Sas
Contributor
Hello, just wondering what dives people have/will do this week!
I've been out for my weekly dives today and they were not bad. My buddy is away diving so was on my own this weekend. First dive was pretty terrible with nothing to see and 2m viz but I practiced my buoyancy and things like that. It was on Portsea Backbeach Wall. Finally got some smaller weights on the way home so next week I can fix up the fact I am overweighted, hopefully that will make it easier in shallow water to stay still! Only six of us on the boat and they were all in drysuits and twins (with one guy on a rebreather) so I am glad one of them was ok buddying up with me as I was on a single tank! He got bored with the bad vis and the lack of anything to see so didn't mind so much coming up after 50mins. Blew my deco time by 2mins (my computer counted part of my ascent as bottom time
) and had to do a 10min safety stop So I got very cold!
Second dive was a scallop drift dive and I managed to get 25 decent scallops, which I know is not a lot but they were hard to spot! And I am a n00b at finding them
It was really fun trying to spot them in the water. Saw some little sting rays, some bigger sting rays, lots of crabs and sea cucumbers. Viz still bad at 2m, and I am still freezing as it was 12C and I didn't get a chance to warm up between dives as we ran way overtime with the first dive. On the second dive too, I met the guy who helped my step brother to go on a dive and he was very nice. My step brother is disabled after a car accident but wanted to go diving so there is a shop run by the guy I met (Adrian) called Aquability who helps disabled people dive. He remembered my step brother from last year too 
Anyway, hope other people had better viz and warmer temperatures than me for their dives
I've been out for my weekly dives today and they were not bad. My buddy is away diving so was on my own this weekend. First dive was pretty terrible with nothing to see and 2m viz but I practiced my buoyancy and things like that. It was on Portsea Backbeach Wall. Finally got some smaller weights on the way home so next week I can fix up the fact I am overweighted, hopefully that will make it easier in shallow water to stay still! Only six of us on the boat and they were all in drysuits and twins (with one guy on a rebreather) so I am glad one of them was ok buddying up with me as I was on a single tank! He got bored with the bad vis and the lack of anything to see so didn't mind so much coming up after 50mins. Blew my deco time by 2mins (my computer counted part of my ascent as bottom time
) and had to do a 10min safety stop So I got very cold!Second dive was a scallop drift dive and I managed to get 25 decent scallops, which I know is not a lot but they were hard to spot! And I am a n00b at finding them
It was really fun trying to spot them in the water. Saw some little sting rays, some bigger sting rays, lots of crabs and sea cucumbers. Viz still bad at 2m, and I am still freezing as it was 12C and I didn't get a chance to warm up between dives as we ran way overtime with the first dive. On the second dive too, I met the guy who helped my step brother to go on a dive and he was very nice. My step brother is disabled after a car accident but wanted to go diving so there is a shop run by the guy I met (Adrian) called Aquability who helps disabled people dive. He remembered my step brother from last year too Anyway, hope other people had better viz and warmer temperatures than me for their dives
), welcome to Scubaboard. Cool to have another Australian around 
