Quick trip out
Had a quick dive today with Jacqui left hillarys at around 9:30, target was a spot about 1/2 a mile north of little island pretty shallow one today dove around 4m, 8m at the deepest.
On the way out we usually always anchor at little island to jump in have a swim and slide into our wetties in the water, anywho in my haste to get the boat ready today i slipped straight into my boardies pretty much forgeting about an under garment.As I jumped into the water i realised my predicament of freeballing.. o well i figured. Jacqui threw me my wettie as i stripped off underwater threw my boardies on the boat i heard a screech from jacqui... WAT THE F&*K IS THAT! i shat myself as i saw through the crystal clear water i could see the local sea life litterally sitting down on the sand right under me a meter and a half down watching the show... bloody seals... i'm sure i could see his confused expression and thinking so thats what humans looklike i wonder if i should bite it! well i scrambled into my wettie at record speed and soon had my fins, mask and jacqui over the side for wat turned out to be a hour long play with the seal till he got bored and flipped us off.
Dive was pretty cool and we found a pair of sea dragons that we saw last time we dived here, at the same ledge too so i'm starting to think they're residents but i'll make my decision if we see em again :) swam around abit all up 1 hour and 10minutes, plenty of crays around and I managed to get my bag limit this time, lots of undersize ones around and they were quite skittish, also saw plenty of nudi's once again(they seem to be everywhere lately) site also has some cool caves that i'm waiting to take some snaps of but that'll be for next time as i just can't seem to pry my camera out of jacqui's hands.
But yea was a good day out and well needed as i hadn't been out for two weeks to get my boat time fix. hopefully many more to come as i scored the week off from work too! hell yea!
P.S cray boats were in close today 3 boats working just behind the reef breaks so fingers crossed it'll pick up very soon.
Dave J.
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nice pics , love the seal
nice pics , love the seal shot absolute classic
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Nice dragon shot
Like how you shot it from below so that it's silhouetted against the surface/sun!
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Yeah that shot is a cracker. What type of camera are you using reefmonkey?
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Its a canon ixus 80, just a run of the mill compact 8mp nothin flash but it takes some good photos... but also some crappy ones depending on the light available
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Yea jacqui took most of the
Yea jacqui took most of the pics including the sea dragon one, little bugger was franticly trying to get away from her to the point it had swam from its ledge and had swam up to within a meter of the surface. haha he worked it out well i reckon he was just trying to capture himself in the best light... vain little bastard :)
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great pics love the seal pic
great pics love the seal pic looks like a great dive
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Classic Seal shot
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Yep, Dragon photo is pure gold, love it reefmonkey. Others are damn good too.
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Top pics and sounds like a
Top pics and sounds like a great dive ,not often you get to see the drogons ,cute looking seal.
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great pics mate! it's
great pics mate! it's awesome to have this kind of wildlife on our doorstep!
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Thanks guys
Thanks for all the comments guys i'll be sure to pass on the compliments to jacqui for her sea dragon pic.... even tho it'll probably mean now i'll never get to touch my camera again :)
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some top shots m8, sounds
some top shots m8, sounds like yous had a good dive.
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too tempting..
That cray would have been coming home with me for sure! :)
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All the Above
You did well with the shots,the seal and sea dragon in particular,the vis looks excellent
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Great Pics
Love the seal!
More light? I'm not too clue'd up on shooting pics underwater....But fantastic framing and shots :)
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More light = strobe, and
More light = strobe, and once you go down that path its a very slippery slope!
A board member I know could comment on that!
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agree with all comments
these are all great pics, well done