importance. Remember that missing out on information simply means increased risk. Therefore, if you do not want to invite trouble for yourself deep in the water, make sure that you listen to the dive master or captain when he or she addresses the lot.

Of course, experience helps you learn much, but even if you lack experience, you don’t need to worry. Just follow instructions given, check for the safety of the gear and you could dive like a professional.

Buying scuba gear can be a daunting task for beginners because you need to be well aware of all the ins and outs of the game, and this is something you can acquire through experience. There are virtually endless choices available to you when it comes to purchasing the best scuba gear. The buying process becomes more complicated with the very fact that there are thousands of retailers available in the market and each of them offers only specific brands. You need to keep in mind several factors before you go out shopping for gear.

BCD
BCD stands for buoyancy control device. This is one of the most important scuba gears. The regulator and the BCD combination must be chosen with great care. The selection criteria must include both its performance and reliability. The main function of this gear is to make breathing easy for you in deep water. Make sure that operating the inflator mechanism in the BCD is fast and easy. Again, you should also keep in mind that you cannot use the recreational BCDs for technical diving. Therefore, first you will have to decide what purpose you are buying the BCD for. If it is for recreational diving, buy recreational gear; if it is for technical diving, buy technical scuba gear. If you are satisfied with its performance and reliability, another factor might be its price. These gears are available in various brands and each of them comes with different price tags. Therefore, if budget is your major concern, you may like to compare the prices with the different retailers.

Spg And Compass
SPG and compass are another important gear for scuba diving. SPG stands for submersible pressure gauge. However, if you are looking for a more economical option, you may like to buy a dive computer rather than SPG and an underwater gauge. Dive computers are specifically designed to get information regarding the diver’s whereabouts inside the deep water. Again, there are various dive computers available for various purposes. For example, if you are looking for a dive computer for sports diving, Nitrox Computers make an ideal choice. Likewise, if you are looking for a dive computer for technical diving, multiple gas Computers should be your preferred choice.

Whatever scuba gear you purchase, do not forget to check its warranty. Sometimes, the retailers provide warranty on these gears only within a specific region. But, if you are planning to go on a trip to various regions, you should choose the gear that comes with worldwide warranty. You can also find retailers that offer lifetime warranty on various important parts of the scuba gear. Finally, wear the scuba equipment that you are most comfortable in. It is your life after all, neck deep in water.

Scuba diving Sydney is a game that requires you to be very much skilled, and this is where scuba certification plays a very important role. In fact, in most scuba diving centres, it has been made mandatory to acquire certification. This is just to make sure you know the basics of the game and will not face difficulty diving deep into the water. In the past few years, lots of scuba diving centres have emerged that provide various kinds of certification.

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Many people refer to SCUBA diving (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) as Deep sea Diving, there are different types of ocean diving, Deep sea diving could also be considered Skin Diving, Free Diving or even Commercial Diving. But most people would see the parallel between Deep Sea Diving and Scuba Diving.

So be it deep sea diving or Scuba diving you still need to learn the how to by completing a scuba diving course or lesson. During the Scuba Diving course you will be in a scuba class of about 4- 8 people depending on the level and the dive conditions.

There are a number of ways to you can try diving or even get certified as a diver.

You can complete a “try it dive” or “discover scuba” these are not a certification but an experience based dive. After that you can complete a dive course that will lead to a certification. The basic standard is some theory, pool experience followed by 4 ocean dives to a depth of 18m.

This will enable you to have a certification that is recognised world wide for the rest of your life.

Most courses run over a number of days 3 or 4, but this would mean you need to complete a full day in the classroom going over the theory, followed by some exams. The other option is making the most of the home study or online theory lessons. This would mean that you complete the theory at your own pace in your own time via a workbook or on a computer.  The benefit to this is that you do not spend a perfectly good day in a class room being lectured to by a Dive Instructor. Diving is all about the diving, theory is important but to spend a perfectly good day in the classroom just is not fun.

So when choosing you deep sea diving Scuba course, find one that is going to allow you the pre study to make sure you have the most fun for you course.

Sydney Harbour has a lot of dive sites. Some of these are located a short distance from the Heads and others quite a way. Most of the sites normally visited by divers are up the main arm of the Harbor. There are only a couple up the Northern Harbor and Middle Harbor.

The Northern Harbor is basically the section from the Heads to Manly. In this area there are only really two sites that are visited. One is Little Manly Point and Fairlight.
Travel to Fairlight Crescent, Fairlight. This is off Lauderdale Avenue. If coming from the City, turn right at Hill Street off Sydney Road once you are heading towards Manly after the Spit. This turns into Rosedale Avenue and then joins Lauderdale Avenue. Take the second on the right into Fairlight Crescent and park as near as you can to the first intersection. On your left you will see an access that leads to the waterfront.

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One of Scuba Diving Sydney’s most popular, but also most ridiculed, dive sites is Camp Cove. Located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, Camp Cove is a site that  can have extremely good or very awful conditions, mostly dependent upon the prevailing weather. Protected from all but cyclonic northern swells, the site is especially suited when southerly winds are blowing and the seas are too big elsewhere.

Entry and Exit is normally from beach at top
One drawback with the site is that because it is located in the Harbour, after periods of rain the visibility can drop to only one to two metres. Average visibility is in the order of four to five metres. Even in two or three metre visibility you can have a fantastic dive.
Situated at Watsons Bay just inside South Head, Camp Cove is a small beach only 250 metres long and as narrow as three metres at high tide. The beach is backed by luxurious homes that most of us can only dream about and either end of the beach is part of Sydney Harbour National Park.
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This Scuba Dive Sydney dive starts at the boat ramp mentioned above. Enter the water and drop to the bottom. It is about three metres deep. Head to the north-west and you will gradually get deeper. After 15 metres you will go over a small reef. Turn to your left and head south-west across the sandy bottom. After about five minutes you will reach the main reef. As you go you may see things like large flathead, numbray, small rays and flounder. The depth will be about five to six metres on the sand. Where you meet the reef (Point A) is the main section of the reef and you should follow the edge (on your left) as it goes first north-west and then west. Keep to the main higher reef and you will sort of swim through a gutter (large whitish rocks on left and a “wall” of kelp on right) with a flat rocky bottom. After about 25 metres you will cross over onto sand. The reef continues on your left and turns a little to the south-west.
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The second dive here starts from the back left corner of the island. After walking across the bridge and down the set of steps at the end, go out to the back of the island. In calm seas there is a good entry point closest to the open sea. After entering the water, swim a few metres off the wall and start the dive.

First go to the south until you drop over the wall. Examine this area for a while before turning left and following the wall to the east and north-east. The scene to your right will be a rocky terrain. After about 100 metres the wall turns to the north and you will be in the area where the cave is located. You can also head south-east once you enter the water and continue till you hit the sand. From here follow the edge south for a while if you are experienced or north if inexperienced.
By doing the first dive in reverse to the way it was described earlier, you will end up back on the mainland near the bridge. As mentioned, there are a number of different places to exit the water, depending on the tides. Pick the most suitable before entering the water.
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Bare Island is one of the best Scuba Diving Sydney sites and is great for day or night diving in almost all conditions. In moderate seas you can safely dive in most spots and in heavy seas you can usually dive the protected western side of the island.

BASIC DIVE
The first dive is a very leisurely one and begins on the mainland. Gear up and walk the down the bridge access road to the rock platform on the left of the bridge (but do not cross the bridge). A number of entry and exit points can be found here where you jump in and snorkel out towards the closest point of the island. Half way across, drop to the sandy bottom and find the edge of the rock shelf. It’s about six metres deep here. Follow the edge to the east and south-east (keeping the reef on your right) and you will drop slowly down to eight metres. There are some rocks and kelp on the sand to your left for the first part and then as you turn more to the south-east, just sand and a couple of isolated rocks. A lot of small overhangs are on the right.
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