Fish Rock 16th April 2009

Dive No. 345.
(EAN33) 11.40 am, 24 degrees, 53 mins, 22.6 max, 14.6 av
Aquarium, then towards the shallow entrance of the cave until the powerful surge forced us all back to the aquarium again. Numerous morays, octopuses, clownfish and large red rock cod.

Fish’n’Chips Fish Rock 16th April 2009

Dive No. 344.
(EAN31) 9.36 am, 24 degrees, 53 mins, 30.2 max, 18.3 av
DM Mike; first dive ever with nitrox (31%) made it to 30 metres but I was quite over-weighted due to forgetting that the nitrox tank was steel so had trouble equalising and had to work a bit too hard to support the unneeded weight (probably could have dropped 5 to 6 pounds) and consequently was slightly dehydrated at the end of the two dives. Big school of tarwhine or bream, huge schools of bullseyes amongst all the cruising GN sharks and sleeping wobbies and the two black cods again.

Fish Rock Cave 15th April 2009

Dive No. 343.
11.44 am, 24 degrees, 48 mins, 22.9 max, 13.4 av
We entered the cave from the shallow end and descended head-first to the deep end. At the entrance was a medium-sized turtle being slightly buffeted by the strong surge and a large loggerhead was right inside the cave, chomping on the rocks. When we exited the deep end I looked up and counted 15 GN sharks directly overhead. School of yellowtailed kingfish and two large black cods.

Fish’n’Chips Fish Rock 15th April 2009

Dive No. 342.
9.36 am, 24 degrees, 51 mins, 27.1 max, 17.1 av
DM Mike; Best day ever at Fish Rock: warm water, stupendous vis (20 metres+) and an amazing assortment of underwater life: blue devil fish, more GN sharks than you could poke a stick at, massive biomass of fish in the gutter with the GN sharks cruising up and down; yellowtailed kingfish, lionfish, loggerhead turtle, trumpetfish, clown anemone fish, morays.

Fish’n’Chips Fish Rock 14th April 2009

Dive No. 341.
12.05 pm, 24 degrees, 34 mins, 26.2 max, 16.5 av
Aquarium and gutter - plenty of GN sharks, large wobbies, morays, lionfish and other creatures (large loggerhead named Josephine on the surface).

Fish Rock Cave 14th April 2009

Dive No. 340.
9.51 am, 23 degrees, 52 mins, 22.9 max, 13.7 av
DM Murray; entered the cave from the deep entrance and visited the bubble cave. Vis wasn’t fantastic overall but still a good dive, though the dives on the following days were much more impressive (see log of those dives for all the underwater life). Mosaic moray, cleaner shrimps, little cuttlefish, kingies, etc.