Neutral Buoyancy: The Skill Behind Good Diving
Nail buoyancy and transform your diving
How-to guides, tips and tricks
Nail buoyancy and transform your diving
Read the water and link open-ocean bumps
Park the boat at sea in any conditions
Why your arms stay tired - and how to fix it
Your guide to Bunbury coastal weather
Stay locked in when the wind is up
Spot the gutters and you have found the fish
Find gutters, holes and rips to catch more
Cold-season setup, wetsuit choice, and wind reads
Step back, sink the tail, spin on the spot
A preventer is not a vang. Know the difference.
Stay upwind on your kiteboard
Hop a plastic over the lip on a run-out tide.
Estimate wind by sea and shore
Why 5 m for 3 minutes ends every dive properly
Clear your ears early to dive pain-free
The kite lifts you; standing up comes last.
Find sandbars, read peaks and use the channel
Pressure systems steer every wind shift
Three points of contact beat balance every time
Reduce sail before you wish you had
Your first steps on a paddleboard, made easy
Position better, catch more waves at any break
Build speed, then lift onto the foil
Time the foam, not the face, off the sand.
Carve a gybe without dropping off the foil
A field guide to coastal clouds and what they mean
Get up and stay level without the bow hunting.
Late winter clarity, and how to use it in August.
The kite skill that saves sessions and riders
Plan and execute drift dives in any current
Carve wide, stay low, ride out still flying.
Cross on slack or the first of the flood.
Midships spring docking, phase by phase.
Watch stints, handovers and sleep that holds up
Clip the lanyard on before the engine fires.
Small early pumps beat one big desperate heave.
Gear, signals and pacing for diving after dark
Relax, cover up, and let the wave pass
Sail back on a close reach and stop, not run.
A 200-year-old scale still wins
Body, board and wing: getting upwind on a foil
Finesse lure tactics for winter estuaries
Highs, lows, fronts and isobars made simple
Stop slapping the wake. Load the new rail early.
Bung, cords, jackets, then the key.
Spend bottom-turn speed to get back to the pocket.
Float rigs and berley for winter garfish
Foil through the wind first, flip the wing last.
Timing and nose push: slip under clean every time
Compress, look, and drive off the rail
Where the wind scale came from
Step back, unweight the nose, let the board spin.
Swap edges through the flat, not with a flick.
Skip the uphaul and step onto a moving board
Carve first, send the kite second, ride out lit.
When and how to reef before the wind wins
Carve on the rail first, flip the sail last.
Reef before you need to, not after
Stall a sloop safely when the wind builds
Nearby |
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North Head, NSW |
11 kn SSE |
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Little Bay, NSW |
9 kn SSE |
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Cronulla, NSW |
10 kn ESE |
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Windiest in Australia |
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Gabo Island, VIC |
31 kn SW |
17° | ||
Most Windless in Australia |
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Rowley Shoals, WA |
Calm |
29° | ||
Hottest in Australia |
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Port Hedland, WA |
20 kn E |
40° | ||
Coldest in Australia |
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Mount Hotham, VIC |
14 kn S |
3° | ||
Wettest in Australia |
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Halls Creek, WA |
9.6 mm | |||
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