Earmold Mask Test

Testing new mask Earmold off a boat

Boat dive with redboats to test my new mask the earmold version with ear cups. the principal being you blow out through your nose and then there is tubes that allows for air travel to a cup that sits over the ear. previous shallow shore dives seem to work well, so it was time to test at depth.8888

          first time off a boat in a quite a while so the focus was not on camera but just getting things right,

the new mask was certainly better but still a bit of issues getting down. I think with a bit more practice with the mask it will work.
At least the ears stayed dry although I think the tubes that run from the mask to the ears may be squeezing at depth and therefore not allowing the air to travel freely.

Rye pier

Rye pier

Quick dive under the today as second test for new mask

Mask includes the ear cups and balancing tubes , worked well so next step is a deeper dive to see how it really works.

Nice dive , but think the wild life knew it was a good day to be out deep.

Flinders Pier

Flinders Pier with Craig, dive at high tide for 60 minutes , vis not as good aprox 90  minutes before high tide. good to be back in at flinders though.

Blairgowrie Pier

Blairgowrie pier 2019 Jan

A brilliant dive today with Simon, Lynne, Remi.

A lot of life including some spider crabs , large schools of fish , heaps of rays and even a few nudi's.

80 minutes of bliss!

Boar Fish Reef

Boat Dive with Lynne and Graeme with Red Boats to Boar Fish Reef, a very nice dive and day out!. using the sony and aldi go pro cameras so mostly video on this dive.

Ricketts Point Night Dive

Ricketts Point

Night Dive with Simon Kay at Ricketts Point. went out from the actual point toward the bouys on an incoming tide.  waves increased from gearing up to entry and throughout the dive.  making it a difficult dive with surge and lower vis, we ended the dive after 50 minutes when we realised we were at 9 metres! which at rickets mean you are a long way out!. the surface swim home then proved to be more difficult than normal due to a rip (which is why i think we ended up so far out). Still a good evening of diving is always refreshing!.

Mornington Pier

Mornington Pier

Nice dive with Lynne today at Mornington Pier, Victoria.

conditions were great above but just ok under the pier.  like always the dive here can be somewhat prone to low vis and a bit of a muck dive under the pier.
Life appears to be returning to the pier after the re-modelling but today not huge amounts of fish life.

Dive buddy Lynne
Duration 45 minutes
Dive :

Portsea pier

portsea pier and west reef

Great to be back in the water today with Christie diving Portsea pier and exploring west to the reef for weedy sea dragons

         Like a lot of dives at Portsea conditions can be somewhat challenging with strong surges and limited visabillity.
 But still a lot to see if you have the time or want to challenge your diving or photographic skills.

Good to see the ray and due to Christie keen eye a sea dragon.

Photos limited due to conditions so video instead.

Blairgowrie pier

Blairgowrie Pier

Sneaky friday dive with simon kay at blairgowrie pier. 1st attempt didnt go well with a neck seal failure , however 2nd was good. dive started on a flood tide.

vis was great and before the tide changed was the best i had seen it. even though the day was wet and windy but very flat within the marina.

Barrier Reef Cairns

Barrier Reef 

Day of diving on the family holiday to Cairns.

Good day out , but the reef looked a bit worse for wear, most likely due to the number of boats at the dive location.  2 dives nice being warm for a dive in July!

Blairgowrie Pier

Blairgowrie Pier

Dive at Blairgowrie Pier after a break from diving, good to be back in the water although it was colder than last time.

Afternoon dive with Remie and Simon, sea life a bit down but most likely due to spider crabs being through in the last few weeks.

Mornington Pier

Mornington pier 

Dive today with Lynne graeme Lauren at mornington

Bit murky but ok for Mornington

Rye Pier

Rye Pier

A nice dive today with Grahame Hocking at rye pier

   The pier is full of life at the moment with good vis ;
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Sea horses were back in numbers , with rays it made for a great dive

have a new light n motion 3800 video light which worked exceptionally well. will post video update once i finish downloading.

dive

Blairgowrie Pier

Blairgowrie pier

Nice dive today with Remi under the pier , used the sony action cam for all pictures and videos. The pier is full of life at this time of the year 

 Dive 1:20
Temp 20c
depth 5.5
Buddy : Remi

The Zoo

The Zoo

The Zoo, in port phillip bay , a nice easy boat dive to test hand and ears out.

          Some of the best viz I've seen in the bay, with the rest of conditions just as nice.

           And a very nice play with seals and dolphins today, they are quick though

   

dive  

buddy  Lynne

time 44 min

temp  19c

depth  24

Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie

A great 80 minute dive under the pier , diving conditions are very good at this time of the year.

Dive:
time 80 minutes
temp 21c

Rye Pier

Rye pier

Very nice if busy dive today at rye pier. and very good to be back in the water after a break from diving!

 This time of the year the fish life is good under the pier , just need to be mindful of staying under the pier with the number of jet ski's around.

Dive:
Time 62 minutes
7/1/2017

Blairgowrie afternoon dive

Blairgowrie

Last minute dive at Blairgowrie, next few days dont look like divable conditions so it was today or never.

 And a very good dive it was with very calm conditions and a reasonable amount of sea life out and about.

Thanks Craig Morton!

dive time 63 minutes
water temp 16c

Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie

A very good dive today with Simon and Lynne at one of the best piers in Victoria.

 The new weed mats have created some great hiding spaces along the leading edges.
and definitely nudi heaven today!

time 76 minutes
13 degrees
Vis very good, although usual silt issues as tide turned.

Flinders pier

Flinders pier

A good dive today after being out of the water for a while.

buddies Remi & Britany