#545: Sun 4 Oct 2015 at 09:25am

4 star dive

Site

The Pinnacles, Forster, Forster, Australia

Depth and duration

37m for 24 minutes + 1 stop: 3 min @ 3m

Divers

  • Iain Hosking
  • Nick Heiniger

Attributes

Details

Pretty deep for a first dive following a 6-month layoff.

Took the GoPro for its first underwater outing (having checked it's rated to 40m). Clear, blue water, plenty of fish life including mado, bullseyes, cod, wrasse and a large male seahorse (long, like a sea dragon) carying eggs. Pity the SD card was full by that stage :-/.

Seasick afterwards. But also saw humpback whales breaching, so well worth it. Nick from Forster Dive Centre recommends the pink Travacalm (I think).

Equipment

Wet suit, hired aluminium tank, BC, 24 lbs. The wet suit (from 1991) was inflexible and restrictive, particularly on initial entry into the water.

More information

See logbook

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