Dive Number: 60 15/07/2010 17.15 Edithburgh Jetty
Wind: 10 knot NW’s
Tide: 1hr before 2.26 high tide at Port Giles
Conditions: Drizzling rain on dusk. A bit of surface chop and slight current but nothing major.
Bottom Type: Sandy bottom scattered with old wooden jetty pylons covered in sponges. Pylongs themselves were also heavily covered in ascidians, sponge and marine life.
Visibilty: 6-8m
Water Temp: 12c
Bottom Time: 29 minutes
Max Depth: 5.1m
Air usage: 55bar/800psi
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: I’d heard a lot about how good Edithburgh is as a night dive, so arriving at dusk, i thought i’d do a quick dive just to familiarise myself with the area and conditions before attempting it in total darkness.
Camera Details: Sigma 17-70mm , single SS200 strobe
Dive Report: The number of different crab species was again impressive at Edithburgh. Here’s a few of the local crab species:
I read there was a small patch of weed that seahorse’s loved to hang out on. I found it without any problems but the weed swaying in the movement of the water made it difficult to get sharp photos, especially in low light.
A seacumber..tasty.
A small sand goby on a shell.
I got my first taste of the great ascidian growth on the pylons.
The night time residents were starting to appear. This cardinal fish looked a bit dazed still.
A suprise visitor to my torch light was a Ringed Toadfish that came over to check me out.
A nice warm up dive into the wonders of Edithburgh Jetty, and staying directly accross the road was going to make for easy access for the night dive.
I know what you mean about the Crustacean diversity over there Pete. I was amazed myself when I visited Edithburgh.