Scuba Cailín

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Dive #41

When: 25 April 2005
Location: Edithburgh Jetty, South Australia
Depth: 8.3m
Bottom time: 68 mins
Viz: 8m
Water temp: 19°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

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Dive #40

When: 25 April 2005
Location: Troubridge Point, Edithburgh, South Australia
Depth: 15m
Bottom time: 62 mins
Viz: 6m
Water temp: 18°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Big seas. Wonderful reef formations.

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Dive #39. Advanced open water boat dive

When: 24 April 2005
Location: Troubridge Point, Edithburgh, South Australia
Depth: 15m
Bottom time: 69 mins
Viz: 6m
Water temp: 18°C
Instructor: Scuba Buachall

Leather jackets, tallmers, old wives, silver drummer, two cuttlefish busy changing their colours.

I have now completed five adventure dives, so I'm an advanced open water diver. Yay!

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Dive #38. Advanced open water wreck dive

When: 24 April 2005
Location: Clanranald Wreck, Edithburgh, South Australia
Depth: 20.4m
Bottom time: 46 mins
Viz: 6m
Water temp: 18°C
Instructor: Scuba Buachall

Clanranald is approx 10 nautical miles from Edithburgh. Usual suspects, big dusky morwongs, big boarfish, hula fish, schools of pike.

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Dive #37. Advanced open water night and navigation dive

When: 23 April 2005
Location: Edithburgh Jetty, South Australia
Depth: 7.6m
Bottom time: 46 mins
Viz: 10m
Water temp: 18°C
Instructor: Scuba Buachall

Beautiful full moon, good help for my navigation exercise! I navigated the whole dive, to end of jetty and back around opposite side. Sea horses, blue ring octopus, pygmy and full size leather jackets, porcupine fish, nudibranchs, gunard perch, squid, globefish, goatfish.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Dive #36

When: 13 April 2005
Location: The Dredge, Glenelg, South Australia
Depth: 17.4m
Bottom time: 42 mins
Viz: 4m
Water temp: 19°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

Strong current, tough work getting to anchor chain. Just before ascending saw two brown-spotted boarfish. Beautiful.

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Sunday, April 10, 2005

Dive #35

When: 25 March 2005
Location: Broken Bottom, Glenelg, South Australia
Depth: 12.9m
Bottom time: 46 mins
Viz: 6m
Water temp: 20°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

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Dive #34

When: 25 March 2005
Location: Broken Bottom, Glenelg, South Australia
Depth: 12.2m
Bottom time: 42 mins
Viz: 8m
Water temp: 20°C
Buddy: Scuba Buachall

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Saturday, April 09, 2005

Dive #33. Advanced open water navigation dive

When: 9 April 2005
Location: The Blocks, Glenelg, South Australia
Depth: 5.9m
Bottom time: 35 mins
Viz: 4m
Water temp: 20°C
Instructor: Scuba Buachall

Lumpy seas. 1m/kick cycle. Used natural features (the blocks) and compass to navigate a few tasks.

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