Dive HMAS Brisbane Report 30 January 2009

Some wind and swell may have put some divers off this past week, but for those who just want to get out there and dive, well, they reaped the benefits that’s for sure. 30 metres viz on the HMAS Brisbane on Monday and viz in excess of 20-25 metres for the rest of the week was only part of the spoils. The real excitement was that we had a visit from a 3 metre gentle giant, female grey nurse shark. She hung around for 3 days and then made her way off into the distance. She was obviously used to divers around as she was totally unperturbed by the diver’s presence. All divers were briefed to move slowly and to be sure that they didn’t intrude into her personal space. This caused some interest on behalf of the shark and she would very slowly and gracefully circle past the awe struck divers. This was then followed up by clear water again on Thursday and a visit by a 4 metre wide manta ray. This beauty played around in front of the divers for 10 minutes or more towards the end of their dive. Everybody was on a real high after all of the excitement.

This weekend looks like similar weather to what we’ve had during the week, diving the Brisbane. We’re all willing the clear water to stay. Some wind and swell will be present but for those divers who are organised with their gear and have everything adjusted and ready to put on when at the dive site, will not be troubled. Diving from our boat, 2EZY also makes diving in this type of weather a synch. Be aware of your position in the water in relation to the boat, be organised, get under the surface as quickly as possible and that takes any stress out of diving in a choppy sea. Dive HMAS Brisbane with Sunreef.