17/12/2016 (608) A dive with very interesting water conditions. The visibility was great in general, I believe it was more than ten metres (even more than 15 m in some places) which is great for the place (Goat Island) and the season (early summer). However, in some areas I felt like swimming in a jelly […]
1/12/2016 (607) Yesterday dive conditions were a bit of a surprise. The ocean surface was calm, almost flat, yet the water seemed to be very murky. When I jumped into it I realised why. I felt as if I was in a washing machine. Water was moving a lot. Sand and pieces of colourful algae […]
26/11/2016 (606) A shallow dive off the Browns Bay beach. I had no expectations regarding the life there. The main purpose of the dive was to test my Sony UW lights after a rebuild. They used to use 6V halogen bulbs and NiCd batteries, I’ve put LEDs and LiIons inside. They worked well, I could […]
24/11/2016 (605) This was not a very good dive. The sea surface was exceptionally calm (especially for Goat Island), yet the visibility was below the average. Also underwater I could feel quite a strong water movement, that made photography rather difficult. However, I met a large friendly blue cod … the first time after one […]
18/11/2016 (604) After a week of rain water was quite murky as expected. However, it got much better further off shore and I realised the swell was a much bigger problem for photography. I was not keen to swim much so even did not cross the channel to Goat Island. I spent most of my […]
5/11/2016 (603) I went for a morning dive, the weather was not very promising, quite heavy showers on my way from Auckland. Also the wind was strong and the long swell at Goat Island was destroying visibility. Once on the beach I could see a group of scuba diving students already swimming to the island. […]