Snorkelling Guide FAQ FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about the Help and information related to the Snorkelling Guide within this site. Select a category from the panel on the left to jump straight to the relevant questions.

Snorkelling Guide Usage

Simple answer is yes if the site is live the Snorkelling Guide will be there and available for all to use there is no need for memberships or fees of any kind.

If you like the guide and find it useful you can help support it by adding snorkelling locations and spreading the word about the guide.
Yes, to do this you will need to have an active account on the site there is no fees or charges to do this and the process allows you to suggest a location that is then sent to the administration of the site for approval.

On the launch of the site registration is limited however and will need admin approval and creation.

Once you have an account on the site you will have access to the members dashboard where you can suggest species and snorkelling locations among many other things

This blog how to list a snorkelling location can guide you through this process
The weather page for each site is built on a load of that page and cached for 15 mins after that time it will be rebuilt on the next load of that page.

The weather is built based on the BOM's data and also pulls some data from other sources, This data may be generalised to the nearest actual station that the BOM has a data point for this means some locations may have some differences to what is reported this is beyond my control and is reliant on what actual weather data is physically available. The website then builds a dataset based on what it can find and stores that based on the physical coordinates of the site.

A link to the BOM's website is provided to the location the data is pulled from this will show you the most recent data and the actual location the weather model is built from
Simple answer is NO there are 100's to thousands of species at most locations and the site is designed to show only a few hand picked species that people may find interesting.

You are more than welcome to contact others or the site admin who may have more details about a site or can put in contact with someone who can help you with more information.