Dive HMAS Brisbane Report update 10th April 2009

After many, many days of foul weather we decided to go out and have a look at what the conditions were like on Thursday morning.

So Paul and Andy went for a dive while Dave sat topside. On the way to the site, they crossed over a very distinct 'blue line' in the ocean. The dirty brown fresh seems to be confined to within a few hundred metres from shore, after that green and then a little further out, the water turns to a distinctive blue colour.

The report was very encouraging. 5-8 metres viz on the HMAS BRISBANE. Viz varied from place to place, as it does on that ship. The seas were not anywhere near as bad as the reports indicate. There was a metre and a half of swell but it was very diveable. Entering the Control Room is a no no when the swell is really pumping, but this was very doable with care as was hanging off the funnel to do the safety stop.

After diving there, they ventured over to Hanging Rock on the Inner Gneerings but the conditions were different there. With the reef coming up shallower this forces the swell to peak and become very uncomfortable.

So diving the reef may not happen till Sunday or Monday but we'll be diving the HMAS BRISBANE over Easter. There no doubt will be a bit of rain but that doesn't stop a keen diver. It helps wash off that salt water after the dive.