Dec
9
Dive Number: 418 09/12/2012 Collendina
Conditions: ??
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: A gully of port jackson sharks was the highlight. One looked like he’d just finished munching down on a cray.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
8
Dive Number: 415 08/12/2012 Collendina
Conditions: Lovely
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 12m
Details: Great Dive..found an awesome little sea cave that was teeming with life. The highlight was a squid that i watched hunting. It had a lunge at a mado and then a small blue-throated wrasse. No luck on either front. Great to watch it change to a clear colouration to blend into the surface when above its prey, and then into a mottled maroon when it was below.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
7
Dive Number: 414 07/12/2012 Kennett River
Conditions: Clear but surgey
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: A narrow reef runs straight out to sea near the river outlet. Its covered in bull kelp and crayweed and some vegetation unique to this stretch of coast. I explored the outer wall as far out as i considered safe and got to about 10m, but the reef kept on going. i didn’t investigate the inner reef much as it was too surgey. A dive i’d like to try again when conditions are right.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
1
Dive Number: 413 01/12/2012 Spring Creek, Torquay
Conditions: Looked Ok but Hellish
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 20minutes
Max Depth: 4m
Details: I parked behind the surfclub and walked along spring creek to the beach. Conditions looked reasonable, but i soon found out it was far than good. The surge was relentless and rather than having a back and forward motion, it would surge and then curl through the many chunks of shallow reef. With poor visbility this was probably the most dangerous dive i’ve ever done. Luckily i returned unscathed, but i’m amazed i didn’t get smashed against the reef a bit more than i did. On the bright side, i found a nice little cluster of hydriods as a sheltered from the surge in a small overhang.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Dec
1
Dive Number: 412 01/12/2012 White Beach, Torquay
Conditions: A1, great vis and no surge
Visibilty: 20m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 70minutes
Max Depth: 10m
Details: Another dive at the Nude beach…8 wobbies this time around…unbelievable.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
30
Dive Number: 411 30/11/2012 Bull Plateau, 13th Beach
Conditions: Lighting Storms, but dead calm water
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 12m
Details: Lighting Storms flashed over the ocean, but the ocean remained eerily calm. This site is the first main carpark past the bluff, and is usually very swell affected being hit by the brunt of the SW swells, but not today. This is a tough walk with big stairs, but wow…cool dive. A shallowish plateau of reef covered in bull kelp and crayweed. Then reaching the back at the drop off turns into a ‘secret garden’ of wonderful sealife. This was an excillarting dive…diving 13th always seems to do that too me. Unfortunately my run of camera bad luck continued with a flat camera battery.
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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Nov
20
Snorkel at Pt Lonsdale
Conditions:
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Details: Got the macro lens out, but few nudi’s around. Mullet passed very close feeding in the sand.
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
20
Dive Number: 408 20/11/2012 Whites Beach -TOrquay
Conditions:
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 9m
Details: A wobbegong addiction….7 this dive, but ran out of strobe batteries.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
20
Dive Number: 407 20/11/2012 Whites Beach -TOrquay
Conditions:
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 9m
Details: So many wobbies around today…i love this site.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
20
Dive Number: 406 20/11/2012 Collendina (The Wedge)
Conditions:
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 7m
Details: Not great conditions but always good large critters around this area. A big smoothie, and wobbegongs.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
10
Dive Number: 403 10/11/2012 St Leonards Pier
Conditions:
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Details: Tired St leonards with the wide angle to capture some light rays and under-overs.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
7
Dive Number: 402 07/11/2012 Cathedral Rock
Conditions: A bit surgey, dirty and overcas.
Visibilty: 8m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 8m
Details: I’ve been busting to try out some new sites along the Great Ocean road, so after wandering down along the coast, i decided on Cathedral Rock which ticked all the right boxes. Decent spot to park the car, nice stairway down to the beach/rock platform and also a lovely little beach cove entry/exit. I felt a bit vunerable exploring this site, but it was worth the effort and its on the todo list for another dive. The edge of the rock platform looked like the base of ancient ruins…particularly the stairway. All natural, but very evocative. Fishlife was fairly sparse, but some lovely vegetation.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
7
Dive Number: 401 07/11/2012 Earl of Charlemont Wreck
Conditions:
Visibilty: 7m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 5m
Details: Another dive on the Charlemont, this time with a working camera.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
6
Dive Number: 398 06/11/2012 Wreck of the Earl of Charlemont
Conditions:
Visibilty: 7m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 4m
Details: Camera focus issues on the charlemont. Just enjoyed the ride.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
4
Dive Number: 397 04/11/2012 Cottage by the Sea
Conditions:
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 9m
Details: A surgey dive at cottage
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Nov
2
Dive Number: 396 02/11/2012 Portarlington Pier
Conditions:
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 4m
Details: First dive back in australia…so what compares to the Maldives? Portarlington pier…ha…but i do like the macro life here. Lots of flatworms around today
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Sep
27
Dive Number: 358 27/09/12 Collendina
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions: Average
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: ??minutes
Max Depth: 6m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Ordinary…surgey with a sand filled water column curteousy of the Barwon River.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Sep
23
Dive Number: 357 23/09/12 St Leonards Pier
Wind: ??/
Tide: ???
Conditions: Not the best
Visibilty: 6m
Water Temp: ??c
Bottom Time: 60minutes
Max Depth: 3m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Just playing with Stinky.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Sep
16
Dive Number: 355 16/09/12 16.53, Blairgowrie Pier
Wind: Light
Tide: Ebb
Conditions: A bit of current, but clear water
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: 12.4c
Bottom Time: 45minutes
Max Depth: 5.5m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Testing the new YS-D1 Strobes for macro..second dive. Time was the enemy as i was running short of light to safely get back to queenscliff in the boat.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-70mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Sep
16
Dive Number: 354 16/09/12 15.49, Blairgowrie Pier
Wind: Light
Tide: Ebb
Conditions: A bit of current, but clear water
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: 12.4c
Bottom Time: 50minutes
Max Depth: 3.6m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Testing the new YS-D1 Strobes for macro..dual strobe macro is tough!
Camera Details: Tokina 10-70mm, 2 X YS-D1 Strobes
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Sep
9
Dive Number: 349 09/09/12 11.22, Blairgowrie Pier
Wind: Light
Tide: ???
Conditions: Nice
Visibilty: 10m
Water Temp: 11.6c
Bottom Time: 59minutes
Max Depth: 5.0m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Chris finally got a new drysuit, so i convinced him Blairgowrie was a good spot to test it out…then we could find some Tasselled Anglers which he keeps on missing out on. We found two and heaps of nudi’s around too as usual.
Camera Details: Canon 60mm, SS200 Strobe
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Sep
8
Dive Number: 348 08/09/12 15.53, St Leonards Pier
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions: Horrible
Visibilty: 1m
Water Temp: 11.2c
Bottom Time: 36minutes
Max Depth: 3.7m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Worst conditione ever! 1m vis is if that…i couldn’t even see if there was anything around. I came across a dumpling squid on the way in(i actually got lost..at st leonards!) but thats about it. This was mainly a dive to test out some split fins.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobe
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Aug
26
Dive Number: 346 26/08/12 14.31, 1.5 Ave Reef St Leonards
Wind: ???
Tide: ???
Conditions: ???
Visibilty: 4m
Water Temp: 10.4c
Bottom Time: 56minutes
Max Depth: 2.8m
Air usage:
SAC: ???? litres/min
Details: Shit weather again, so i thought i’d try a new spot near st leonards…just north of the pier. I saw a very tiny cryptic fish that i got very excited about. I think its just a baby stinkfish though…not all the exciting. Some hydriods out there, and a seemingly abundant over winter, featherstar floated by.
Camera Details: Tokina 10-17mm , SS200 Strobe
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