Other Things to Consider Before Buying Scuba Boots

Fit

Wetsuit boots don't come in half sizes so always go a size up if you take a half size shoe. A size down may feel okay in the shop, but when the pressure at depth starts to crush the boot around your toes you'll wish you had a bigger boot.

Try your fins on with the boots. If it doesn't fit into the pocket of the fins, pick another boot. Or buy new fins.

Yes, that means bring your fins to the shop with you when you go to buy scuba boots.

We're sorry ladies, but dive boots are usually quoted in men's sizes. We don't know why sizes aren't just quoted in inches or centimeters but they aren't.

Usually you subtract a 1 or 2 from your shoe size. E.g. A women's size 8 would be a men's 7 (possibly 6)

Thickness

The thicker the material the warmer your feet will be. Your feet will never be too warm, but cold toes will make you want to end your dive.

Soles

Most dive boots have soles covered in rubber treads. If you do a lot of shore diving, a thick tread will be more comfortable and durable when you are humping your gear through the woods, over the rocks and across the beaches.

Boadicia

Wreck Dive | Boat access

Ferro Cement Ketch Rigged Yacht | Max Depth: 22 m (72 ft)

Boadicia Wreck Dive
© Phil Watson

Level: Advanced Open Water and beyond.

The Boadicia (aka Boadicea) is a 16.5 m (54 ft) long ferro cement ketch rigged yacht with main mast length of 17.4 m (57 ft) that has been abandoned in Port Phillip.

Boadicia Sinking — 1983

It's thought the Boadicia was deliberately sunk in 1983. It lies in a depth of approximately 22 m (72 ft). Approximate position 340 degrees, 6 miles from Eastern Light, Port Phillip.

Boon Wurrung / Bunurong country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. This truly ancient Country includes parts of Port Phillip, from the Werribee River in the north-west, down to Wilson's Promontory in the south-east, including the Mornington Peninsula, French Island and Phillip Island, plus Western Port. We wish to acknowledge the Boon Wurrung as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Bunjil the Creator Spirit of this beautiful land, who travels as an eagle, and Waarn, who protects the waterways and travels as a crow, and thank them for continuing to watch over this Country today and beyond.

Boadicia Location Map

Latitude: 38° 1.187′ S (38.019783° S / 38° 1′ 11.22″ S)
Longitude: 144° 50.407′ E (144.840117° E / 144° 50′ 24.42″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map
Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-05 04:15:38 GMT
Source: GPS
Nearest Neighbour: City of Launceston, 6,457 m, bearing 190°, S
Ferro Cement Yacht.
Lost: 1983.
Port Phillip.
Depth: 22 m.

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DISCLAIMER: No claim is made by The Scuba Doctor as to the accuracy of the dive site coordinates listed here. Should anyone decide to use these GPS marks to locate and dive on a site, they do so entirely at their own risk. Always verify against other sources.

The marks come from numerous sources including commercial operators, independent dive clubs, reference works, and active divers. Some are known to be accurate, while others may not be. Some GPS marks may even have come from maps using the AGD66 datum, and thus may need be converted to the WGS84 datum. To distinguish between the possible accuracy of the dive site marks, we've tried to give each mark a source of GPS, Google Earth, or unknown.