Dive Number: 74 08/08/2010 15.56 The Springs
Wind: 20 knot N.
Tide: 1.5hr after 0.93 low tide at the Heads
Conditions: Nice and sunny conditions.Incoming tide with small breakers on the shoreline, but generally pretty flat. The usual ‘springs’ surge in the water.
Bottom Type: Rocky reef ledges over sand.
Visibilty: 4-5m
Water Temp: 12c
Bottom Time: 63 minutes
Max Depth: 5.6m
Air usage: 85bar/1250psi
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: It was blowing strong northerlies all day, but generally a nice day. I dived late in the day and thought i’d give The Springs a try for something a bit different.
Camera Details: Canon 17-40mm , single SS200 strobe
Dive Report: I’m always a little unsure were to go at the Springs and this time i head out to the east of the boatramp, about 200 metres out. I came across a reef area in about 4-5 metres that stood about 3 metres tall, with lots of overhangs and big sand patches. Under the legdes were some gorgonians, horshoe leatherjackets, moonlighters, lots of zebrafish around and the occassional curios blue-throated wrasse. I spent most of my time with a blue throated wrasse and it approached closely and followed me everywhere i went. I thought i got better photo than i did, but i had to pump up the ISO and it was generally too milky and dark to get any nice backgrounds. The surface looked nice when i first got in, but it quickly got dark and i couldn’t frame any fish with the surface in the background.
A seapen under the ledges:
A friendly Blue-throated Wrasse:
A small Horseshoe Leatherjacket:
Yellow-striped Leatherjacket under the ledges:
