Dive Number: 102 08/11/10 19.04 Cottage by the Sea
Wind: 10knot Northerlies swinging around to the west with a slight southerly aspect.
Tide: 45min before 0.10 low tide at the Heads
Conditions: Really nice again..clear water and little water movement.
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: 15c
Bottom Time: 98 minutes
Max Depth: 8.4m
Air usage: 210bar/3000psi on 10lt tank
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Chris gave me a call for a dive at Cottage on dusk, and it was another dive with great conditions. On the way out there was a massive Smooth ray, but it became restless as soon as it knew we had spotted it and didn’t stick around. The lighting was great and it was one of those dives you could just kick back and stare at the sun burst coming through the surface and the light beams interplaying with the kelp fronds. Some nice sized schools of old wives, and a weedy seadragon with eggs at the end of the dive. We stayed in till dark and it was a nervous swim back to shore after i brought up the fact that there’s GWS’s reported in the area. Only today i read that lifeguards were on the look out after reports from Pt Lonsdale backbeach. They’re just after the snapper though, aren’t they! ; )
Camera Details: Canon 17-40mm , dual SS200 strobes
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