Matt Bird
I have been diving since 1989, starting at the age of 12. My experience in diving varies: Reef diving Wall diving Drift diving Wreck diving Marine biology research diving Maritime Archaeology research diving Fresh and Saltwater cave diving Night Diving Thermal lake diving -limited Nitrox (need to do the course). Not all my dives are recorded here, I unfortunately lost one log book on a research trip to Magnetic Island, Queensland in 2000. Approximately 40 to 45 dives were recorded between the period of the 07/98 to 05/2000. Varying from recreational to research (marine biology/archaeology dives). Locations varied from Magnetic Island, Heron Island and varying other locations on the Great Barrier Reef (still not happy about this). Note: Dive locations on Nauru are named after common place of entry to the site or districts.
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:234
- Total dives count:274
- Dives this year:0
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:7 days 9 hrs 4 min
- Most dives on Diveboard in:
Australia - Deepest Dive:
34m in Coron Bay, Philippines - Longest Dive:
117 min in Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia - Pictures in logbook:2
- Number of species spotted:18
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Species Spotted
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Favorite Dives
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1990-09-29 Solomon Islands Guadalcanal
Ijn Submarine I 1, TambeaIJN Submarine I-1 Sunken Japanese Submarine. My first boat dive. 320 feet long with an endurance of 60 days and a range of 24,000 miles. The I-1 ran aground on the reef in January 1943 after a battle with two New Zealand corvettes. The submarine now lies with the shattered bow in 15 feet (5 m) and the stern in 100 feet (30 m) of water.
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1990-07-13 Nauru New Location
Burrao's At Baiti's DistrictGreat dive. Beautiful and clear calm water. Saw my first hammered shark about 10ft long. Plus 6 other sharks and a huge School of Trevally.
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1995-12-07 Australia Great Barrier Reef, Cormorant Pass (Little detached or Cormorant Reef).
The Fish MarketThe Fish Market is just pure awesomeness (hang on and watch everything as the incoming tide hits the front of this small reef). Nothing else can be said, pure awesomeness. We saw a good variety of sharks. 1 large hammerhead trailed by a few white tip reef sharks and then followed by a grey reef shark. We saw a few more Grey reef sharks (I love grey reef sharks they just look like what shark should look like). One of the grey reef's came really close, within 3 meters (awesome). Again saw a few of the potato cod. Large schools of fish dominated the water column. Surgeon fish near the reef, then the sharks and cod, followed by large schools of trevally and rainbow runner (no tuna this time).
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1989-10-15 Nauru New Location
Meneng Primary SchoolVery Big surf at high tide(2 to 3 meter surf). First time to get dumped by a wave on entry. On exit I was separated from my Buddy due to rough conditions caused by an incoming tropic storm. I relied upon training and my experience. 1st time to swim underneath surf line, great experience.
My Certifications
- PADI Rescue diver (Jul 2013)
- PADI Advanced openwater (Jul 2013)
- NAS(Nautical Achaeology Society) Part 1 Course (Jul 1998)
- NAUI Open water Scuba Diver (May 1990)
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