Blairgowrie

Dive Number: 135
Location: Blairgowrie
Date: 10/04/11
Max Depth: 5.8m
Dive Time: 90mins
Temp: 18C
Visibility: 10m
Time In: 12:47
Tide:
Thermal: Drysuit
Weight:
Buddies: Sas + Eric

Nice dive at Blairgowrie with Sas and Eric from Tassie. Conditions were ok on the surface and viz was not as bad as reported. Spider crabs have been reported here in recent times but unfortunately they have moved on again with only one straggler remaining.


Camera unfortunately died halfway through the dive because I forgot to charge the batteries!! Not as bad as my buddy though who forgot to even put the battery in her camera!! Haha! :D

Blairgowrie Marina

Dive Number:124
Location:Blairgowrie Marina
Date:01/03/11
Max Depth:5.9m
Dive Time:55 mins
Temp:18C
Visibility:10m
Time In:18:02
Tide:Low 17:26, 0.4m
Thermal:Dry suit
Weight:27lbs
Other Divers: Owen

First dive back in the dry suit for 2011 after the cold exit last week. It usually takes me a while to settle back into dry suit diving but this dive was great except for having to carry the extra lead to the entry point. It really kills my hips.

There was a slight current under the pier which disappeared about halfway through the dive. All the usual suspects around although I did find a type of sea slug which I have never seen before. There seemed to be a lot of sea horses about and we also found the Port Jackson shark that looks like it has been killed by some fisherman.

We had to end the dive early so we would have time to get some tea before meeting the others for the night dive at Rye Pier. Great dive as always at Blairgowrie.

Blairgowrie night dive.

Dive Number:123
Location:Blairgowrie marina
Date:21/02/11
Max Depth:3.9m
Dive Time:91 mins
Temp:18C
Visibility:12m
Time In:20:40
Tide:
Thermal:5mm semi-dry
Weight:12lbs (too heavy)
Other divers: Sarah, Owen, Jim

Cold night, what happened to summer?? Warm was a little cooler than expected when I first jumped in but was warm enough throughout the dive. Owen gave Sarah and I a pair of force fins in an attempt to convert us! I quite liked the larger pair I had although the foot pocket was too small and my feet were hurting within 10 mins of starting the dive. I swapped with Sarah's fins underwater, but they were too small as well and in the end I had to get out and go back to my car and get my fins.

Forgot my camera!!! We were out underneath the boats and saw heaps of stuff I don't normally see. Great dive, must get of for more night diving this year.

Blairgowrie marina.

Dive Number:121
Location:Blairbowrie marina
Date:31/01/11
Max Depth:5.8m
Dive Time:136 mins
Temp:19C
Visibility:15m
Time In:13:13
Tide:
Thermal:5mm semi-dry
Weight:12lbs

I have not been diving much lately and have been even more slack at writing up the little diving I have done!

Diving with Sarah and Hamish and had a great dive at Blairgowrie. This is my longest dive so far and still finished with 60bar, so could've gone even longer. It was quite hot out of the water was was a relief to be under for so long.

Saw the usual suspects although sadly we have not seen the Tassled Angerfish for sometime.

Blairgowrie marina.

Dive Number:  119
Location:  Blairgowrie Marina
Date:  04/01/11
Max Depth: 6.2m
Dive Time:  110 mins
Temp:  18C
Visibility:  12-15m
Time In:  10:28
Tide:  Low 08:11, 0.8m
Thermal:  5mm semi-dry
Weight:  18lbs, finally did a proper weight check and dropped to 12lbs.

It was a great day to go diving especially considering some friends of ours had come down from Sydney to go diving with us. The weather was fine and warm, very light wind and the surface was flat with good vis.

The dive here really was just like any other with all the usual suspects about although we were disappointed not to find the resident Tassled Angler Fish. There were heaps of verco nudibranchs about but they were all dark in colour and not a bright yellow. It seems this is due to some sort of mucus they secrete for protection, definitely makes them less picturesque.

We did find another nudi which we haven't yet identified. It was very well camouflaged on the pylon, much more visible when it fell to the sand though.

About halfway through the dive I discovered my dive computer wasn't working, doesn't really matter on these shallow sites, I only use it to give me depth, time and temperature to add here in my log. Strangely, it is working here at home again!!

I think all up we did just under 2 hours but will have to wait and get the data from my buddy. Great dive, really enjoyed it.

Blairgowrie marina.

Dive Number: 110
Location: Blairgowrie marina
Date: 19/11/10
Max Depth: 6.4m
Dive Time: 83mins
Temp: 15C
Visibility: 10-12m
Time In: 09:30
Tide: Low 05:53 0.8m, High 12:29 1.2m
Thermal: 5mm semi dry + 5mm shorty
Weight: 18lbs. ok.

The weather was great on arrival at Blairgowrie marina. No wind, relatively clear skys and temperature in the low 20s. Parking was in the lower carpark close to the yacht squadron clubhouse which meant no hill to climb afterwards and, being a weekday, was nice a quite with hardly anyone around.

We hit the water at 09:30 and were expecting a bit of current as it was about halfway between low and high tide. The current here can be very strong at times, but the water was quite still for the whole dive with vis of about 10-12 metres.

It's been so long since I have dived here that I had forgotten how good it was. So many different critters and so much colour. I was really hoping to finally find a tasselled anglerfish and I wasn't disappointed. We also found several species of nudibranchs, a juvenile greenback stingaree with a docked tail, a ruddy gurnard perch with one eye amongst others. So much life now that the weather has warmed up again.

Really enjoyable dive, can't wait to get back again.