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Dived the "Bridge" this morning with @Fires who found the first seahorsewhich was laying over a small rock like it had a hangover from last night.
I had set up my camera with an additional strobe (BackScatter MiniStrobe with snoot attached) connected to my YSD3 to fire it. It took a lot of re-aiming the thing before I managed to get a decent shot due to the sunlight masking the focus light from the BS strobe.
Found a second seahorse hanging onto one of my chopstick markers that I'd put down a couple of months back.
Tried the snoot again with a nudi, this is the best shot out of 33
Water temp was 25C and I was getting a bit chilly using only my 3mm and a hood, 5mm on the next dive here for sure.
Great dive and some great pics! I was definitely getting a bit chilly towards the end also, albeit I was in my 5mm
Hood for the next dive for me
OP
Decide to play with my snoot today but I had mounted it on the focus light mount as I was still using two YS strobes for normal photography. which made it a bit more challenging than it could have been.
More experimentation required.
Found the Golden Seahorse
Water temp in the shallows was 23C but after 15 minutes it was 25C as I got down to 6m around the Bridge. Just about bearable in my 3mm + 5mm Hood and new Sharkskin rashguard.
More experimentation required.
Found the Golden Seahorse
Water temp in the shallows was 23C but after 15 minutes it was 25C as I got down to 6m around the Bridge. Just about bearable in my 3mm + 5mm Hood and new Sharkskin rashguard.
OP
Really early morning dive this morning with one of the staff from Dive Garage.
Slight current running and sh!t vis, water temp 24C.
Found one seahorse on the fourth pillar
Slight current running and sh!t vis, water temp 24C.
Found one seahorse on the fourth pillar
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Shortish solo dive at the Bridge this morning, frikken cold not at 24C in a 3mm.
Found one largish seahorse (around 15cm) well wrapped in some sponge at the fourth pillar making photos challenging.
Moving the strobes around at different angles and with the 60mm lens this is about my best shot.
Will be back again tomorrow with a couple of buddies for a Christmas Eve dive
Found one largish seahorse (around 15cm) well wrapped in some sponge at the fourth pillar making photos challenging.
Moving the strobes around at different angles and with the 60mm lens this is about my best shot.
Will be back again tomorrow with a couple of buddies for a Christmas Eve dive
OP
Crazy dive today under the with two of my buddies into a strong current (new moon - spring tides)
Wasn't really planning to do any serious photography but just have fun.
Both Kerstin and I were in our 5mm suits and nice and toasty.
Wasn't really planning to do any serious photography but just have fun.
Both Kerstin and I were in our 5mm suits and nice and toasty.
OP
Was supposed to dive the east coast today but ended up diving the west coast due to the CG cancelling all boats.
Kerstin went back to bed and I set out to pick up @Erik Forsberg my buddy from Sweden for the Plan B dive at the Bridge.
Very overcast, water temp 23C at the beginning of the dive but was 24C when we exited the water to 23C air temp! About an hour later it was chucking it down and some roads were awash most likely some flooding in parts of Dubai.
Lots of cuttlefish though but no seahorses
Kerstin went back to bed and I set out to pick up @Erik Forsberg my buddy from Sweden for the Plan B dive at the Bridge.
Very overcast, water temp 23C at the beginning of the dive but was 24C when we exited the water to 23C air temp! About an hour later it was chucking it down and some roads were awash most likely some flooding in parts of Dubai.
Lots of cuttlefish though but no seahorses
OP
First west coast dive this year and by boat too!
Bermuda Divers are now doing weekly dive trips to the Victoria Star which sank back in July 2013 off the coast of Sharjah, and sits upright on the bottom at 23m, shallowest bits around the rear superstructure are around 12m.
I'd dived this wreck a couple of times around 2014/15 with The Dive Centre, when it existed years ago and when my daughter was working with them as an instructor.
Today was overcast and 17C when I picked up my buddy Joan and drove to Port Rashid where Bermuda keep their new boat.
Nice boat too with a decent beam, spacious with only eight divers on board and some free divers who were doing some training.
I was wearing my new 7mm Waterproof W7 wet suit too and had my first pee at 7.7m on the way down, not so much the cold as I was very toasty, but we were delayed by more than 30 mins due to someone being late. Personally I would have left them behind unless they had a really good excuse. It was Sunday, very little traffic and we were told to be there between 07:00-07:30, with a boat departure at 08:00. We departed after 08:30!
Anyway it was overcast and air temps around 21C by this time, and as we approached the wreck area it started to rain lightly, but fortunately didn't come to much.
It took some time to locate the exact position of the wreck and an anchor was used to get us onto the wreck. Joan and I were first down and vis was not great, 3-4m, but no current and we followed the anchor line down to what I was told was the bow turned out to be towards the stern, although the direction may not have translated well when the briefing was given.
It would be preferential to have a mooring on this wreck, but it is in a shipping lane. Also a diagram of the wreck would be useful for the dive briefing.
After 40 mins we decided to head up but could not locate the anchor .... because .... it had been moved off the boat onto the sand by the group who came after us ..... Hmmm!
Water temp was 22C.
Joan wasn't feeling to great when she surfaced with some sinus issues so she sat out the second dive, and I dived with Mahmoud the owner and one other diver on my second dive (33 min!
). We had some fruit and a welcome hot tea (fortunately without sugar and milk already added) during the SI. The boat driver also doubled as the server of food etc., nice guy and was very helpful getting all of our kit to and from the boat to my car parked outside of the marina.
I'll probably go back again once to get more shots of the prop and stern area. There is still some fishing net on the stern superstructure and we found a few dead fish in them as well as a live yellowbar angelfish that I cut free.
We also spotted a cuttlefish near one of the holds and Joan had a conversation with it.
There's a few small restaurants nearby so after we loaded the car we had some Thai food before heading home via Al Boom to drop off the tanks for filling.
Bermuda Divers are now doing weekly dive trips to the Victoria Star which sank back in July 2013 off the coast of Sharjah, and sits upright on the bottom at 23m, shallowest bits around the rear superstructure are around 12m.
I'd dived this wreck a couple of times around 2014/15 with The Dive Centre, when it existed years ago and when my daughter was working with them as an instructor.
Today was overcast and 17C when I picked up my buddy Joan and drove to Port Rashid where Bermuda keep their new boat.
Nice boat too with a decent beam, spacious with only eight divers on board and some free divers who were doing some training.
I was wearing my new 7mm Waterproof W7 wet suit too and had my first pee at 7.7m on the way down, not so much the cold as I was very toasty, but we were delayed by more than 30 mins due to someone being late. Personally I would have left them behind unless they had a really good excuse. It was Sunday, very little traffic and we were told to be there between 07:00-07:30, with a boat departure at 08:00. We departed after 08:30!
Anyway it was overcast and air temps around 21C by this time, and as we approached the wreck area it started to rain lightly, but fortunately didn't come to much.
It took some time to locate the exact position of the wreck and an anchor was used to get us onto the wreck. Joan and I were first down and vis was not great, 3-4m, but no current and we followed the anchor line down to what I was told was the bow turned out to be towards the stern, although the direction may not have translated well when the briefing was given.
It would be preferential to have a mooring on this wreck, but it is in a shipping lane. Also a diagram of the wreck would be useful for the dive briefing.
After 40 mins we decided to head up but could not locate the anchor .... because .... it had been moved off the boat onto the sand by the group who came after us ..... Hmmm!
Water temp was 22C.
Joan wasn't feeling to great when she surfaced with some sinus issues so she sat out the second dive, and I dived with Mahmoud the owner and one other diver on my second dive (33 min!
). We had some fruit and a welcome hot tea (fortunately without sugar and milk already added) during the SI. The boat driver also doubled as the server of food etc., nice guy and was very helpful getting all of our kit to and from the boat to my car parked outside of the marina.I'll probably go back again once to get more shots of the prop and stern area. There is still some fishing net on the stern superstructure and we found a few dead fish in them as well as a live yellowbar angelfish that I cut free.
We also spotted a cuttlefish near one of the holds and Joan had a conversation with it.
There's a few small restaurants nearby so after we loaded the car we had some Thai food before heading home via Al Boom to drop off the tanks for filling.
OP
Another boat trip with Bermuda last Thursday took me and two of my tech buddies to Mariam Express.
First time I've dived this wreck, and it probably won't be the last as there's quite a bit to explore.
I took my TG6 with Wide Angle, as this was more of an exploratory dive. Water temperature was 21C
However the new Waterproof W7 7mm is still keeping me warm enough
Found some interesting earthmoving vehicles due east off the hull. These wheels are approx 2m in diameter.
First time I've dived this wreck, and it probably won't be the last as there's quite a bit to explore.
I took my TG6 with Wide Angle, as this was more of an exploratory dive. Water temperature was 21C
However the new Waterproof W7 7mm is still keeping me warm enough
Found some interesting earthmoving vehicles due east off the hull. These wheels are approx 2m in diameter.
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Interesting.
Thanks for sharing.
Was s DPV necessary?
Thanks for sharing.
Was s DPV necessary?
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