Additional Resources

PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors

SSI - Scuba Schools International

BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club 

CMAS - Confederation Mondiale des Activites Subaquatiques

FFESSM 

PDIC - Professional Dive Instructors Corporation 

YMCA

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)

Principal adviser to the Commonwealth Government on the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Reef Ed
A wonderful collection of resources about the animals, plants, habitats and features of the Great Barrier Reef.

CRC Reef Research Centre
Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Reef Check Australia
Australian branch of a global network of volunteers who regularly monitor and report on reef health.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Queensland Government National Parks and Wildlife Management Service

Queensland Dive Industry Association National Shipwrecks Database
Collective record of all known shipwrecks in Australian Waters

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

Department of Industrial Relations Workplace Health & Safety

Whitsunday Charter Boat Industry Association (WCBIA)

Association of Marine Park Tour Operators (AMPTO)

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Divers Alert Network Asia-Pacific (DAN)
A not-for-profit member-based organisation that strives to improve the safety of diving for all divers via pursuits that include funding and/or manning 24-hour diving emergency hotlines, providing worldwide emergency evacuation, offering various training opportunities (e.g. first aid and oxygen provision) and undertaking data collection and research.

Project AWARE
Project AWARE is the dive industry’s leading nonprofit environmental organisation dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.