Dive Number: 33 01/05/2010 9.22 Portarlington Pier
Wind: 15-20 knot north-westerlies
Tide: 2.5hrs before 0.17 low tide at Geelong
Conditions: Shocking..northwesterlies were straight onshore at Portarlington, bringing small waves straight under the pier, and making vis terrible. The break at the end only protected a small area.
Bottom Type: Peir pylons on muddy silty crap.
Visibilty: 0-2m
Water Temp: 17c
Bottom Time: 49 minutes
Max Depth: 2.8m
Air usage: 35bar/500psi
SAC: 7.2 litres/min
Details: I’d missed the tides at queenscliffe, so i decided to head around to St Leonards….the conditions were aweful at St Leonards, so as ridiculous as it seemed i hoped the break wall at the Portarlington pier might at least provide some protection from the NW’s and get me in for a dive. Its a muck dive at the best of times, but this about as horrible as diving gets. Very little fish around and no nudi’s at all…it was exciting from the aspect of a zero vis adventure dive but thats about it.
Camera Details: Canon 100mm , dual SS200 strobe.
Dive Report: Didn’t see a cracker coz i was lucky to see my nose. A few globies and some pufferfish crapping themselves when they saw a large creature coming out of the muck and thats about it. I did test out a new DIY tail wieght positioning which worked a treat though. Its really improved my centre of gravity and trim.