Sas
Contributor
Hi!
Well I've been doing a lot of diving lately but have been so busy with work I have not been uploading my pics much. And also haven't been taking many pics in general - had a bad run of viz!
Last night I got out for a night dive at Mornington Pier. We used to go here heaps but haven't been for a couple of months. Generally it has poor viz but I noticed we could see the bottom on the webcam so we decided to give it a go. Viz ranged from about 2-5m which was not bad
Temperature was 10C though! I thought the bay would be a bit warmer by now but sadly not. I will escape next week to 25C in Fiji so can't complain too much 
Oh and on the dive last night I had the biggest fright so far diving - I ran into a smooth stingray that was the biggest I'd ever seen. Viz was down to 1.5-2m and I nearly swam straight into it. It was so big I could not see all the way from one end of its wing to the other at once. It was eating NPSS actually, didn't know they ate those?? Anyway, scared the CRAP out of me appearing out of the dark like that!
I tried to take a picture but all I got was a haze of backscatter as it was making a mess eating.
Here are some other pics:
NPSS pile - there are thousands at this site now :depressed:
Common Gunard Perch with NPSS looming in the background
Stingray eye (no not the giant scary one
)
Pale Octopus - it was in a long pipe and I swam to the other end and there was another one in that end! Wonder how many were in the tube!
Thought this was cute - a short head seahorse looking up
Well I've been doing a lot of diving lately but have been so busy with work I have not been uploading my pics much. And also haven't been taking many pics in general - had a bad run of viz!
Last night I got out for a night dive at Mornington Pier. We used to go here heaps but haven't been for a couple of months. Generally it has poor viz but I noticed we could see the bottom on the webcam so we decided to give it a go. Viz ranged from about 2-5m which was not bad
Temperature was 10C though! I thought the bay would be a bit warmer by now but sadly not. I will escape next week to 25C in Fiji so can't complain too much Oh and on the dive last night I had the biggest fright so far diving - I ran into a smooth stingray that was the biggest I'd ever seen. Viz was down to 1.5-2m and I nearly swam straight into it. It was so big I could not see all the way from one end of its wing to the other at once. It was eating NPSS actually, didn't know they ate those?? Anyway, scared the CRAP out of me appearing out of the dark like that!
I tried to take a picture but all I got was a haze of backscatter as it was making a mess eating.Here are some other pics:
NPSS pile - there are thousands at this site now :depressed:
Common Gunard Perch with NPSS looming in the background
Stingray eye (no not the giant scary one
)
Pale Octopus - it was in a long pipe and I swam to the other end and there was another one in that end! Wonder how many were in the tube!
Thought this was cute - a short head seahorse looking up
