Dived with Geoff H at Exmouth. HW was 09:04, and we entered water 09:01 (tide seemed to have slowed but still quite strong). We signaled down and I made swift descent. At bottom I realised pony was free flowing, so switched to breathe from it. Then went to my necklaced octopus - wanted air quick - and out of breath holding station. Pony free-flowing again [it emptied] so decided to come back up, inflating BC. Got breath back and we went down together.
On with dive in slackening current. At 10m or so very gloomy. Comparatively gentle current around the cave, but very dark and murky. Torch out and found a big ballan wrasse lurking in the shadows. Left torch on as we continued along the bouldery, rubbish littered slope. Lots of starfish - feeding on the mussels. Lots of line and some dead fish, including a large eel. Carried on a bit further, with a pause for Geoff to sort weightbelt. On way back we found a BMX (it looked quite ancient covered with growth and crud) and Geoff told me he saw the car. The tide took us back to the pier and we went up the slope back to the light; where I took a few snaps to test out my orange (Green Magic) filter. ISO 400 (de-noised with Neat Image).
We had 36 minutes. Max depth 17.5m. Water was 7°, and vis - less than hoped for - was about 2m. Diving at springs here is a quick dip - Paul L reckoned there was about a minute of slack.
Sponge. Before and after white balance set.
No comments:
Post a Comment