This week, one of our posts about freediving safety went viral. And while it reached far more people than we expected, what interested me most was the comment section. There were hundreds of opinions about blackouts - including comments from scuba divers, experienced water people and even people working in medical fields - and it became pretty obvious just how misunderstood freediving blackouts still are. Some people seemed to believe that a blackout automatically means drowning. So let's...

Whale season is hands down one of the best times of year to be an ocean lover in NSW. Every winter, tens of thousands of humpbacks track up the east coast on their annual migration - heading north through the cold months to breed and calve in warmer water, then rolling back south later in the season with calves in tow. We spend our whole winter in and around this coastline, and it never gets old. Here's the bit a lot of people don't realise: you don't need a boat to be part of it. Some of the...

Right now, tens of thousands of humpbacks are making their way north along the Australian coast. The east coast migration builds through May and June and peaks late June into July, and every single year around this time the same message lands in our inbox: "Where can I swim with them?" It's a great question. The problem is the internet gives you two terrible answers. Half of it says swimming with whales is flat-out banned and you'll cop a fine. The other half is selling you a fantasy of...