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2013-01-26 - The Nursery (Bowen Island), Jervis Bay, Australia

12.2m - 34 min - Dived with Hayley from Dive Jervis Bay

dive1 Start 13:45 200bar tank 12m 34min finish 100bar left in tank Instructor Hayley, Buddies David/Gabe Octopus, monster wobbegong, 1.5m grey nurse (sand tiger) shark (so smooth, dynamic and graceful with entourage of little fish), very friendly blue groper! Typical rocky southeastern NSW environment, many purple and orange sponges, blue weed, starfish, triggerfish, parrotfish.

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2013-01-26 - The Nursery (Bowen Island), Jervis Bay, Australia

13.7m - 32 min - Dived with Hayley from Dive Jervis Bay

dive2 16:00 start 200bar tank 13.8m 32min finish 100bar left in tank White feathered nudibranchs, catfish thing?, globe-puffer fish, rock cod (scorpionfish) w big eyes on top of head, baby moray, less vis Instructor Hayley, Buddy David Refresher skills - reg recovery, alternate air source buddy ascent. Boat engine 1 of 2 breakdown halfway across Jervis Bay. Skipper Steve, tried to fix. While waiting, a pod of dolphins visited us. Eventually we tacked across bay on one engine for a while, then received a tow from a powerful 4-engine whale-watching boat. Later, hotel in Nowra. Dinner, shower, movie.

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