This was supposed to by my first dive on January 1, 2022 but … It is true that no plan survives long into its enactment and on this occasion technical issues delayed things and I finally got into the water 6 minutes after midnight. I had two objectives for last night’s dive. Find an Apple […]
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It was a churning, swirly night dive under Port Noarlunga Jetty. The seas were breaking over the reef creating confusing eddies. Even my compass seemed to have a mind of its own. The white light from our torches turned the undersea world into a milky haze like swimming through swirling fog. Pretty soon it became […]
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Head out onto the seagrass beds on a Port Noarlunga Night dive and there will be crabs everywhere. At first they will hold their ground, threaten with claws and appear stalwartly menacing. Get a little closer and they will scurry away to stand their ground again from a safer distance. The challenge is not one […]
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It’s cold in the water down down here but there is no shortage of colour on the hull of the Seawolf and every reason to keep on diving through the South Australian winter. One thing the cold does is to keep our dives quite short. Not long after reaching the sand and beginning the swim […]
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The colours on the sunken hull of the Seawolf off of Port Noarlunga are are just stunning. But at 15-20 meters down without bringing your own light you might be disappointed in the almost monochrome blue green landscape. In the light of my strobes or a super bright torch you’ll see reds, and purples, and […]
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