spiderment Dive log Auckland, australiae, black, Dendrodoris, Doris, fan, gem, gemmacea, Luidia, Mahurangi, muck, nigra, nudibranch, Sabella, sea star, spallanzanii, winter, worm
As the title is suggesting, Mahurangi Harbour saved my (diving) day last Thursday. We had a strong southwest wind, but I was going to dive the east coast so expected acceptable conditions. The whole coast was quite wild, especially for macro photography. Even at Ti Point water was dirty and surface very choppy. On my […]
spiderment Photography, Travel Auckland, beach, lamb, lambing season, New Zealand, park, peninsula, regional, sheep, sunset, Tawharanui
Beginning of August seem to be a great time to visit Tawharanui Peninsula. Even though it’s not a summer season, it’s a great place for coastal walks and also a lambing season. With a bit of luck one can see newly born lambs, or even a sheep giving birth. Začiatok augusta je výborným obdobím k […]
spiderment Dive log blenny, dive, diving, glowing algae, Leigh, macro, Matheson Bay, New Zealand, nudibranch, scuba, sea hare, sea slug, sea urchin, shell, sponge, undersea, underwater
2/8/2018 A very cool winter muck dive in a quite clear and cold water of Matheson Bay. I spent 90 minutes in the bay on the flat rocky bottom that was partially covered with coarse sand waiting for cool critters to appear. Posledný ponor v zátoke Matheson bol veľmi príjemný, voda bola studená, ale čistá. […]
spiderment Dive log Auckland, ball sponge, Dendrodoris, dive, diving, fan worm, finger sponge, gem nudibranch, gemmacea, macro, Murrays Bay, New Zealand, nudibranch, pacific, purple, Sabella, scuba, spallanzanii, sponge, undersea, underwater
This was fun. I went for a winter shallow dive to one spot where nudibranches are often plentiful. I could not find a spot to par my car so decided to go home along the east coast of North Shore City. I stopped in Murrays Bay where I saw a snorkeler looking for something in […]
spiderment Underwater, Video Albert, Cousteau, crew, diving, Falco, Francois, legend, member, Sarano, scuba, undersea, underwater
A couple of nice documentary movies with some of the legends of Cousteau expeditions. ALERT: French language. With Albert Falco: With Francois Sarano:
spiderment Dive log dive, diving, fish, kelp forest, Leigh, New Zealand, reef, scuba, snapper, undersea, underwater, wall
I am well behind with logging of our recent diving activities. After our recent trip to Nelson Bay we got very excited … I mean Ivana was very excited so we did some diving in our area before the weather got bad water too cold for her. Slovak Opäť som pozadu so zverejňovaním našich ponorov […]