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
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
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
Photos:
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
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
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
Photos:
Feb
17
Snorkel – 17/02/2013 Barwon Bluff
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Details: Love this site… the terrain, the critter, the vegetation.. and good on snorkel if you pick the right day. The water was nice and clear so so i took the opportunity to catch the waves breaking above me in the shallows.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Feb
8
Dive Number: 436 08/02/2013 Point Lonsdale Pier
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 4m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 30minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: Horrible conditions. Low vis and surgey. The only highlight was a seal encounter which suprised both me and the seal when we came face to face through the murk.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Feb
2
Dive Number: 435 02/02/2013 Portarlington Pier
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 3m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: Despite the ordinary vis, it was a nice dive with a few nudi’s and a blue-ringed octopus.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
27
Dive Number: 433 27/01/2013 Beach 7B – Perpies
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 45minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A nice little dive on dusk, it was dark enough for a Blue Devil to be free swimming above the legdes…something you dont see very often.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
24
Dive Number: 432 01/24/2013 Shortlands Bluff
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 45minutes
Max Depth: 14m
Details: Even on slack water the currents were ripping on this dive. Exciting stuff.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
20
Dive Number: 431 01/20/2013 Cottage by the Sea
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 45minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: Out back of cottage.
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
15
Dive Number: 430 01/15/2013 White Beach
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 45minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: more wobbies and a new nudi.
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
12
Dive Number: 429 01/12/2013 St Leonards Pier
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 45minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: Saw a grass shrimp that i’d never seen before. Very hard to photograph.
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
5
Dive Number: 427 05/01/2012 Whites Beach, Torquay
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: Took Chris and his Mate to see some wobbegongs.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
4
Dive Number: 426 04/01/2012 Portsea Pier
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 40minutes
Max Depth: 5m
Details: No Camera, Just wasting some air.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
4
Dive Number: 425 04/01/2012 Blairgowrie Pier
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details:
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Jan
2
Snorkel at Curlewis 02/01/2013 Curlewis
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 2m
Details: Found a cool little Short-headed Seahorse. Never seen them before here.
Camera Details: Canon 100mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Dec
30
Dive Number: 424 30/12/2012 Perpendicular Reef
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A splash around perpies. I found a couple of bits of metal rising out of a big sand bank…possible wreck??? I’ll keep an eye on this.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Dec
30
Dive Number: 423 30/12/2012 Beach 10B Queenscliff
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: Ray Day
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Dec
27
Dive Number: 422 27/12/2012 White Beach Torquay
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 70minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: I thought i’d try to find as many Wobbegongs as i could and see how many actually use this area. I counted 17 on this dive!!! Wobbies in gullies, wobbies in caves, small wobbies, bug wobbies, wobbies with jackos, wobbies with smooth rays.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Dec
22
Dive Number: 420 22/12/2012 Point Lonsdale, Elizabeth Street
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 5m
Details: Tried a new section of reef along the Point Lonsdale Strip. Its always current prone if you get out to far, but a school of salmon kept me safely in the shallows.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
Dec
12
Dive Number: 419 12/12/2012 Perpendicular Reef
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A dusk dive with weedy seadragons.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
Photos:
