Scuba Diving and Snorkelling Downloads
The files that matter to scuba divers and snorkellers are available here for free.
I'm slowly building a collection of important scuba diving related files for download here.
Many are related to scuba diving in Victoria, Australia.
If you have something, or are looking
for something, you think should be available here,
then please contact Lloyd via an email to lloyd@borrett.id.au.
Bikini Atoll
— Diving & Operation Crossroads
For an interesting selection of videos about diving at Bikini Atoll and Operation Crossroads, please see my
YouTube channel .
Diving Bikini Atoll
Operation Crossroads
For Victoria
Official Victorian Downloads
From Elsewhere
Scuba Diving From "Raydon"
Documents used for getting agreement from divers to participate in diving from my dive boat "Raydon",
and for dive briefings given before heading out to dive.
- "Raydon" Boat Safety and Dive Equipment
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 282 KB) — 17 September 2019.
— An example information sheet. Create your own version, print and laminate it, and keep it on your dive boat.
- "Raydon" Dive and Boat Captain Information Sheet
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 198 KB) — 5 March 2021.
— An example emergency information sheet. Create your own version, print and laminate it, and keep it on your dive boat.
- "Raydon" Boat Participation Agreement and Consumer Waiver
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 16 KB) — Rev 2.0, December 2012.
— Every time you have divers coming out to participate in scuba diving activities from your dive boat ask them to read, understand and consent to the terms of a Boat Participation Agreement and Consumer Waiver. Create your own version, print and laminate it. Keep it clearly displayed on your dive boat.
- "Raydon" Boat Diving Consent Form
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 156 KB) — Rev 2.1, January 2013.
— Create your own version, print copies and have every diver coming out to participate in scuba diving activities from your dive boat read, understand and sign it.
- Dive Management Sheet
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 389 KB) — Rev 1.0, December 2012.
— Use this form to record what happens on each dive from your dive boat.
For more about my dive boat "Raydon" and how it was set up for scuba diving in Melbourne,
please see Dive Boat.
These files are print ready artwork to create decals/signs/stickers for scuba dive cylinders/tanks. If you don't want to create your own,
I highly recommend the bespoke, robust and reflective stickers available from Dive Signs in the UK.
- Scuba Diver's Log Book
(Adobe PDF | 14 pages | 4.1 MB) — 1986–2002.
— Old style Scuba Diver's Log Book by Peter Stone, now made available for general use. Some of the supporting information in this log book is outdated, especially the medical related stuff, and you should look at other sources.
- PADI Scuba Diving Hand Signals
(Adobe PDF | 2 pages | 212 KB) — 7 October 2025.
- How to Thread a Soft Cam Band Tank Strap Buckle
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 484 KB) — 8 October 2025.
- SDFV Codes of Practice 2005
(Adobe PDF | 7 pages | 63 KB) — with minor update 2006.
— Scuba Divers Federation of Victoria general operating guidelines for recreational scuba diving and related activities.
- Flinders University: Diving and Snorkelling Safety Manual
(Adobe PDF | 78 pages | 4.7 MB) — 2022 Version 3.
— Flinders University is committed to continuously improving the management of the risks associated with diving and snorkelling operations. This manual aims to provide information and resources drawing from organisation considered best practice, International Standards, Australian Standards and Work Health and Safety legislation/regulations.
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual - Revision 7 Change A
(Adobe PDF | 987 pages | 11.8 MB) — 1 December 2016 with Change A 30 April 2018.
— The U.S. Navy Diving Manual is a very complete reference on diving based on the extensive research and experience of the U.S. Navy. The manual contains major sections covering rebreathers, no-decompression diving, open-circuit SCUBA, surface-supplied diving, the diving environment, Navy dive procedures, physics, physiology and recompression chamber operation. Although much of the information is interesting, it may have limited application to your recreational diving. Still, recreational diving has some of its roots in the almost 1,000 pages of this document. Best of all, it's available at no charge because it was developed with US taxpayer funds. The file is large, 14 MB, so best to right click on the link and "Save..." it to your hard drive rather than open it in the browser.
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual - Revision 7
(Adobe PDF | 992 pages | 14 MB) — 1 December 2016.
— The U.S. Navy Diving Manual is a very complete reference on diving based on the extensive research and experience of the U.S. Navy.
- U.S. Navy Diving Manual - Revision 6 with Change A
(Adobe PDF | 1,008 pages | 27.5 MB) — 15 April 2008 with changes 15 October 2011.
— The U.S. Navy Diving Manual is a very complete reference on diving based on the extensive research and experience of the U.S. Navy.
- NOAA Diving Standards and Safety Manual 2025
(Adobe PDF | 224 pages | 4.3 MB) — 6 March 2025.
— This document represents the minimum safety standards for diving under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as of the approval date of this manual.
- NOAA Diving Standards and Safety Manual 2017
(Adobe PDF | 324 pages | 20.59 MB) — 5 April 2017.
— This document represents the minimum safety standards for diving under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as of the approval date of this manual.
- NOAA No-Decompression Tables for Nitrox Dives 2016
(Adobe PDF | 13 pages | 57 MB) — 2016.
— The NOAA Diving Program uses the following diving tables to calculate maximum depths and diving intervals for Nitrox dives.
- NOAA No-Decompression Table Multiple Air Dives
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 66 KB) — 2010.
— The NOAA Diving Program uses the following diving table to calculate maximum depths and diving intervals for multiple air dives.
See also Taxonomic Toolkit For Marine Life Of Port Phillip Bay.
General Dive Site Information
Wreck Dive Site Information Sheets
The Heads
The Entrance
The Rip
- BSAC Safe Diving - Your guide to the safe practice of sports diving
(Adobe PDF | 80 pages | 4291 KB) — Revised June 2020.
— Diving is a potentially dangerous sport with a good safety record. It is impossible to remove the risk completely but proper equipment, training, being "dived-up", experience, self-awareness, and a safety-conscious attitude all reduce the risk of a serious incident.
- BSAC diver and snorkeller guidelines to protect our seas
(Adobe PDF | 6 pages | 389 KB) — Version 1, June 2021.
— These guidelines are for our community to think about, and perhaps incorporate into their diving and snorkelling practices to help protect and preserve our diverse marine environment.
- Decompression Dive Planner
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 24 KB) — Version 1.2, 12 August 2020.
— Worksheet used to plan technical/decompression dives.
- CNS Percentage Tracking
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 16 KB) — Version 1.1, 25 February 2011.
— Table used to find the percentage CNS oxygen toxicity dose for a dive.
- NASA Procedures for Cleaning of Systems and Equipment for Oxygen Service
(Adobe PDF | 49 pages | 123 KB) — 11 July 2001.
- Scuba O-Ring Sizes Chart
(Adobe PDF | 1 page | 352nbsp;KB) — 8 October 2025.
— Chart showing scuba diving O-ring sizes.
- The Safe Use of Gas Cylinders
(Adobe PDF | 20 pages | 193 KB) — 18 April 2005.
— UK Health and Safety Executive publication on the safe use of gas cylinders. The leaflet is aimed at anyone who manufactures, owns, fills, repairs or uses gas cylinders at work. Discusses foreign legislation, but still relevant here in Australia.
The UK Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) has developed a series of recording
forms that may help with marine archaeology projects that you are undertaking. These forms can be printed
on waterproof paper and mounted on survey boards for use underwater. Completed record forms should kept as
part of your project archive.
More on Gun Recording can be found at Techniques: Recording Cannon from 3H Consulting and CISMAS.
These GPS Marks are mostly stored in KML files. A KML file, or Keyhole Markup Language file, is an XML-based file format used to display geographic data, such as points, lines, and polygons, on maps and in 3D Earth browsers like Google Earth. For more information about KML files see: Wikipedia: Keyhole Markup Language.
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