Dive Number: 121 30/12/10 9.18 Portsea Hole
Wind: 15knot SE’s???
Tide: Slack Water Flood
Conditions: Reasonable.. current was ok, but water was pretty dirty.
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: 16c
Bottom Time: 56 minutes
Max Depth: 20.1m
Air usage: 180bar/2500psi ????
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Its been a while between boat dives and Chris was pretty keen to do a dive on the wall…and so was i. But unfortunately the only option was Portsea Hole…which is suppose to be good enough in its own right, but its reputation as a training dive area had me cringing a bit. It ended up being an OK dive, but nothing that blew me away. I’m still not use to diving and photographing under 10m, and all my photos just seems to be stark, horrible lighting. I think diffusers are important with less ambient light. Anyway, the most impressive sight was some cream/white sponge gardens that sat in about 18metres and covered the top of a large flat bommie giving a sponge desert like appearance. We also saw a draughtboard shark, large smooth ray and a couple fo cool nudibranchs. naother highlight was when we headed back to Portsea and there was a pod of about 10 dolphins feeding not far from the boat.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , dual SS200 strobes
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