Dive Number: 40 22/05/2010 12.15 Shortlands Bluff
Wind: 5 knot SE’s
Tide: 1hr after 0.46 low tide at the heads
Conditions: Great day for diving, sunny, light winds and smooth bay.
Bottom Type: Scattered reef heavily effected by the waters entering the rip, leaving sand dune and weed build up’ amongst the reef bommies. Not a lot of overhangs.
Visibilty: 5m
Water Temp: 14c
Bottom Time: 67 minutes
Max Depth: 7.4m
Air usage: 125bar/1800psi
SAC: 16.2 litres/min
Details: This dive was ran by the Baycity Scuba club. I’d always wanted to check out Shortlands Bluff, so this was a good opportunity. I somehow managed to break the zip to my wetsuit while putting it on, so the dive was a bit chillier than it should have been. A great dive though with interesting terrain and a few weedy seadragons. Fish life wasn’t all that prolific, but definently worth a dive. Thanks to Bay City Dive Club for having me along, and to Warren for posing for some photos.
Camera Details: Canon 17-40mm , single SS200 strobe.
Dive Report: We headed out in an East/North Easterly direction and scoured the sand for bottles, hoping for some of the older torpedo bottles. Not a lot around apart from an old broken telephone or electricity conductor. The area seems flooded with sand layered a good couple of metres deep, so it would be a interesting dive after some big storms. Lotsa loose floating weed around too.
![warren7229](http://www.peterfuller.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/warren7229-300x200.jpg)
Weedy Seadragons were some of the most conspcious critters on the dive, with very little fish life around. This one we found under the first major ledge we came across:
![weedyseadragon7224](http://www.peterfuller.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/weedyseadragon7224-300x184.jpg)
Here’s Warren getting in for a closer look (pose):
![warren7216](http://www.peterfuller.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/warren7216-300x200.jpg)
Continuing further north we found some nice little holes and and swimthroughs…nothing major though..again..possibly better after a big storm.
![warren7198](http://www.peterfuller.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/warren7198-300x200.jpg)
The water was pretty cloudy, but i wouldn’t call it bad vis. This photo looked a bit better in B&W:
![warren7159b](http://www.peterfuller.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/warren7159b-300x200.jpg)
Another one of warren interacting with a weedy seadragon;
![warren7178](http://www.peterfuller.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/warren7178-300x200.jpg)