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Sunshine Coast Scuba Diving Reports

dive report 19 Aurgust 2008

Sea conditions have just been glorious and those brave enough to venture out for a dive of late have been rewarded big time for their efforts. The water has been gradually clearing up with visibility of 15 metres at The Caves on Monday and 20 metres on the HMAS BRISBANE. Apart from a few really keen local divers, our locals have been letting the side down. The visitors have been out numbering local divers by a huge margin in these past weeks. Guys and girls, you are missing out I have to inform you. By 9a.m. the weather has warmed and you only need a spray jacket or similar, to put over your wetsuit while you are not diving, plus a cap or a beanie and all is toasty warm. Don’t miss these calm seas and the constantly good visibility, get out there and have a dive.

Dive Report August 7

Beautiful calm seas and clear blue skies make it extremely comfortable out on the water at this time of year.
The water temperature is still on 18-19C so with a reasonable wetsuit, it is very “doable” dive weather, even for warm blooded Queenslanders. Visibility is slowly improving with 10 metre viz early this week. The weather conditions look like holding for the weekend and if so, visibility should also improve. Fish life has been prolific and we have seen dolphins on the surface a number of times recently. Divers are still reporting being able to hear the whales as they move on past. All in all, it’s been a great experience to be out diving.
Dive Safe,
The Sunreef Team.

Dive Report July 30

The weather settled over the weekend to end up with flat calm seas making it very pleasant on the surface. After the high winds and rough seas, this was welcomed by the divers that's for sure. Visibility wasn't as bad as many predicted. With very muddy water on the surface, once under this the viz opened up to about 6 metres on the Gneering Shoals. Viz on the HMAS BRISBANE was down to about 4 metres but is already on the improve. With the sound of whales once again and dolphins surfacing around thee wreck, it made for a great dive. Water temp is still sitting on 19C and conditions for the weekend look like improving even more. So don't miss the calmer sea conditions while we have the south westerlies with us.

Dive Report July 22

Brilliant flat seas and at times, up to 30 metre visibility has had divers excited this past week. The viz dropped to 10-12 metres on the HMAS BRISBANE over the weekend but we still had 15-25 metres viz at Mudjimba and on the Gneering Shoals. Water temp is still a very reasonable 19C. Southern visitors and overseas visitors have revelled in the conditions. We've had a few keen local divers who have also been raving about the conditions plus they've not only heard whales singing but seen them while on the surface too. One sighting was very close to the boat. So those local divers who are waiting for the beautiful winter diving conditions, they are here!!! they have arrived!! These conditions will be missed by those who procrastanate. By 9a.m. the air temp has warmed and with a jacket to wear over your wetsuit while out on the boat, stick a beannie on your head and "Bob's your uncle". Get in and enjoy these calm seas and clear water conditions while they last. Later this week there will be a bit of wind but nothing to worry the diver too much. Dive conditions should settle again by the weekend.

Dive Report June 18

Many have been expecting the water to be dirty for some time, due to the heavy rain we’ve had recently. Well the news is all good as we have been experiencing visibility between 12-20 metres on the HMAS BRISBANE. It did drop to 7-10 metres a couple of days ago but it’s back up to that 15-20 metre range again today. Water temp is around 20-21C so it is time to pull out the thicker wetsuits and get the hood and gloves ready. The south westerlies have calmed the seas and flattened out the swell. It didn’t get up to anywhere near what was predicted and was quite safe and diveable over the past week.