by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Sep 8, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Short answer Yes. No training agency sets an upper age limit, and the UK Diving Medical Committee is explicit that there is no maximum age for medical assessment — divers are assessed on their actual health, not their birthday. What decides it is exercise capacity,...
by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Sep 7, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Three versions of this question turn up in search every month: do you need a licence, do you need to be certified, and can you dive without either. They have slightly different answers, and the difference matters if you are planning a reef day. The short answer There...
by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Sep 6, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Cairns certifies more divers than anywhere else in Australia, and probably more than most places on earth. That is good news if you want choice, and bad news if you want to choose well, because from a search results page every operator looks broadly the same. We run...
by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Sep 5, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Almost every dive centre in Australia advertises a price. Very few of them advertise the same thing. That is why “how much does a scuba course cost” is such an unsatisfying question to search — you get a spread of numbers with no way to tell which ones are...
by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Sep 4, 2026 | Blog, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Ask a group of divers why they dive and sooner or later someone says it: underwater is the only place their brain goes quiet. It turns out there is research on that — and one finding in it we would like to fix. Quick answer: divers say it helps, and most never mention...
by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Sep 3, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Of all the things that stop people booking a dive course, the medical is the one that causes the most quiet worry and gets the least clear explanation. So here is what is actually involved, what happens if you tick “yes” to something, and why leaving it...
