Dive 188 – Woody Island, Hervey Bay

By pfuller

Aug

15

Dive Number: 188  15/08/11  12.08,  Woody Island, Hervey Bay

Wind:   10 north-easterlies???

Tide:  ???

Conditions:

Visibilty:   15m.

Water Temp: 18c

Bottom Time: 37minutes

Max Depth: 14m

Air usage: 200bar/3000psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details: My last dive for my AOW – a Navigation dive. This just involved traversing a square and attempting to return to the starting point. A diagonal current made it a bit more difficult to calculate my kicks and distance, but i managed to adjust and got it spot on. Some nice coral in this shallow area, but not much fish life.

Camera Details:  Tokina  10-17mm ,  Inon 2000 + Sea and Sea Ys-120 Strobe (fired optically with difficulties)

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Dive 187 – K’gari Wreck

By pfuller

Aug

15

Dive Number: 187  15/08/11  10.00,  Kgari Wreck, Hervey Bay

Wind:   10 north-easterlies???

Tide:  ???

Conditions:

Visibilty:   2m.

Water Temp: 18c

Bottom Time: 72minutes

Max Depth: 18.7m

Air usage: 200bar/3000psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details:  This was the multi-level dive for my AOW.  Just when i thought vis couldn’t get any worse, this dive turned on 2m vis. Not very condusive to photography.

Camera Details:  Tokina  10-17mm ,  Inon 2000 + Sea and Sea Ys-120 Strobe (fired optically with difficulties)

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Dive 186 – Snapper Grounds, Hervey Bay

By pfuller

Aug

15

Dive Number: 186  15/08/11  8.10,  Snapper Ground, Hervey Bay

Wind:   10 north-easterlies???

Tide:  ???

Conditions:

Visibilty:   3-5m.

Water Temp: 16c

Bottom Time: 33minutes

Max Depth: 30.2m

Air usage: 200bar/3000psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details:  This was my deep dive for the AOW course. We dropped into about 22 metres, and then over a shelf to sit at 30m. Here i performed a narc test using a kids toy –  “put the right shape in the right hole”. I passed with flying colours…looks like all my training down the pub paid off. Not much around to photograph in the short time available. A seasnake and a bullray.

Camera Details:  Tokina  10-17mm ,  Inon 2000 + Sea and Sea Ys-120 Strobe (fired optically with difficulties)

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Dive 185 – Three Ships, Hervey Bay

By pfuller

Aug

14

Dive Number: 185  14/08/11  15.23,  Three Ships,  Hervey Bay

Wind:   10 north-easterlies???

Tide:  ???

Conditions:

Visibilty:   2-3m.

Water Temp: 18c

Bottom Time: 57minutes

Max Depth: 16.3m

Air usage: 200bar/3000psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details: This was my wreck dive for my AOW.  Vis was still atrocious as a wobbegong found out when he found my elbow on his head. Large cod hung out under the bow of the ship, and schools swum above the decrepit hull. After spooking a large flathead, he posed for a photo. Interesting dive, but damn dirty.

Camera Details:  Tokina  10-17mm ,  Inon 2000 + Sea and Sea Ys-120 Strobe (fired optically with difficulties)

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Dive 184 – Moon Ledge, Hervey Bay

By pfuller

Aug

14

Dive Number: 184  14/08/11  12.53,  Moon Ledge  Hervey Bay

Wind:   10 north-easterlies???

Tide:  ???

Conditions:

Visibilty:   3m.

Water Temp: 18c

Bottom Time: 52minutes

Max Depth: 18.3m

Air usage: 200bar/3000psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details:  This was the first dive of my AOW course. It was suppose to be a drift dive, but there was no current! This was probably the most bizaar dive i’d ever done..the 3m vis made it very eerie, but the wall was made of a material called coffee rock which crumbles when you touch it. It formed a long wall with lots of overhangs and big boulders sitting on the slope. There were some good critters around, but the vis really didn’t make it very inspirational.

Camera Details:  First dive ever without a camera