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Wilson Island: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Diving & Snorkeling: Great Barrier Reef
Where the Rainforest Meets the Reef
Scuba diving off the Daintree offers a quick intro into what will soon become a life-long obsession
The Road to Swellsville
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Five Idyllic Beach Towns and Mellow Surf Meccas

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Sea Star
The Great Barrier Reef's greatest hit—Lizard Island
Ten Delicious Places to Dip into Diving
Diving Australia's Great Barrier Reef
A Natural Wonder: The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Top 10 Reef Dives
Tropical Queensland: Active Oz from Sea to Summit
Beauty Beneath the Surface: Dive the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea

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Seafood Watch: The Western Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world's oceans, continues to profile the seafood you should—and shouldn't—eat by indexing the most common fish off the western coast of the United States.
Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
Sharks: Myths and Realities
Every summer, the ominous display of a dorsal fin sends crowds scurrying for the shore—and newspaper headlines exploding with warnings. Find out why that’s the wrong way to act.
Deep Focus
Learn the basics of underwater photography and you expand the experience of scuba diving and snorkeling. Our ten tips will help keep things crystal clear.
The Move
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Go deeper with champion freediver Tanya Streeter

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The Australia Explorer
Small World Journeys
from $1920, 8 days
Cairns is blessed with a superb location between ancient rainforest, classic outback and the Great Barrier Reef. On this active adventure, you get to...
Australia Reef & Rainforest Multisport
The World Outdoors
from $2798, 8 days
Experience two magical UNESCO World Heritage areas - the Wet Tropics and the Great Barrier Reef - and see wildlife found nowhere else on earth. From...
West Coast Safari
Intrepid Travel
from $1920, 11 days
White sandy beaches and red rocky desert; cosmopolitan cities and ancient Aboriginal culture... Australia's west coast is rich in contrasts, and...
iExplore Australia & Mossman Experience
iExplore
from $3350, 0 days
The land of "no worries" may be home to the happiest people on earth--and why shouldn't they be? Australia, has it all: cosmopolitan cities like...

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Check Out My Wood!
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How a carpentry-challenged nonsurfer built a classic wooden longboard with his own kook hands.
Women's Surfing
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Seal Line Urban Tote
The Perfect Wet/Dry Bag
Surfing
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Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.