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.

 What a time of year it is to go diving. The water is just crystal!!!  25metres viz yesterday (Tuesday) on the HMAS BRISBANE , 21-22C water temp.and 20 viz on the Gneering Shoals on the weekend. While some are still saying they have been waiting for the weather to settle after that torrid stuff we had to endure at the beginning of the year, I can't help thinking that they are going to miss out if they don't get out diving soon. We've had fantastic weather for diving for the past few weeks. The surface conditions can still have a bit of chop on top on some occassions but generally, even the surface conditions have been great. We certainly don't have that ground swell we can get when the southeasterly wind blows for a few days. We've got a whole winter ahead of us yet, so let those gentle southwesterlies keep puffing gently off our shore and flatten out that sea. No wonder the southern visitors love coming up here for winter when you look at what conditions they get served up down there. We really do live in the best place in Australia.