Dive Number: 12 07/03/2010 14.28 Clifton Springs Pylons
Wind: 20 knot Easterlies
Tide: 1 hours before a 0.11 low tide at geelong
Conditions: Small rolling .20m unbreaking waves over shallow sandy bottom
Bottom Type: Wood pylons on Sand bottom.
Visibilty: 2m
Water Temp: 22c
Bottom Time: 37 minutes
Max Depth: 1.5m
Air usage: 35bar/500psi
SAC: 9.8 litres/min
Details: Since i called off my dive early yesterday, i decided just to use the small amount of air i had left in the tank, somewhere close and shallow. It was blowing strong easterlies chopping up probably everywhere except clifton springs and maybe portarlington. So despite it being a massively low tide, and approaching peak low, i decided to just crawl along the bottom in 1.5m and hope to spot some seahorses or pipefish. Is it still called a dive when you can stand up and your heads .5m out of the water???
Camera Details: Canon 100mm macro, single SS200 strobe.
Dive Report: Not much to show, since there wasn’t much around and visibilty was crap. Being so shallow made focus lock tricky with the surge.
Even this sand goby (that usually kicks around on the sand) was hiding under a shell:
Hardyheads where sheltering behind the pylons:
But this sand anemone was loving it! Cant you see the smile on its face?
