After Dark: Your First Night Dive
Gear, signals and pacing for diving after dark

How-to guides, tips and tricks
Gear, signals and pacing for diving after dark
Body, board and wing: getting upwind on a foil
Skip the uphaul and step onto a moving board
Bung, cords, jackets, then the key.
Spot the gutters and you have found the fish
Cold-season setup, wetsuit choice, and wind reads
Carve a gybe without dropping off the foil
Step back, sink the tail, spin on the spot
Highs, lows, fronts and isobars made simple
Why your arms stay tired - and how to fix it
Foil through the wind first, flip the wing last.
Late winter clarity, and how to use it in August.
A 200-year-old scale still wins
How to find and catch KGW this winter
Find sandbars, read peaks and use the channel
Where the wind scale came from
Timing and nose push: slip under clean every time
Your guide to Bunbury coastal weather
Clip the lanyard on before the engine fires.
FCS II, Futures, thruster, quad - what to choose
Your first steps on a paddleboard, made easy
Finesse lure tactics for winter estuaries
Stall a sloop safely when the wind builds
Reef before you need to, not after
Time the foam, not the face, off the sand.
Reduce sail before you wish you had
Position better, catch more waves at any break
Three points of contact beat balance every time
Float rigs and berley for winter garfish
Why 5 m for 3 minutes ends every dive properly
Compress, look, and drive off the rail
Swap edges through the flat, not with a flick.
Watch stints, handovers and sleep that holds up
VHF channels, Mayday procedure and MMSI tips
Stop slapping the wake. Load the new rail early.
Nail buoyancy and transform your diving
The kite skill that saves sessions and riders
Plan and execute drift dives in any current
Find, read and catch salmon from shore
The kite lifts you; standing up comes last.
Small early pumps beat one big desperate heave.
Pressure systems steer every wind shift
Relax, cover up, and let the wave pass
Read the water and link open-ocean bumps
Hop a plastic over the lip on a run-out tide.
Park the boat at sea in any conditions
Stay locked in when the wind is up
A field guide to coastal clouds and what they mean
Spend bottom-turn speed to get back to the pocket.
Stay upwind on your kiteboard
Estimate wind by sea and shore
Midships spring docking, phase by phase.
Sail back on a close reach and stop, not run.
Clear your ears early to dive pain-free
Cross on slack or the first of the flood.
When and how to reef before the wind wins
Find gutters, holes and rips to catch more
Build speed, then lift onto the foil
Green weed float fishing for blackfish in July
Carve on the rail first, flip the sail last.
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North Head, NSW |
10 kn NE |
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Little Bay, NSW |
9 kn NNE |
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Cronulla, NSW |
10 kn N |
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Windiest in Australia |
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Cape Leeuwin, WA |
23 kn NW |
18° | ||
Most Windless in Australia |
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Gympie, QLD |
Calm |
18° | ||
Hottest in Australia |
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Fitzroy Crossing, WA |
10 kn NW |
37° | ||
Coldest in Australia |
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Perisher Valley, NSW |
2 kn WSW |
6° | ||
Wettest in Australia |
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Thangool Airport, QLD |
55.0 mm | |||
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