Sep
22
Dive Number: 502 22/09/2013 Victoria Towers (Boat)
Conditions: ?
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time:60minutes
Max Depth: 9m
Details: Took the inflatable out from Torquay Boat ramp, but again failed to sound up any good sites. Ended up at Victoria Towers…always nice.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
28
Dive Number: 410 28/11/2012 Victoria Towers Wreck
Conditions: Horrid…1m vis and surgey
Visibilty: 1m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 20minutes
Max Depth: 9m
Details: Conditions were so bad i aborted the dive.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Jun
21
Dive Number: 321 21/06/12 9.57, Victoria Towers Wreck
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions: Overcast
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: 12.8c
Bottom Time: 61minutes
Max Depth: 7.1m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: A good dive on Vic towers. I found some large fragments of ceramics on this dive.,,possible some type of large vase or bed pan.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobes
Photos:
May
17
Dive Number: 309 17/05/12 13.00, Victoria Towers
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions: Overcast again
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: 14.4c
Bottom Time: 98minutes
Max Depth: 7.6m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Another dark and surgey dive to find the Victoria Towers. I’m beginning to think this place is permanently under cloud cover. I didn’t find the wreck till very late into this dive again. Some nice ledges and sponge growth around though.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobes
Photos:
May
9
Dive Number: 305 09/05/12 17.34, Victoria Towers Wreck
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions:
Visibilty: -m
Water Temp: 16c
Bottom Time: 80minutes
Max Depth: 7.9m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Ok, i can see this wreck turning into a compulsion for me. The weather was bleak and overcast, but regardless i wanted to explore this wreck further and try to get some pics. After 10minutes or so i was onto the wreck and it gave me plenty of time to poke around. It really is a massive wreck and there’s plenty of holes in the hull, an impressive bow, and other odds and sods to explore. A bit of rigging was nice find. It was sad to find a draughtboard shark with a fishhook in its mouth and the attached line snagged amongst some weed. Unfortunately i made the mistake of untangling the line before taking the hook out, and it swam off dragging a heavy sinker behind it.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobes
Photos:
May
7
Dive Number: 303 07/05/12 17.26, Victoria Towers Wreck
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions:
Visibilty: -m
Water Temp: 16c
Bottom Time: 80minutes
Max Depth: 7.9m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Attempt Number Two at trying to find the Victoria Towers Wreck. This time i was going to do a more systematic search after closer study of maps and gps coords. I walked down the beach about 500m from the path and swum out about 200m. I then worked my way back towards the path searching the reef for signs of the wreck. At one point, two pitted eye cavities stared up at me from the reef – a large skull shaped rock that seemed like the remains of a prehistoric primate – King Kong’s ancestors perhaps. Was this a bad omen? A portent of my impending death? Naa…a sign of adventure, shipwrecks and…. treasure lol I knew i was close ;) Sure enough i came across a hole littered with bottle bases, then just out the back i came across the sweeping hull of Victoria Towers sprawled across the sand. As always, i was nearly out of air when i found it, so i surfaced and tried to burn the location into my brain for next time.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobes
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