I got in two dives today! I meant to do a third but I have been having back trouble of late (left over injury from a car accident a few years ago) so decided to take it easy this weekend.
Our first dive was at Diamond Bay, which is one of the backbeaches on the Mornington Peninsula. These are usually surf beaches but we'd estimated that the conditions were right and they were great! Viz was about 2m at the start of the dive and I thought 'uh oh' but it cleared up to 10m at the deep part of the dive, and probably averaged around 6m. This dive does not have many critters (though we did see a Rusty catshark and one crayfish!), more a dive to enjoy the landscape that's been formed through waves pounding at it for ages. There are kelp forests and weird rock formations.
Second dive was Rye Pier. A site I've done heaps during the day but never a night dive, which is weird as I tend to dive the piers more at night. Well the viz was just over 10m and whilst it was rough on top it was great underneath! Saw TONNES of dumpling squid, lots of octopuses, seahorses, and a huge school of whiting that glittered around us.
Got some pictures:
Some kelp at Diamond Bay, thought it was pretty
Crayfish under a ledge at Diamond Bay - there are heaps here as usually it is too rough to dive and catch them.
Tiny sand octopus, think it was a baby
Creepy worm that was writhing around midwater, eww
Common stingaree that swam at me, usually they are skittish
P.S. Burna, Michael reckoned the viz was 5m at Mordialloc... so yea, I think we need to do a proper measurement next time as we all came out with different estimates
I wouldn't feel too bad, the Titanic was an excellent find 
