Leigh Shore Dives

October 2017 I am well behind with on-line logging of my dives. We had a busy time after our return from Europe. It’s not that I was not diving, I just didn’t have enough time to write posts about it. Here are some pictures from the Leigh area, they are all from shore dives. Slovak […]

Pastures in Channel

16/6/2017 (622) I had plans for another lazy dive, however, the current in the channel at Goat Island was so strong that I surfaced exhausted. The channel was full of juvenile trevally, snapper and goatfish. Goatfish were digging in the coarse sand on the bottom, trevally and snapper were hovering in midwater facing the current. There […]

Lazy Goat Island

9/6/2017 (621) It was not what the title suggests. Goat Island was fine, I was lazy. It was my another dive with a half-full tank. Also I didn’t want to swim far away so I decided not to cross the channel, but to explore the overhangs and crevices under the rocky platforms on the right […]

Muddy Mahurangi Harbour Again

30/5/2017 (620) I went for my usual shallow dive in the harbour. I was curious how the pests (the fan worm and the club tunicate) were spreading. I also wanted to finish my half-full tank. I didn’t have enough air for a regular dive, but could spend almost a hour on it examining the shallow […]

Winter is Back

2/5/2017 (619) The title says “winter is back”, but I do not mean it. It’s still quite warm both above and below water. What I mean is water is too cold for most swimmers and snorkelers. The result is the crowds disappeared from the water, fish are not nervous any more, it’s not necessary to […]

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