Under the ‘Tee’ of the old Rapid Bay Jetty is an old section of broken pylon jutting out from the sand at 45 degrees and every time I dive here there is either a blue throat wrasse or a magpie perch lazying on the top. It seems that this time they were both sharing that […]
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There are many pursuits that we can share in preparation and in nostalgia. Facebook messages to plan. Phone calls to confirm. Social media banter for anticipation. A history of shared experiences underpinning it all. On the day though; under the sea; away from the sky, the land, and the precious air to which we will […]
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It is good practice as a diver to perform a safety stop at the end of every dive even if your calculations or your computer tell you it is safe to ascend. Generally I’ll spend five minutes at five meters after a twenty meter dive but sometimes it seems that that five minutes takes longer […]
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Yesterday I took a step back in time to dive with a bunch of mates I have not dived with for more than decade. I’ll write more about my experience in another post but for now here is one of the critters we discovered lazing on the deck of the barge (the wreck of the […]
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