The long list of those brave enough to jump out of a plane is good news for Paul Smith, who manages Skydive Oz, based at Moruya Airport.

"We've got an event on at the moment that in skydiving terms is called a boogie, which is basically a gathering of skydivers and coaches from around Australia," he said.

"This event has been going for three years and we started with about 30 people. We never advertised and now we're up to about 170, with more to come this year."

Skydivers of all ages have pitched tents on any available land near Moruya runway, with some seen catching up on sleep in their cars before their next jump.

"They start about 8am and jump until dark, basically trying to get as many in as they can and learn as much off as many coaches as possible," Mr Smith said.

"The weather has obviously turned it on for us at the moment and they're making the most of it."

The popularity of the event was boosted by Canberrans keen to try skydiving for the first time on their end-of-year break, he said.

"A lot of people from Canberra on the coast have been coming in for tandem jumps while they're down on their holidays," he said.

"One in a thousand might say they might didn't like it but most people say they loved it.

"People are just amazed by this area and the beauty of the crystal clear water and that coast line."

Those jumping over the south coast this week ranged from first-time tandem jumpers to those who had recorded up to 1800 jumps, Mr Smith said.

"We've got two planes dropping skydivers about every 20 minutes, with one plane taking nine jumpers and another taking about 16," he said.

Many of the more experienced jumpers are using the event as practice for the Australian Skydiving Nationals in Victoria next week.

Senior instructor Jules McConnel said three coaches, including the Australian free-flying record holder, were working on formation skydiving, free flying and wing suiting.

"Because the nationals are next week a few groups will move on south from this event," Ms McConnel said.

"It's their last training camp before they compete."

With Sam Strong