#508: Sun 23 Apr 2000

5 star dive

Site

The Pinnacles, Forster, Forster, Australia

Depth and duration

34m for 28 minutes

Divers

  • Iain Hosking
  • Andrew Kennedy

Attributes

Details

Still a strong southerly blowing so a rough boat trip out. We were first in (lucky) and descended into fairly clear water, seeing a group of grey nurse sharks immediately below us. They swam away slowly, but returned at a lower level. We watched from behind a huge boulder. There were about 12 of them, from 9 feet long down to 5 feet, swimming slowly and gracefully amongst smaller fish. A single lionfish added a touch of the ornate, and we saw the usual wrasse, butterflyfish and cup coral, but the sharks were of course the highlight.

Equipment

own

More information

See logbook 9

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