Have you always dreamed of a diving holiday on the Great Barrier Reef? Now you have this chance. The world’s largest coral reef is located in the north-east of Australia. More than 2900 reefs and 900 islands stretch over an incredible 2300 kilometres. With our advice on the best dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef, you’ll be well-supervised and well-prepared for your next diving holiday in Australia.
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Explore the depths by diving
Crystal-clear waters, awe-inspiring underwater worlds, colourful marine life and endless expanses – you’ll see it all on a diving holiday. Whether you choose a relaxed holiday where you float in the water or you prefer a challenging professional dive, one thing is for sure: you will discover new worlds while diving.
Eight tips for beginners
For those who have never ventured into the fabulous world beneath the water’s surface, we offer some valuable tips for beginners, collected from actual divers, because there are a few “rules” to follow when exploring coral reefs and similar places.
Diving should not be underestimated. It is a competitive sport in which the body is exposed to extreme underwater conditions, such as pressure drops, and has to carry a lot of weight on its back. Nevertheless, it is possible to feel weightless underwater even with complete equipment, but don’t underestimate your efforts and conditions.
We have compiled the following useful and hopefully informative diving tips for you.
1. Make a test dive
You can find out if diving is really for you with a relaxing trial dive before you book an expensive diving holiday and find out after the first day that the underwater world is not really for you. If, after the trial dive, you decide to learn to dive, you should look for a good diving school to take a diving course and acquire the proper level of safety underwater.
2. Take care of your health while diving
When you’re on a diving holiday, you naturally want to spend as much time as possible in the water, sorry, underwater, and suddenly you get a nasty flu or sinus infection. Thoughts such as “It’s not that bad” and “But I’ve already paid for all my diving holidays” may quickly appear, but you should never risk your health and only dive when you are in perfect shape. Otherwise, serious problems can arise, for example, with pressure equalisation underwater. This can even lead to barotrauma. This is an injury caused by pressure, such as a ruptured lung, and no one wants their diving holiday to end badly.
3. Be aware of your limits
Setting your limits in diving is the same as setting your limits regarding your health. You need to listen to yourself and know precisely what dives suit you. If your guide plans a dive that you think is too difficult for you, don’t hesitate to tell them. You risk overdoing it and getting into trouble.
4. Learn to breathe correctly underwater
Even experienced divers can sometimes use the wrong breathing technique. You often have the unconscious impression that you are underwater and cannot breathe. This causes you to hold your breath by holding your exhalation. You hold your breath briefly, which can lead to more gas consumption than necessary. Therefore, remember that you can breathe just as normally underwater as you would on land with an oxygen tank and diving mask.
5. Get to know your diving equipment
The key to diving is using your equipment correctly. It doesn’t matter if you rent equipment from a dive holiday organiser or have your own. Before your next dive, you should familiarise yourself with your equipment so that you have answers to questions such as “Where are the valves for inflating and deflating the buoyancy compensator?” or “How do I reset my weights in an emergency?”.
6. Finding the right dive partner
It would be best if you found the right dive partner. Dive buddies look out for each other and help in case of problems. You need to be well coordinated and hear each other below the surface. Not only does this increase dive safety, but it also ensures that you always have a partner who can go with you on your diving holiday, and let’s be honest, you want to share the breathtaking scenery underwater with them, don’t you?
7. Drink plenty of water before diving
Many people don’t even realise it because they are underwater but sweat a lot during a dive. As we’ve already mentioned, diving is one of the most exhausting sports, so you need to drink enough water before the dive so you don’t get exhausted too quickly afterwards.
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