Jamie Lee Thorpe
- Jamie Lee Thorpe's trip Reotahi
First cray dive with Simon. Vis the worst I have ever seen it here. Got to bottom and found 3 small crays straight away. I managed to get one out of the hole but couldn't find Simon with the catch bag and it got away. Found small packhorse. Perfect position for the noose. While I was trying to get it Simon decided to 'herd' the cray scaring it further down the rock. I said "NO" at which point he tried to herd it some more....bye bye packhorse :( Then carried on diving and realised that Simon was no longer carrying the catch bag. Tried to find it but no luck :( Aborted dive!
First cray dive with Simon. Vis was the worst I have ever seen it at this pozzy. Got to the bottom and found 3 small cray straight away. I managed to get one out of the hold but couldn't find Simon (with the bag) and it got away :(. Then found small packhorse. Perfect position for the noose. While I was trying to get into position Simon decided to 'herd' the crayfish scaring it further down the rock. I said "NO" at which point he tried to 'herd' it some more....bye bye packhorse :( Carried on with the dive and realised that Simon was no longer carrying my catch bag. Tried to find it...no luck....aborted dive!
Scallop Dive. Only had 100 bar to do the dive. Only got 10 keepers. Had no catch bag so had to tie a pair of Dad's trousers at the leg and used that as a catch bag instead. Funny! Found a net on the way back with a bunch of rotten fish in it....Dad kept it....gross!
Smugglers Cove Scallop dive. Only had 100 BAR to do the dive. Only got 10 keepers. Had no catch bag so had to tie a pair of Dad's trousers at the leg and used that as a catch bag instead. Found a net on the way back with rotten fish in it. Pheweee!
Dive with Michele. Caught 1 cray but loosened the noose and it got away. :(
Dive with Michelle at Bream Head Deep Rock. Saw 3 crays, tried to get them and didn't get any. Michelle did her first backwards entry by falling in.
Marine Reserve and Green Buoy Reotahi Dived Marine reserve buoy on outside of island.Found a good lure on the chain. Then Dad towed us to the green buoy. Vis was pretty bad. Went down the big chain but no lures. Got to the bottom and found an anchor chain buried but couldn't lift it out so will have to go back to recover it. Dived around big rocks, lots of fish and saw four vests and a school of kingis circled us. Simon annoyed he forgot the go pro.
2013-04-21 - Aubrey Island Marine Reserve, Reotahi Marine Reserve, New Zealand
9.8m - 30 min
Dive on Reotahi side of the Marine Reserve. Nice dive. Saw a Stargazer and a few clown Nudis, I had my camera and Simon had the Go Pro. Practised doing a Mask Removal.
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