Dive logs 223-227 (29/1/07-4/2/07)
Just catching up with a few dive logs. If you’re interested in the technical details of my dives, read on…
Dive Number: 223
Date: 20/1/07
Location: Maeda Misaki
Time in: 8:23
Time out: 9:16
Bottom time: 53 mins
Max depth: 27.4m
Weight: 5kgs
Exposure protection: wetsuit, booties, gloves
Type of diving: Salt, shore
Temperature: Water - 22C
Starting air pressure: 186 bar
Ending air pressure: 59 bar
Dive buddies: Brian, Jenny
Comments: EANx32. Back at Maeda after a long absence. Still construction going on here, and scheduled to last until the end of May. Saw a big cuttlefish, mating seasnakes and 3 octopi. Great visbility for here (around 20m) and it was nice to be back. Twinjet fins worked quite well too.
Total dive time (hrs:mins): 160:22
Dive Number: 224
Date: 20/1/07
Location: Maeda Misaki
Time in: 10:59
Time out: 11:47
Bottom time: 48 mins
Max depth: 33.1m
Weight: 5kgs
Exposure protection: wetsuit, booties, gloves
Type of diving: Salt, shore
Temperature: Water - 22C
Starting air pressure: 191 bar
Ending air pressure: 60 bar
Dive buddies: Brian, Jenny
Comments: EANx32. Deep dive at Maeda. Nice coral and healthy looking too. Maybe the break at Maeda has done it good. Saw a lionfish at safety stop level and lots of stonefish too. Great day of diving.
Total dive time (hrs:mins): 161:10
Dive Number: 225
Date: 27/1/07
Location: Sunabe (Ark)
Time in: 09:49
Time out: 10:49
Bottom time: 60 mins
Max depth: 22.1m
Weight: 5kgs
Exposure protection: wetsuit, booties, gloves
Type of diving: Salt, shore
Temperature: Water - 21C
Starting air pressure: 191 bar
Ending air pressure: 39 bar
Dive buddies: Brian
Comments: A fair bit of surge, even at depth, so much so that the dive was challenging for me rather than enjoyable. Conditions also worsened over the course of the dive. Saw an octopus towards the end of the dive at 8m.
Total dive time (hrs:mins): 162.10
Dive Number: 226
Date: 4/2/07
Location: Sunabe (Ark)
Time in: 10:18
Time out: 11:07
Bottom time: 49 mins
Max depth: 26.9m
Weight: 5kgs
Exposure protection: wetsuit, booties, gloves
Type of diving: Salt, shore
Temperature: Water - 20C
Starting air pressure: 170 bar
Ending air pressure: 48 bar
Dive buddies: Brian
Comments: EANx32. Felt a little cold on this dive. Saw a family of lionfish and managed to reach 27m over a ridge - impressive for here. Lots of young fish about too - great to see.
Total dive time (hrs:mins): 162:59
Dive Number: 227
Date: 4/2/07
Location: Sunabe (Ark)
Time in: 12:37
Time out: 13:29
Bottom time: 52 mins
Max depth: 20.8m
Weight: 5kgs
Exposure protection: wetsuit, booties, gloves
Type of diving: Salt, shore
Temperature: Water - 20C
Starting air pressure: 186 bar
Ending air pressure: 66 bar
Dive buddies: Brian
Comments: EANx32. Awesome conditions for diving - easily the best of the year with flat seas and sunny skies. Headed left along the reef and saw a white-headed eel, colour-changing and inking cuttlefish and lots more.
Total dive time (hrs:mins): 163:51
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