Dive 411 – Bull Plateau,13th Beach

By pfuller

Nov

30

Dive Number: 411 30/11/2012 Bull Plateau, 13th Beach

Conditions: Lighting Storms, but dead calm water

Visibilty: 10m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 12m

Details: Lighting Storms flashed over the ocean, but the ocean remained eerily calm. This site is the first main carpark past the bluff, and is usually very swell affected being hit by the brunt of the SW swells, but not today. This is a tough walk with big stairs, but wow…cool dive. A shallowish plateau of reef covered in bull kelp and crayweed. Then reaching the back at the drop off turns into a ‘secret garden’ of wonderful sealife. This was an excillarting dive…diving 13th always seems to do that too me. Unfortunately my run of camera bad luck continued with a flat camera battery.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 410 – Victoria Towers Wreck

By pfuller

Nov

28

Dive Number: 410 28/11/2012 Victoria Towers Wreck

Conditions: Horrid…1m vis and surgey

Visibilty: 1m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 20minutes

Max Depth: 9m

Details: Conditions were so bad i aborted the dive.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 409 – Wreck of the Charlemont

By pfuller

Nov

28

Dive Number: 409 28/11/2012 Wreck of the Charlemont

Conditions:

Visibilty: 10m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 5m

Details: No Camera : (

Camera Details: None

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Snorkel at Pt Lonsdale

By pfuller

Nov

20

Snorkel at Pt Lonsdale

Conditions:

Visibilty: 10m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Details: Got the macro lens out, but few nudi’s around. Mullet passed very close feeding in the sand.

Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 408 – Whites Beach – Torquay

By pfuller

Nov

20

Dive Number: 408 20/11/2012 Whites Beach -TOrquay

Conditions:

Visibilty: 10m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 9m

Details: A wobbegong addiction….7 this dive, but ran out of strobe batteries.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 407 – White Beach, Torquay

By pfuller

Nov

20

Dive Number: 407 20/11/2012 Whites Beach -TOrquay

Conditions:

Visibilty: 10m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 9m

Details: So many wobbies around today…i love this site.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 406 – Collendina Reef

By pfuller

Nov

20

Dive Number: 406 20/11/2012 Collendina (The Wedge)

Conditions:

Visibilty: 6m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 50minutes

Max Depth: 7m

Details: Not great conditions but always good large critters around this area. A big smoothie, and wobbegongs.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 405 – Point Lillias

By pfuller

Nov

17

Dive Number: 405 17/11/2012 Pt Lillias

Conditions: Crap!

Visibilty: 2m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 20minutes

Max Depth: 8m

Details: I decided to head over to Pt Lillias and sound around for structure. It wasn’t the best conditions for over this side of the bay, with NW really picking up. The vis was atrocious and after descending to about 8m, and finding nothing but mud, i decided to try to get some pics of some passing blubber jellies in the upper water column. I’d still like to try this side of the bay one day when conditions are better.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 404 – City of Melbourne Wreck Search

By pfuller

Nov

17

Dive Number: 404 17/11/2012 City of Melbourne Wreck Search

Conditions: 4m

Visibilty: 5m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 4m

Details: I’d never boat dived Corio Bay, so i thought i’d try to find the City of Melbourne wreck located in Stingaree Bay…somewhere. i had gps marks, but had no luck finding it. The area is covered in seagrass and very shallow. Its probably under a couple of meters of silt.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 403 – St Leonards Pier

By pfuller

Nov

10

Dive Number: 403 10/11/2012 St Leonards Pier

Conditions:

Visibilty: 6m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 3m

Details: Tired St leonards with the wide angle to capture some light rays and under-overs.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 402 – Cathedral Rock, Great Ocean Road

By pfuller

Nov

7

Dive Number: 402 07/11/2012 Cathedral Rock

Conditions: A bit surgey, dirty and overcas.

Visibilty: 8m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 50minutes

Max Depth: 8m

Details: I’ve been busting to try out some new sites along the Great Ocean road, so after wandering down along the coast, i decided on Cathedral Rock which ticked all the right boxes. Decent spot to park the car, nice stairway down to the beach/rock platform and also a lovely little beach cove entry/exit. I felt a bit vunerable exploring this site, but it was worth the effort and its on the todo list for another dive. The edge of the rock platform looked like the base of ancient ruins…particularly the stairway. All natural, but very evocative. Fishlife was fairly sparse, but some lovely vegetation.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 401 – Earl of Charlemont Wreck

By pfuller

Nov

7

Dive Number: 401 07/11/2012 Earl of Charlemont Wreck

Conditions:

Visibilty: 7m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 5m

Details: Another dive on the Charlemont, this time with a working camera.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 400 – Orungal Wreck

By pfuller

Nov

6

Dive Number: 400 06/11/2012 Orungal Wreck

Conditions:

Visibilty: 8m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 50minutes

Max Depth: 6m

Details: A quick dive to empty the tank.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 399 – Chimney Rock

By pfuller

Nov

6

Dive Number: 399 06/11/2012 Chimney Rock

Conditions:

Visibilty: 8m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 50minutes

Max Depth: 23m

Details: Dark and murky conditions at Chimney Rock.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 398 – Earl of Charlemont Wreck

By pfuller

Nov

6

Dive Number: 398 06/11/2012 Wreck of the Earl of Charlemont

Conditions:

Visibilty: 7m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 4m

Details: Camera focus issues on the charlemont. Just enjoyed the ride.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 397 – Cottage by the Sea

By pfuller

Nov

4

Dive Number: 397 04/11/2012 Cottage by the Sea

Conditions:

Visibilty: 6m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 9m

Details: A surgey dive at cottage

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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Dive 396 – Portarlington Pier

By pfuller

Nov

2

Dive Number: 396 02/11/2012 Portarlington Pier

Conditions:

Visibilty: 5m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 60minutes

Max Depth: 4m

Details: First dive back in australia…so what compares to the Maldives? Portarlington pier…ha…but i do like the macro life here. Lots of flatworms around today

Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes

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