Boarfish reef

Boar Fish Reef

A boat dive to boar fish reef, a nice reef area in port phillip bay,  with Lynne Sullivan.

            Reasonable amount to see and at a nice comfortable depth of between 15 to 20 metres.
   some camera issues meant pics are not really up to scratch.

Flinders

Flinders

Flinders Pier with Craig, Simon, Peter Mills

Dive 301
Time 1:02

Blairgowrie

300th Dive -Blairgowrie

Celebrating my 300th dive with Simon, Craig, JJ, Peter Mills at Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie Pier

Blairgowrie Pier

Dive at blairgowrie pier, one of my favorite dive sites. Today JJ was trying out his new camera with Reemie and I using the residual air from this mornings dive. 

Dive 299
Time 60 minutes
With JJ and Remi Charpenteau

Boarfish reef

Boarfish Reef

Diving in the bay at the moment rocks!!   Vis like never before, 19C water temp, flat conditions and nice easy currents. Combined with great fish life, cuttlefish, port jackson sharks, and of course the most amazing blue devil fish. Boarfish is a wide reef area boat dive via dive vic. 

Dive 298
Time 49 minutes
Dive Buddies : Lynne and Remie Charpenteau

Foggy Reef

Foggy Reef

A boat dive on Foggy Reef, haven't dive this spot for years, and what a surprise, great part of the wall to dive, at the start of the wall, basically where it turns toward queenscliff, full of overhangs, gullies there is even an anchor to look out for (we didn't see it).  Dive conditions were great. But a novice mistake with the camera (not extending the flash arm ) meant sediment in most shots were a big issue. But a great excuse to do this dive again soon!!

Dive 297
Time 49 minutes
Depth 27 metres
Temp 19

Ricketts Point Night dive

Ricketts Point Night Dive

On Australia day evening , what better way to celebrate than a nice night dive at a local spot.

Night dive with Simon Kay at ricketts point but this time up at the slsc end ,entering via the right hand side of the beach out to the markers turning right to the second marker and then back in to arrive at the right hand side.

night life was minimal although a few schools of small fish were attracted to the lights making seeing much else harder.

Dive 296

Portsea Hole

Portsea hole

Portsea hole dive, a boat dive about 500 metres off the portsea pier, usually a training dive, but still not a bad area to dive especially if you want a short boat dive. Most of the action is between 15 and 20 metres. Sand is a bit of an issue but there is still lots to see in the nooks and crannies of the wall, including blue devil fish.

Dive buddy :Lynne

Dive 295

Capt Nitrox

Captain nitrox 

Port Phillip Wall Dive, very good vis on a great part of the wall.

View of divers at 15 metres from 1 metre below surface

Buddies on this dive were Lynne, Simon and JJ

Dive 294

Dragons Lair

Dragons Lair

(Catchup with Alicia back from the UK )

Despite the name sounding very similar to a number of the wall sites inside the heads, this dive site is just outside of the heads and sits in around 10-20 metres with bommies being the major landscape features and weedy sea dragons proving the name.    

Although a passable dive on a really good day , the location and close proximity to shore means on any sort of conditions it is simply a terrible dive site for a boat dive, with strong surge, low vis and generally uninspiring landscape, and especially as on this dive the shot line was on the outer rim of the bommies due to conditions close in.    

One of the few dives that I will definitely try to avoid in the future as not worth the investment of a boat dive, I also do not recommend it as a dive site for OW divers, simply due to the nature of the dive and the general disappointment they experience when so many other great dive sites exist to grow their excitement for the sport exist. Diving buddy on this dive was Stephen , with group being Simon, Alicia Rick and Amanda. 

Dive 293
Time:39 minutes
Depth 21 metres