Apr
26
Dive Number: 467 26/04/2013 St Leonards Pier
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: While my strobe was away being fixed, I decided to try my hand at video which I may upload in the future. Most dives in April and May will be video with the occasional ambient light/torch light photo. Dive 479 is my first dive back with the camera.
Camera Details: Tokina 60mm I-Torch 4
Photos:
Apr
21
Dive Number: 466 21/04/2013 Magi Reef
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 20m
Details: While my strobe was away being fixed, I decided to try my hand at video which I may upload in the future. Most dives in April and May will be video with the occasional ambient light/torch light photo. Dive 479 is my first dive back with the camera.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm I-Torch 4
Photos:
Apr
20
Dive Number: 465 20/04/2013 Cottage by the Sea
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: While my strobe was away being fixed, I decided to try my hand at video which I may upload in the future. Most dives in April and May will be video with the occasional ambient light/torch light photo. Dive 479 is my first dive back with the camera.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm I-Torch 4
Photos:
Apr
14
Dive Number: 464 14/04/2013 The Labyrinth
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 20m
Details: While my strobe was away being fixed, I decided to try my hand at video which I may upload in the future. Most dives in April and May will be video with the occasional ambient light/torch light photo. Dive 479 is my first dive back with the camera.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm I-Torch 4
Photos:
Apr
13
Dive Number: 463 13/04/2013 Blairgowrie Pier
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 70minutes
Max Depth: 6m
Details: I bought a new torch – iTorch 4, so thought i’d try some video with the 7D. I’m not going to post vids here, but I did use the torch to take a couple of pix. Here’s a Tassled Angler by torchlight.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Apr
7
Dive Number: 462 07/04/2013 Magi Reef
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 20m
Details: Sounded up some really great structure and wow.. what a dive. It felt like i’d entered a secret world, unseen by humans before. Unfortunately I had some strobe issues, so did my best with ambient light. A moody dive.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Apr
7
Dive Number: 461 07/04/2013 Cod Cave
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 22m
Details: This is a fairly small site, but it packs a punch and is very photogenic. The large bommie has a large cave at its core, that’s home to a pair of Rock Cod. At the entrance sits a cluster of ascidians which I love to photograph. This sites definently on the dive again list.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Apr
6
Dive Number: 460 06/04/2013 Rosy Bank
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 40minutes
Max Depth: 18m
Details: Sounding around out off the back of Charlemont Reef, I came across some structure that looked promising, however it wasn’t all that interesting. The terrain was larger boulders forming a bank of reef. No gnarls, or overhangs, but some nice vegetation.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Mar
31
Dive Number: 459 31/03/2013 The pipeline
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: Back to the Pipelines in a hope that the Whitely’s Skate is hanging around still. Of course not. I just shot a Jelly instead.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Mar
29
Dive Number: 458 29/03/2013 The pipeline
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: The things you see when you have a macro lens on! This beautiful Whitely’s Skate let me come so close to it. A beautiful creature I never knew existed.
Camera Details: Canon 60mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Mar
26
Dive Number: 457 26/03/2013 Grouper Reef
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 20m
Details: Another 20m site off Ant Spit. A great little site that played host to a small Blue grouper. Not a species often seen.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Mar
26
Dive Number: 456 26/03/2013 Crater Rock
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 21m
Details: Off Ant Spit I sounded up a nice drop off from about 15-21m. The bommies/reef down here is a different structure to around Charlemont reef and around the bluff with a much more horizontal layering to it. Some of the walls and holes looked like the edges of Craters. A nice dive.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Mar
26
Dive Number: 455 26/03/2013 Ant Spit 12m
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 30minutes
Max Depth: 12m
Details: This was just a random dive off the edge of Ant Spit. It wasn’t anything special, and consisted of well formed boulders more than the gnarled limestone that makes good habitat.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Mar
26
Dive Number: 454 26/03/2013 St Leonards Pier
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: Testing the video mode on the 7D on this dive. I’m not going to upload vids here…photos only.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos: NO PHOTOS
Mar
12
Dive Number: 452 12/03/2013 The Ampitheatre
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 16m
Details: Back to the Ampitheatre, this time with a working camera. The Port Jackson Sharks were there in number and some nice schooling fish. A shearwater hung around the boat topside.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Mar
12
Dive Number: 451 10/03/2013 Chimney Rock – East Section
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 40minutes
Max Depth: 22m
Details: Back to Chimney Rock, but this time i dived the east section of the reef.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Mar
10
Dive Number: 450 10/03/2013 Chimney Rock
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 7m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 40minutes
Max Depth: 22m
Details: A fairly gloomy dive at Chimney Rock with John. A highlight was a big school of Trevally on descent. The weather changed from mercury-like glass condition to a chrystaline chop on the way down from Castle Rock. There were no shortage of photographic opportunities though. A seal casually demolished its catch in my company, and a Little Penguin popped up for air nearby. The Barwon Bluff looked amazing on approach as the sun glistened on the wind swept surface.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Mar
10
Dive Number: 449 10/03/2013 Castle Rock
Conditions: Significant Current
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 20m
Details: I always thought Castle Rock was far enough from the heads to not be affected by currents. I was wrong. Exercise caution if not diving on a live boat. The benefit of the current though, was that i saw a big school of Kingfish from the surface, sending the sounder nuts. They didn’t stick around for the dive though unfortunately. I do love this site… the ascidians are a big feature for me, but it has a great wall too.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Mar
6
Dive Number: 448 06/03/2013 The Ampitheatre
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 15m
Details: The Ampitheatre is a shallowish site off the back of Charlemont Reef. Its relatively shallow coming up to about 8m, but them dropping off to about 15-16m. There some great bommies on the reefs edge and a little protected Ampitheatre that Port Jackson sharks hang out in. There was about 15 on this dive but unfortunately i had a small housing leak, so no photos from this dive.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos: NO PHOTOS
Mar
6
Dive Number: 447 06/05/2013 Pipeline Bommie
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 21m
Details: The terrain gets a little different down near Black Rock, and so do the fish species. A big school of Silver Warehou, a species I’ve never seen before, circled me closely. The usual Port Jackson shark hung out under the ledges and on the way there, Dolphins enjoyed the ride on the bough. Great dive.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Mar
5
Dive Number: 446 03/05/2013 Collendina
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details:
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Mar
3
Dive Number: 445 03/03/2013 Cottage by the Sea
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 4m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: Ordinary conditions at Cottage by the Sea. A big school of salmon was a highlight, but just the usual gorgonian shots on the ledges.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Feb
23
Dive Number: 444 23/02/2013 Secret Garden
Conditions: Strong Northerlies
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 11m
Details: This is a site that can be done from shore when conditions are ideal, but I decided to give it a go from the boat, as the wind was howling from the north and things were getting messy out to sea. Not many photos but a there is some beautiful kelp out here, hence the name Secret Garden. I must have felt inspired if I took a selfie…cant you see the excitement on my face?!? lol
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Feb
23
Dive Number: 443 23/02/2013 The Labrynth
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 22m
Details: An awesome site off Ocean Grove with clustered of bommies and gullies between them forming a labyrinth of passage ways to explore.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Feb
23
Dive Number: 442 23/02/2013 Popes Eye
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: Nice fishy dive at Popes. Plus a cuttlefish.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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