Millions of people around the world use oceans, pools, and lakes for all sorts of recreational activities. There are many activities that are fun for individuals and families. Because of the wide range of options, water activities are a pastime that shows no signs of declining in the future.

The following is a list of the water activities enjoyed by many throughout the world:

Swimming: Whether it is a pool, lake, or ocean, swimming is a past time enjoyed by many people.

Water Polo: This water sport consists of two teams and a ball. It is often described as a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, and wrestling. A team consists of six field players and one goalie. The purpose of the game is to score as many goals as possible.

Snorkeling: This activity consists of swimming at the surface of the water and using a mask and a small tube called a snorkel.

Water Aerobics: This form of aerobics is performed in the water.

Water Slide: Fun for all ages, a water slide is a slide with water flowing down it.

Scuba Diving: consists of is swimming under water using a (self contained) breathing apparatus and scuba mask.

Underwater Photography: This activity involves taking pictures under water. There are many contests involved with Underwater Photography.

Boating: This is the use of boats on the water. This can include rowboats, motor boats, canoes, kayaks, sailboats, luxury cruise ships, fishing boats, yachts, speed boats, hydroplane racingetc.

Fishing: This recreational or business activity involves catching fish.

Kite Surfing: This sport involves traveling on water using a kite for propulsion.

Water Skiing: This water sport involves using skis to glide over the water while being pulled by a motor boat.

Wakeboarding: This sport is much like water skiing, but involves using only one board attached to the feet.

Wakeskating: This activity is much like wakeboarding, but the board is not attached to the feet

Windsurfing: This involves traveling on a board that uses wind to propel sails.

Synchronized swimming: This involves a combination of swimming, gymnastics, and ballet.

Free-Diving: The goal of this activity is to dive as deep as you can without using a breathing apparatus.

Bodyboarding: This sport is similar to surfing, but the board is smaller and the person lies down on the board.

Dragon Boat Racing: This sport involves teams paddling on water, using painted boats which are attached to decorative dragon heads and tails. The length of the race can be 500 meters and the normal crew number is 22, including 20 paddlers, 1 steer person and 1 drummer.

Fin swimming: This is swimming with fins

Water Aerobics: This exercise is aerobics in the water

Water Tubing: This fun pastime involves sitting in a water tube and being pulled by a motor boat.

Rafting: This involves traveling on a raft down a river.

White Water Rafting: This type of rafting involves traveling in a boat like a kayak through rough river waters.

Jet Ski: A jet ski is a mechanical device used to travel on the water.

Because there are so many activities that involve the use of water, there is usually an activity for everyone to enjoy.

To dive Sydney dive sites and the conditions that prevail when doing Sydney diving is to prepare you for anything the world of diving can throw at you. Although we are blessed with a wide variety of marine life and underwater landscapes, the weather conditions and entry / exit points of our best dive sites require a little bit more pre planning and expertise when diving Sydney sites.

We see time and again at Pro Dive Drummoyne divers and instructors that learn to dive in tropical conditions like Thailand and the Caribbean that lack some very basic skills that people who regularly dive Sydney take for granted and perform as a matter of course. Sure it is great diving in paradise where the water is warm, clear and glassy, but if you lack the skills to be capable and comfortable in any condition then what is really the point in learning to dive at all? You want the best SCUBA gear for the diving you do, so why not want the best knowledge and skills as well?

So if you have a tropical holiday planned and you want to learn to dive so you can enjoy the underwater world as well as the above water world, then why dont you learn to dive Sydney conditions before you head off so you have the confidence and experience to dive in any conditions that you may come up against? Along with the type of dive site you will be learning in, you will also have tuition that is unrivalled in any other country.

We pride ourselves on providing top quality instructors that give 110% to make sure that firstly, you have a fantastic time on your course, but also that you end up being a top quality diver as well.

Once you come back from your holiday, you can jump in and start exploring some of the wide array of dive sites Sydney has to offer from the sponge gardens of Bare Island to the deep wrecks off Long Reef, there is more than enough to keep you finding new things and places for many years to come. So overall Sydney is one of that locations that sometimes many divers around Australia and in the world seem to forget. No only the quality of the diving is pretty high but you had the advantage of diving in one of the most amazing and interesting cities in the world.