Finally got back out for a dive yesterday. Wasn't feeling great, but decided to head out anyway as I figured I wouldn't feel any worse if I had to snooze in the sun on the boat Huge swell running and our destination was always going to be pretty tough shooting conditions, but I love Cod Spot so jumped in. Very green and an enormous amount of sand all through the water column. In some areas it completely closed out visibility. I did not have high hopes for shooting WA without tons of sand mucking up the images so I didn't shoot much.
Played with a sea snake for a while - I do love those cuddles! Masses of fish including nice solid walls of baitfish, numerous big rankin cods and all sorts of the pretty reef fish darting about.
Tremendous fun riding the surge - at least 5m back and forth. There were a couple of patches of reef I know where you can zoom across like a downhill skier but without terribly significant changes in depth and through some small canyon areas - it just feels super cool. I admit I played around a bit just enjoying sweeping through the water LOL
Tried out my new heated vest for the first time and so far I love it. Only did a single dive so it wasn't much of a test and I hope to get out more this week and use it again before I give my full opinion on it, but oh so toasty warm when I first turned it on - I wanted to curl up and nap with it on
A few shots
Sand storm!
So bendy
Pretty sea fan
bait
Played with a sea snake for a while - I do love those cuddles! Masses of fish including nice solid walls of baitfish, numerous big rankin cods and all sorts of the pretty reef fish darting about.
Tremendous fun riding the surge - at least 5m back and forth. There were a couple of patches of reef I know where you can zoom across like a downhill skier but without terribly significant changes in depth and through some small canyon areas - it just feels super cool. I admit I played around a bit just enjoying sweeping through the water LOL
Tried out my new heated vest for the first time and so far I love it. Only did a single dive so it wasn't much of a test and I hope to get out more this week and use it again before I give my full opinion on it, but oh so toasty warm when I first turned it on - I wanted to curl up and nap with it on
A few shots
Sand storm!
So bendy
Pretty sea fan
bait