Dive_Tigger
- Dive_Tigger's trip Advanced Dive Course
1997-12-24 - Shires Quarry, Durban, South Africa
41m - 31 min - Dived with Penny Croucamp
Shore entry. In - 11:10 Out - 11:41 Average depth - 20 m Visability - 4-5 m ->, 2 m | Deep dive. Descended down the shot line. Water was cold at bottom but got uncomfortably warm at last safety stop. Dark at bottom, after 10 minutes, could see the floor. Appeared to be right below us. HAd to check SPG and watch to confirm depth. Possibly "narced". While holding Penny's BC I had the sensation of spinning at high speed like on a fun ride. Did 3 safety stops - 1 min @ 9m - 3 min @ 6 m (fresh water shrimp stayed with us for a while at this stop) - 5 min @ 3 m
1997-12-26 - Shires Quarry, Durban, South Africa
12.1m - 34 min - Dived with Donovan Croucamp
Night Dive. Shore entry. In - 20:15 Out - 20:49 Average depth - 10 m Visability - 1 m ->, 1 m | Interesting evening. B.J was the dive master. He kicked off my mask and regulator with his fins. First dive torch blew before entering the water. Second torch batteries went flat in the water. Saw shrimp, crabs, tallapia. Was late getting to Don's. Then BJ locked hios keys in the car. After standing in the rain fro 45 minutes we got the car open. His keys were not in the car. Found them on Don's bed!
Navigation Dive. Shore entry. In - 10:46 Out - 11:09 Average depth - 8.1 m Visability - 1 m ->, 3 m | Snorkel 3 x nav routes to make sure time/distance is right. dive 2 x triangular routes 330*@1min, 180*@1 min, 50* at 1min. Landed up at start buoy. Do i x reciprical nav. Out 2 minutes and back. Land up at buoy, but swam on for 5 sec and camr up beyond Donovan
1997-12-30 - Aliwal Shoal Pinnacles, Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
23m - 34 min - Dived with Donovan Croucamp
Advanced Dive - Skills check Underwater World. Skipper: Howard In - 06:42 Out - 7:16 Average depth - 2.5 m Visability - 25->, 20 m | Mask clearing. DV Recovery. Combo recovery. Doff and don. Buddy breathing. Octo ascent. Donovan pulled my mask off when doing buddy breathing. Great dive. Saw lots of fish. Moorish Idols, Goldies, Butterfly Fish, Parrot Fish, Nudibranches, Urchins etc. Saw fish scratching themselves on rocks, and Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse cleaniung other fish especially around the gills. SAC bad due to octo ascent. Saw 2 x Flying Fish on the way to and from the dive site.
1997-12-30 - Aliwal Shoal Pinnacles, Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
12.5m - 44 min - Dived with Donovan Croucamp
Advanced Dive: Navigation Mapping Underwaterworld boat. Skipper: Howard In - 11:08 Out - 11:52 Average depth - 2.5 m Visability - 20+ m ->, 13 m | On way out saw dolphins. Skipper said we could bail out if we wanted to. Swam with them and counted to 30 before giving up (in excess of 50). Saw calves. Large males (?) swam close and inspected us. They were swimming below us and were rubbing themselves on the sand. Could hear them communicating. Saw a pod (maybe the same) during the dive. Heard them when we could not see them. Mapping went well. Saw large blue spotted ray. Saw most of the same types as previous dive in the morning.
1997-12-31 - Raggies Cave, Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, South Africa
18m - 37 min - Dived with Donovan Croucamp
Advanced Dive: Environmental Dive Underwaterworld boat. Skipper: Howard In - 06:37 Out - 7:15 Average depth - 14.3 m Visability - ? m ->, ? m | Very interesting dive? Must do this more often. Was given homework by Penny. Gave me the Latin name of 10 species and I had to get the common name, abundance. Saw 6 of the 10. - 11 x Nudibranch - 0 x Loggerhead turtle - 0 x Powder Blue Surgeon Fish - 1 x Blue Hump Head Parrot Fish - 6 x Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse - 2 x Threadfin Butterfly Fish - 6 x Moorish Idols - 0 x Emperor Angel Fish - 1000s x Sea Goldies - 0 x Raggy Scorpion Fish Eventually buddied with Penny when Jim ascended. Loads of green shrubbery. Launch was rough.
1999-01-01 - Vetche's Pier, Durban, South Africa
8m - 47 min - Dived with Donovan Croucamp
Shore Dive. Advanced Navigation In - 15:57 Out - 16:42 Average depth - 6m Visibility - 6 m ->, 6+ m | Low viz dive. Swim to edge of pier and navigate to Lime Stone Reef. See Moorish Idols and Stone Fish. Eventually lose group so Don and I surface to shore. Other people moan about the dive, but they were warned that it would not be pretty.
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