Somewhere off Two Rocks on 3 Nov 2010
Did a couple of dives with PeteD, Paul, Jessie and Kevin today off Two Rocks. Seabreeze of course got it wrong and even though we launched at 7.30am, we ended soaking up the sun at anchor in the shallows till about 11.00am.
At 11am we got sick of waiting and decided to take a snorkel at Roe's reef to cool off. Then at about 11.30am the wind finally started to slow down and we headed out wide to look for a lump, but after 30min of mapping the bottom, we decided to push off and dive another lump that Paul discovered but hadn't dived yet. The lump went from 40-34M and held some nice looking crays. I am glad I decided to take my camera along and even happier that it went down to 40 without leaking. Anyway, here are a few shots. Take it easy on me, this is only the second time I have had the camera in the water.
This fella was on his own in his own hole, was one of the big boys.
On the ledge directly below him was this lot - all were clearly size.
About 10 meters away the circular ledge held a few nest
Then there was the horror movie stuff!
Anyway at 30+M time ticks by quite quickly and we were soon all hanging on the anchor line doing our deco then up top side, we had some lunch to help pass the required surface interval before the ned dive.
The next spot was shallower at 18-24 and I only saw one cray here, but there were some decent fish about.
Medium sized Harliquin
Large size Harliquin
Fox Fish?
Blue Damsel?
Dhu you see what I see?
Decent size occy in his hidie hole.
Uni
Pete playing with another occy.
A large Dusky keep a safe distance.
Couple of banded shrimp
Even though we ended up with a late start due to the wind, it was great to be out there getting wet. Big thanks to Pete for letting me buddy up and to Paul for taking us to this lump.
Can't wait till 15 Nov.
scotto
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coool!
nice photos mate!!
gettin me pumped for the 15th!!!
carnarvonite
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Great
Some good shots, would have been a great dive.
Some big jumbos amongst the crays, another week or so and they would have been in the bag.
soupster51
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Very Nice
Great pics. Makes me miss home a whole lot more than ever. Thanks for nothing you bastards........
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southcity104
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Smoking Post Alfred!!
Dam it wish i had the ok for that one..
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poddyfish
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Sweeet
great stuff alfred! some very very nice pics there mate! oh dosnt some of them crays just sitting there all layed out just make ya looping hand itchy as!
how big was the dhu mate? can just make it out in the back middle of the pic yeh?
nice harly shots too sweet colours!
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alfred
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Thanks guys. Carnarnvonite,
Thanks guys.
Carnarnvonite, I was tempted to grab one! They somehow know the season hasn't started yet and walked right up to the camera.
Soupster don't complain, you're having it good over there!
Tony, pity you missed out, was a good dive, but the trade off this time was probably worth it! ;)
Poddy, this dhu was small, there was a bruiser, but no pic, so I didn't mention it earlier. Camera had auto shutoff and by the time it was ready again, the big one was spooked.
Fozz
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Great Pics Alfred
Some great pics for the 2nd time you've used it mate, love the harly sitting in ambush mode. Gets the diving juices flowing.
Fozz
Paul G
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Yer shame about the wind but
Yer shame about the wind but in the end a great dive Look forward to the next time we get together.
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beau
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what camera???! Awesome
what camera???! Awesome shots!
Pete D
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Some great shots there
Some great shots there Alfred. The blue fish is a Western Blue Devil and yep it is a fox fish (there was alot on that dive) - saw the flash go off over my shoulder when I was filming that one too.
Thanks for letting us tag along Paul and sit in that nice bay all morning (bloody wind). Great company....just get Jesse to leave all the flies behind next time...hehehe
Looking forward to the cray season.
Cheers Pete
crasny1
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Drool
It does appear that some of those crays certainly knew "closed season" and was just plain teasing you all. Wouldnt even need a snare for those few. That Jumbo has a feed in its legs alone.
I miss the days of southern rock lobster. The vegie painteds up here just dont have the same appeal as the reddies.
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beau
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is that squid in the dusky
is that squid in the dusky shot?
alfred
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The crays are clam at the
The crays are clam at the moment as no one has been chasing them for a while. All that will change when the first few are caught and the panic sets in.
No not a squid, but some wrasse. Did see a few cuttlefish but the pics didn't come out well.
Cam was a G10.
Faulkner Family
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great pics there Alfred.with
great pics there Alfred.with the blue devil. put it through picasa and clean it up . the colors are amazing. top pics of the harleys
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Lucky Tim
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very nice Alfred, very nice.
very nice Alfred, very nice. Only 11 more sleeps!
DazSamFishing
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Nice clear pics there. I've
Nice clear pics there. I've gotta get into diving soon.
timvb
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Nice Photos!
Looking forward to cray season!!
JohnF
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Get back to work Timbo!!!!!
Get back to work Timbo!!!!!
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timvb
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Mate, just got back from lunch - gimme a break!!!
Digging out vendor IOM's isn't the most interesting task!
4 weeks down, 5 to go.....
Paul G
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Just loading up the video of
Just loading up the video of the dive hoping it will be up tonight .
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