Mike jones
Australian Sydney-sider and regular diver. Enjoys underwater silence and weightlessness, two qualities in rare supply on the land. Has an unhealthy obsession with dive equipment... He usually works in film, TV & digital media but would rather be underwater. Mostly diving around Sydney and NSW coast.
Places I've Dived
- Total number of dives not on diveboard:
This number is added to the total number of dives logged in Diveboard (public+private) for the stat "Total number of dives". - Dives published:80
- Total number of dives:80
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:2 days 13 hrs 46 mins
- Most dives on Diveboard in:
Australia - Deepest Dive:
30.4m in Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia - Longest Dive:
76 mins in Sydney, Australia - Pictures in logbook:166
- Number of species spotted:979
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Favorite Dives
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2012-11-25 Australia Terrigal, New South Wales
Ex Hmas AdelaideSecond dive on the Adelaide. Descended over the mast swam forward to the ships bridge. Entered the bridge room and surveyed the interior including the captains chair, control benches and windows. Made our way forward down onto the foredeck and over the missile launcher well. Swam onto the bow of the ship and viewed the ship from the front, encrusted with corals and sponges. We then followed the starboard side on the outside of the ship all the way to the back of the ship swimming back up over the upper rear deck and the ships bell. We were running very close to our no-deco time at this point which forced us to to shallow depths around the mast before ascending to surface. An amazing dive with great vis and perfect conditions. Bream Mado Red Rock Cod Rock Cale Leatherjackets - Yellow stripe - 6 spine - Yellow finned Silver Sweep White Ear Crimsonband Wrasse Half-Banded Sea Perch Hullafish Morowong Old Wife Girdled Scalyfin Kelpfish Black-Banded Sea perch Snapper (cockney bream) Blotched Hawkfish Blind Shark
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2012-11-01 Australia Maroubra, NSW
Magic PointA beautiful warm spring morning. Seas were reasonably calm but the wind was starting to increase ahead of a front moving in later that day. Anchored just south of the shark cave and descended down to the kelp through a very dense cloud of tiny jellyfish. Followed the rock shelf and boulders down to the sandline at the deepest part of the site. From here we turned south-east to the second cave. Several Grey Nurse sharks here along with massive schools of Eastern Pomfrets and Yellow Tail gathered around the front of the cave mouth and over the boulders.Turned north following the rock shelf on our left. Found the resident Eastern Blue Devil Fish and more than 5 large Grey Nurse Sharks circling a small bait ball of fish. Also spied a pair of Bannerfish and very large Wobegongs before ascending on the shot-line of the boat. A classic sydney dive with more than 30 different spices of fish on display including 4 different varieties of shark. Wobegong Crested Horn Shark Port Jackson Shark Grey Nurse Shark Massive schools of Eastern Pomfrets and Yellow Tail Skad Blue Groper Bull Ray Maori Wrasse Old Wives Eastern Blue Devil Fish Crimsonband Wrasse Pair of Bannerfish Black Reef Leatherjacket Bullseyes Mado Large schools of One-spot Pullers Immaculate Damselfish White Ears Hullafish Snakeskin Wrasse Banded Sea Perch Half-Banded Sea Perch Victorian Scalyfin Lizardfish Rock Cale Stripey Large Tooth Beardie Goatfish
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2012-07-27 Australia Maroubra, NSW
Magic PointBeautiful weather with very little breeze or swell. Almost o waves on the cliff face as we travelled to magic Point. Began dive at first cave and stayed with good vis to see up to 8-9 grey nurse sharks. Moved on to 2nd cave and saw 2-3 more grey nurse sharks along the way of kelp beds. Still 4-5 more grey nurse sharks at the 2nd cave. Both caves were surrounded by large schools of fish. Weedy sea dragon was found on the edge between kelp and sand between caves & returned to first cave and found the resident eastern blue devil fish under the rock ledge. Blue grouper Comb Wrasse Crimson banded wrasse Grey nurse sharks Giant cuttle fish Wobegong Weedy Sea Dragon Maori wrasse Red rock cod Eastern blue devilfish Large schools of Promfrets over rocks<BR>Small scale bullseye Port jackson shark Sergeant baker Variegated lizard fish Schools of yellow tail scad
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2012-07-13 Australia Kurnell
Voo DooDiving Voodoo on Friday 13th. Clear sunny skies and perfect calm conditions. Swam south towards the arch following the gully between the boulders. Superb visibility at 25m+ and the relatively shallow depth meant lots of sunlight. However there was a fair degree of wave surge & particularly at the Arch. The arch itself was a spectacular tunnel experience with abundant fish life. On the other side of the arch we turned east and followed over the boulders & gullies and kelp gardens. Returned back North to shore. 3 bar porcupine fish Maori wrasse Girdled scalyfin Port jackson shark Hula fish Small scale bullseye Mado Schooling Old Wives Silver sweep One spot pullers
My Certifications
- PADI Advanced Open Water (Nov 2011)
- PADI Open Water (Nov 2011)
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