Sanctum Stunt Diver Dies In A Real Life Cave Diving Tragedy

Image source: agnesmilowka.com

Melbourne cave diver Agnes Milowka, age 29, died on February 27, 2011 while exploring the extensive labyrinth of caves known as Tank Caves, in Mt. Gambier. While the sad event played out much like an incident out of the recent James Cameron scuba movie ‘Sanctum’, Milowka actually worked as a stunt diver for the two [...]

Top 5 Deep and Challenging Dive Sites

Top Deep and challenging dive sites

There’s something a bit attractive, exciting and mysterious about diving at a deep dive site that extends to or beyond a depth of 40 meters/ 130 feet, the maximum edge of recreational diving. Intrigued with the challenge that deep diving or confined space diving (cave diving) presents, divers are often tempted to take that all [...]

Dive The Craters And Sinkholes Of Mount Gambier

Mount Gambier Cave diving, Australia

If you’re tired of scuba diving the same old coral reefs and are looking to kick things up a notch in the adventure diving arena, head to Mount Gambier in Southern Australia! As we saw in our last post (click here if you missed it), it’s an under-rated destination and a must visit if you’re [...]

Australia’s Best Kept Diving Secret- Mount Gambier

Blue Lake, Mount Gambier

Scuba Diving in Australia = Great Barrier reef. At least that’s the perception of the majority of people. And if not the Barrier reef then the Ningaloo Reef of Western Australia. But have you heard of Mount Gambier? If you’re tired of diving the same old coral reefs and are looking to kick things up [...]

PADI Cavern Diver Specialty course

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What is Cavern Diving? Cavern diving is the exploration of an overhead environment while remaining within the portion of the ‘light zone’, which is the section of the overhead environment illuminated by sunlight. The light zone of a cave is defined as that part of the cave from which natural light illuminating the entrance is [...]

Explore The Southern Coral Caverns Of Egypt

Cavern diving at St John's reef, Egypt

Beside the ever popular Dahab Blue Hole dive site, Egypt offers divers chambers of caverns encrusted in impressive coral in the lesser visited southern part of Egypt, a fine setting for an easy introduction to cavern diving and a chance to escape the crowds of divers that frequent the more popular dive sites of Egypt. [...]

Cenotes: The Underwater Caves of The Riviera Maya, Mexico

Cenotes- Sinkholes

The state of Yucatán, Mexico is home to some of the most beautiful and intricate underwater caves and caverns called Cenotes…

Top 3 Extreme Dives in the World

Eagles Nest Sinkhole Florida

For those of you that think Scuba Diving is much to sedate to even be considered a sport, you have definitely not heard of people taking the plunge at these Extreme dive sites. A far cry from the usual leisurely diving at tropical islands in the Caribbean or the coral reefs around the World, extreme [...]

How does cavern and cave diving differ from one another

cavern

Cavern Diving Cavern diving is the exploration of a permanent natural overhead environment while remaining within the portion of the light zone, or within sight of the entrances. It differs from cave diving in that, while cave divers may penetrate long distances into the cave, cavern divers go no further than 130 feet from the [...]

Cave Diving at Peacock State Park Florida

Peacock Springs

Peacock Springs State Park is a 733-acre Florida State Park located on Peacock Springs Road, two miles east of Luraville Florida. The park offers numerous activities such as picnicking, swimming, diving, and wildlife viewing. Of which the most exciting is the unique cave diving experience that the State Park has to offer. The park has [...]