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Welcome to Diving Townsville, we hope that our site makes it easier for you to get wet!

Diving Townsville is your one stop portal for scuba diving in Townsville, North Queensland. With information on upcoming dive trips and events from dive shops, clubs and even extra motivated individuals, planning your next scuba diving adventure could not be easier!

16 December 2010 0 Comments

This Week in Diving – 14/12/10

Hot Hot Hot!  It has to be cooler in the ocean, so why not head out for a dive… Bubbles from the past This past week the visibility has been in the 20+ meters out around the Palm Island group allowing those on Remote Area Dives day trips and overnight camping safaries to enjoy the underwater beauty.  This [...]

6 December 2010 0 Comments

This Week in Diving – 6/12/10

Sorry for the waterlogged delay, but we are back up and running on our weekly TWID! Bubbles from the past Once again, despite the rain Townsville Divers are fighting back!  It’s been a fun couple of weeks for many. Salt Dives SALTSPRAY is making its home port, Port Hinchinbrook for a couple of weeks, this is [...]

22 November 2010 0 Comments

This Week in Diving – 22/11/10

This week in diving was a wet one… but our neighbouring dive sites still managed to deliver! Bubbles from the past Despite the sporadic rain, it seems that divers that visited the Yongala this week were treated with a visit by a black manta ray, who didnt seem to want to leave, doing a few ‘fly’ byes.  This [...]

15 November 2010 0 Comments

This Week In Diving – 15/11/2010

This week in diving was a special one as there was an underwater wedding proposal! Bubbles from the past It’s been a seriously wet week, however that hasn’t detered one happy couple. Punters on Adrenalin Dive’s boat to Wheeler Reef were treated to an unsual event – an underwater wedding proposal! He had a little plastic crab [...]

8 November 2010 0 Comments

This Week In Diving – 8/11/2010

This week in diving, we bring you….sex on the reef! Bubbles from the past Another beautiful week for diving with clear sunny days. Punters on Adrenalin Dive’s boat to the Yongala were rewarded with streams of baitfish. Out at Magnetic Island, Chris lead his A (Aquanauts) Team on a mission to the Moltke and a [...]

1 November 2010 0 Comments

This Week In Diving – 1/11/2010

This week in diving, we bring you BIG news, quite literally. A 5m whale shark was spotted out at Wheeler Reef! Bubbles from the past It’s been a glorious week for diving with beautiful sunny days and not many clouds in the sky. Divers on Adrenalin Dive’s boat out to Wheeler Reef were treated to [...]

25 October 2010 0 Comments

This Week In Diving – 25/10/10

Hello everyone, and welcome to a This Week In Diving (TWID), new blog series that will be published every monday night. In this series, we bring you updates on diving activities from the past week, upcoming dive trips and other diving related events. We hope you enjoy reading it and that it makes you want to [...]

15 October 2010 0 Comments

AWARE Divers Haul Debris to the Surface in 90 Countries

When scuba divers surfaced from 800 dive sites around the world this International Cleanup Day, 25 September, people took notice. Volunteer divers hauled up tonnes of debris from underwater environments including tires, shopping carts, electronics and countless cigarette butts and plastic containers. “About 80 percent of the rubbish we collected was plastic,” said Suzy Phipps, [...]

11 September 2010 0 Comments

To purchase or to hire, that is the question

Scuba diving is a pleasant activity for the adventurous individuals who would like to connect with the environment beneath the waves. However, since we don’t have gills, divers need a fair amount of gear to carry out this adventure. For those just getting into diving, here are a few things that you must consider dive [...]

7 August 2010 0 Comments

Reduce your footprint with Clever Energy Australia

Do you live in a house/apartment/unit? Does it have electricity? If you answered yes to both the above question (no lies now) then read on to find out how our prize sponsor of the month (Clever Energy Australia) can give you free advice on how you could save the oceans (by reducing your carbon footprint) [...]