Click here for Online Shop

Navigation

Underwater Video Lights

Underwater Video Lights are crucial for videographers that want to retain colour and brightness in their footage. Even though modern cameras are becoming more and more light sensitive there are still environments that light can't penetrate such as wrecks, caves or through murky waters.

Video lights are designed to provide a smooth, even illumination which ordinary dive lights are unable to achieve. As a bonus, video lights can also be used for still photography but will not be able to produce the same level of brightness of a similarly sized strobe, nor will it prevent motion blur like a strobe can.

Any focus light can be used for video and vice versa. The difference is that while a small, low-lumen light with a narrow beam angle can be used as a focus light, Video Lights need to have a wider beam angle and high lumen power. The reason is that video shooters want to achieve a wide swath of light that evenly illuminates the foreground or main subject in the image (instead of seeing two "headlights" in every shot).

Divers interested in buying a single light that can double as both focus and video light will want to find a powerful light with several power settings and wide beam angle. This brings the best of both worlds.

The Scuba Doctor is your friendly resource for Underwater Video Lights. The best combination of quality services, vast selection, knowledgeable staff and competitive pricing. We are one of the largest dive retailers and mail order suppliers in Australia of new Scuba Gear and Underwater Video Lights.


Weather, Tides, Conditions etc.

7 Day Wind and Wave Forecast for Melbourne
Latest predictions for Melbourne from Seabreeze

Port Phillip Local Waters Forecast

No warnings for Victoria

Forecast issued at 4:40 pm EST on Tuesday 24 May 2022.

Weather Situation

A weakening high pressure system in the Tasman Sea is moving slowly eastwards. A low pressure trough and weakening cold front will enter western Victorian waters late Wednesday, with the trough to slowly cross the remainder of Bass Strait during Thursday and Friday. A short-lived ridge of high pressure will briefly become established over the State on Saturday, while another front crosses Tasmania.

The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:10 am EST Wednesday.

Full Port Phillip Local Waters Forecast.


Scuba Doctor Weather Station

Weather Underground PWS IMELBOUR389

Data from the weather station running at The Scuba Doctor. Click to view more...

Weather Resources

We often smile as it unfolds that the Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula region can have four seasons in one day, but these small changes in weather generally do not effect diving. If rain is forecast, it doesn't matter as you're already planning to get wet! When it's raining you will often find that the wind dies down and surface conditions improve.

These are the links to the web sites we use to plan our dives near Melbourne.

Tide Resources

The Bureau of Meteorology's National Tide Centre website has seven-day tide predictions for Port Phillip Heads, Western Port, Geelong, Melbourne and Portland. Tide predictions for Australia and the Pacific are also available on the site.

As well, the Victorian Tide Book 2022, provides complete Victorian tide predictions for 2022.

Download a copy of the 2022 Victorian Tide Tables Edition 6 (Adobe PDF | 2.96 MB) — December 2021

See also Victorian Tide Times for 2022.

Port Phillip Water Quality

Beach Report from EPA Victoria helps you decide when and where to swim in Port Phillip. EPA forecasts water quality for 36 beaches in Port Phillip.

See also, How Do Bay Water Quality Reports Work (Adobe PDF | 726.45 KB)
— by Simon Mustoe, 4 February 2022

Avoid swimming near stormwater or river outlets 24-48 hours after heavy rain.

CLEARANCE PRODUCTS [more]

New Products [more]

Brands [more]

500 PSI Adrenalin Air Dive Equipment Alpha Diving Products Analox AOI Limited AP Diving Apeks Apollo Scuba Aqualung AquaSketch Atomic Aquatics Atorch Lighting Australia Post AVATAR Backscatter Bare Barfell Best Divers Catahoula Manufacturing Inc Catalina Cylinders CineBags Cressi Cressi Swim Custom Divers DAN DiCAPac Dive Alert Dive Perfect Dive Rite Divesoft Dolphin Tech E-Shark Force Eezycut Enth Degree Faber Cylinders Fourth Element Fred & Friends Garmin Gear Aid Gear Keeper Glo-Toob H2Odyssey Halcyon Hi-Max Hollis Hyperion i-Dive (i-Torch, i-Das, i-Pix) Intova Isotta IST Proline IST Sports Kraken Sports Land and Sea Light & Motion Mac Coltellerie Mares Medical Developments Metalsub Miflex Hoses Nautilus LifeLine Neptune Sports New Holland Publishers Northern Diver Ocean Design Ocean Hunter Ocean Pro Oceans Enterprises Omer OMS OrcaTorch PADI Performance Diver PowerDive Predator Probe Wetsuits Reef Line Rob Allen Salvimar Sammy Glenn Dives San-o-Sub Scuba Capsule Scuba Ninja Sea & Sea Seac Sub Seaka Shark Shield Sharkskin Shearwater Research Si Tech Sonar SteriGENE Sterling Leisure Surf Lock Suunto Tektite Termo Industria The Dive Spot The Scuba Doctor Tovatec Tribolube Trident Diving Equipment Tusa Tusa Sport Underwater Kinetics Unoflow Victorian Fisheries Authority View Swimming Gear Waterproof X-Adventurer XS Scuba XTAR

Copyright © 2005-2022 by The Scuba Doctor Australia, ABN 88 116 755 170. All rights reserved.
tel. +61 3 5985 1700 :: email. diveshop@scubadoctor.com.au :: Web site by it'sTechnical 2022