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Sub 18-Nov-2007 - Flinders Dive Report |
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Well after some 10 years since VSAG dived from Flinders we finally made it happen!!!!
18 divers and 4 boats arrived at the Flinders lauching area
around 9am. This would be the largest turnout from our club for local diving in a very long time... brilliant!!!
After the usual minor boggings on the soft sand all boats were launched with the usual experience and hands on support typical of the VSAG'ers.
Despite the Northerly winds the swells were up. We headed round the Gunnery Reef and then South towards Cape Schanck... seems the sea spray coming into my boat sent some of us into deco!!
Barry Truscott took the lead to a reef area which has been productive in the past but the conditions for diving there were not safe.
We pushed onto to the Cape noting the conditions in Bushrangers Bay on the way. Turning west past the rocky bluff my crew were not confident about the conditions,however Mick Jeacle and Barry advised the area was diveable so we all joined upfor a dive.
From my crew Cathy Pedlow and I got the nod for the first dive, however after splashing in Cathy was not comfortable and using diver safety wisdom she pulled her dive.
On the bottom I was being pushed around by the bottom swell and after some 5 minutes of uncomfortable conditions I also pulled the dive and surfaced.
Other divers seemed to be ok and many finsihed their dive. John Merlo bagged a nice cray form this area!
Our next move was back to Bushrangers Bay and to finish my diive I was joined by AJ Storen... The bottom conditions were quite good but lacking good reef. We found abalone but no crays.
The boats headed back to Flinders, on the way waiting for Bazza to complete a dive on a reef close to the shore about 5ks North of Bushrangers Bay.
Arriving at the Gunnery Reef the conditions were much calmer and the diving continued around this area.
My crew of Alan and Jackie Storen and Cathy Pedlow decided to just enjoy the sunny conditions and again AJ and I splashed in. We bagged and measured our legal limit of Abalone and I grabbed a good cray but had to return as she was in berry... bugger!
Mick Jeacle was having a challenging time with the huge rollers off the reef, and demonstrated his exceptional boat handling skills just managing to get over one biggie
and so avoiding being turned over backwards... almost a mirror of my efforts on the Inverloch channel many years ago...
Back to Flinders all boats loaded back onto trailers and retrieved without too much hassle...
A big smile on Bridey Leggatt's face as she marched happily to her car with two nice table sized crays!!! Great.
A few coldies at the Flinders pub was the happy ending to an exciting and eventful day.
To Barry Truscott for his support at ther last minute to take on another diver and making his boat available for the day... thanks Bazza.
To Mick Jeacle and Andy Mastrowicz for making their boats available... many thanks.
To the following divers who nominated to make this day as great as it was... thanks for the support you showed to our great club.
Barry Truscott's crew: Tony Tipping, John Merlo, Alan Dickerson.
Mick Jeacle's crew: Benita McDonough, Lloyd Borrett, Robert Birtles.
Andy Mastrowicz's crew: Joe Mamalino, David Geekie, Mick Kakafikas, Peter Briggs, Bridey Leggatt.
John Lawler's crew: Alan Storen, Jackie Storen, AJ Storen, Cathy Pedlow.
John Lawler
Dive Co-Ordinator.
Posted by BUBBLEDIVER on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:35 AM (794 reads)
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