Cave Divers Association of Australia

Cave Divers Association of Australia
AbbreviationCDAA
Formation29 September 1973 (1973-09-29)
TypeNGO
Legal statusIncorporated association
PurposeRecreational cave diving administration, certification & training.
Location
Region served
Australia
Membership
679 (2008)[1]
National Director
Grant Pearce[2]
Main organ
National Committee
Websitewww.cavedivers.com.au

The Cave Divers Association of Australia (CDAA) is a cave diving organisation which was formed in September 1973 to represent the interests of recreational scuba divers who dive in water-filled caves and sinkholes principally in the Lower South East (now called the Limestone Coast) of South Australia (SA) and secondly in other parts of Australia. Its formation occurred after a series of diving fatalities in waterfilled caves and sinkholes in the Mount Gambier region between 1969 and 1973 and in parallel to a Government of South Australia inquiry into these deaths. The CDAA's major achievement has been the dramatic reduction of fatalities via the introduction of a site rating scheme and an associated testing system which was brought in during the mid-1970s. While its major area of operation is in the Limestone Coast region of SA, it administers and supports cave diving activity in other parts of Australia including the Nullarbor Plain and Wellington, New South Wales.

  1. ^ ’CDAA Membership Demographics’, 2008, Guidelines, CDAA Newsletter No. 106, December 2008, page 18.
  2. ^ "About us". Cave Divers Association of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2022.