Dives #27-32. The Kangaroo Island Easter dive diaries.

Dive #32
When: 27 March 2005
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Depth: 9.8m
Bottom time: 63mins
Viz: 6m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Dive #31
When: 27 March 2005
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Depth: 14.9m
Bottom time: 44 mins
Viz: 5-6m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Strongish currents around the point. Came onto beautiful gardens of sponges. Harlequin fish, zebra fish, silver drummer, old wives, red-lipped morwong, herring kale (male, dark with light blue spot), bastard trumpeter.

Dive #30
When: 26 March 2005
Location: Point Marsden, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Depth: 8.1m
Bottom time: 59 mins
Viz: 8m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Serious current. Fish following us everywhere. Scuba Buachall photographing coral, I looked around, and we were surrounded by leather jacket, sweep. Harlequin fish. Zebra fish, gropers, and again, back at the anchor chain there was a fish party happenin'....another harlequin fish there too.

Dive #29
When: 26 March 2005
Location: White Point, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Depth: 8.4m
Bottom time: 88 mins
Viz: 12m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Current. Fish on hormones. Silve drummer, sweep, moonlighters, zebra fish, cuttlefish...and a fish feeding frenzy when we returned to anchor line.

Dive #28
When: 25 March 2005
Location: Kangaroo Head, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Depth: 11.9m
Bottom time: 46 mins
Viz: 6m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Tons of the usual suspects, old wives, big blue gropers, mating crabs.

Dive #27
When: 25 March 2005
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Depth: 12.3m
Bottom time: 55 mins
Viz: 5m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Brittle star, basket star, harlequin fish, usual suspects. All the fish seemed to be on steroids, they all appeared to be about 30-50% larger than those we've seen offshore from the mainland.