Dive 439 – Elsas Reef, Rye

By pfuller

Feb

9

Dive Number: 439 09/02/2013 Elsas Reef, Rye

Conditions: ??

Visibilty: 6m

Water Temp: ??c

Bottom Time: 20minutes

Max Depth: 6m

Details: Some guys have created a small underwater ‘sculpture garden’ just off rye pier with old bits and pieces. Its formed and interesting little artificial reef that the fish seem to enjoy. I ran out of strobe batteries for the majority of this dive.

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

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Dive 218 – Rye Scallop Dive

By pfuller

Nov

16

Dive Number: 218 16/11/11 18.57, Rye Scallop Dive – Whitecliffs

Wind: 20knot northerlies

Tide: ???

Conditions: Choppy as hell..a bad day to be travelling across the bay, but a good test for the boat.

Visibilty: 8m

Water Temp: 18.4c

Bottom Time: 34minutes

Max Depth: 9.2m

Air usage: 170bar/2500psi

SAC: ???? litres/min

Details: Headed over with Chris, Kerry, and Harry in the boat to get a feed of scallops. Chris did an intial scouting dive and on the second dive we hit the scallop fields. We had a great cookup with fried garlic scallops, cajun crumbed scallops, and a scallop pasta.

Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS400/SS200 Strobes

Photos: No photos