Dive #93 - Monterey Bay, California

Dive Location: Otter Cove
Dive Date: 13/11/2010
Dive Type: Shore dive with significant swell!
Total Dive Time: 43 min
Max Depth: 9.5 m
Visibility: 1 m
Temperature: 13°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 57 hours 59 minutes
Description: Mailman jinxed the second dive by saying 'I think it has died down a bit'. Well, it had actually gotten worse. Whereas the first time I kinda had my bearings and we exited where I though we would, this time I had no idea where we were and we got slammed up against the rocks by the swell when we were trying to get out. Still, took a nice shot of Mailman holding a crab.

Dive #92 - Monterey Bay, California

Dive Location: Otter Cove
Dive Date: 13/11/2010
Dive Type: Shore dive with significant swell!
Total Dive Time: 44 min
Max Depth: 11.1 m
Visibility: 1 m
Temperature: 13°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 57 hours 16 minutes
Description: We probably should have checked the ocean report before heading out diving. There was pretty much no visibility and we were getting dragged all over the place. Still, it did make for quite an interesting and adventurous dive. Very surprised that I did not loose Mailman in the murky water.

Dive #91 - Monterey Bay, California

Dive Location: San Carlos Beach
Dive Date: 09/10/2010
Dive Type: Shore dive along the pipe line from the pump house
Total Dive Time: 52 min
Max Depth: 13.4 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 12°C
Cumulative Dive Time:56 hours 32 minutes
Description: This time even my back up battery was flat. We had a nice, although some what cold dive out from the beach through some nice kelp forest. Even saw a few sea lions.

Dive #90 - Monterey Bay, California

Dive Location: San Carlos Beach Breakwater
Dive Date: 09/10/2010
Dive Type: Salt water shore dive
Total Dive Time: 52 min
Max Depth: 16 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 12°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 55 hours 40 minutes
Description: First dive in Monterey... with a flat camera battery! Went out for the day with Mailman and had a very relaxing and easy couple of dives.

Dive #89 - Tahoe, California

Dive Location: D. L. Bliss State Park
Dive Date: 29/08/2010
Dive Type: Altitude, Fresh Water, Nitrox 30%
Total Dive Time: 37 min
Max Depth: 21.4 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 16°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 54 hours 48 minutes
Description: First nitrox dive went well. No hint of oxygen toxicity.The water was a bit colder today and I only managed to get one dive in. The granite walls along the point were pretty cool, as were some of the fresh water cray-fish.

Dive #88 - Tahoe, California

Dive Location: Sandy Harbour
Dive Date: 28/08/2010
Dive Type: Altitude, Fresh Water
Total Dive Time: 39 min
Max Depth: 8.5 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 18°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 54 hours 11 minutes
Description: First time I went diving with Neil Benjamin... it only took three years for that to happen!

Dive #87 - Tahoe, California

Dive Location: Sandy Harbour
Dive Date: 28/08/2010
Dive Type: Altitude, Fresh Water
Total Dive Time: 45 min
Max Depth: 18.1 m
Visibility: 15 m
Temperature: 18°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 53 hours 32 minutes
Description: A dive of firsts. First altitude dive, first cold water dive (although not as cold as I thought it would be), first fresh water dive, first dive in North America, first dive in Northern Hemisphere and first dive with my brand new BCD.

Dive #86 - Fiji

Dive Location: Wilkes Wall
Dive Date: 06/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean - Outer Reef
Total Dive Time: 55 min
Max Depth: 15.5 m
Visibility: 15
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 52 hours 47 minutes
Description: Probably the equal best dive of the trip. Saw a very large sea snake and a few crustaceans.

Dive #85 - Fiji

Dive Location: Namotu Barrier
Dive Date: 06/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean - Outer Reef
Total Dive Time: 54 min
Max Depth: 16.3 m
Visibility: 15
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 51 hours 52 minutes

Dive #84 - Fiji

Dive Location: Barrel Head
Dive Date: 05/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 55 min
Max Depth: 16.1 m
Visibility: 15
Temperature: 29°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 50 hours 58 minutes

Dive #83 - Fiji

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Dive Date: 03/04/2010
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Cumulative Dive Time: 50 hours 03 minutes
Description: ??? (I couldn't find the record for this dive at the dive shop)

Dive #82 - Fiji

Dive Location: Coral Garden
Dive Date: 03/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean - Shark Dive
Total Dive Time: 42 min
Max Depth: 29.8 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 50 hours 03 minutes
Description: Shark dive not a great as the last time I was in Fiji. Only saw three reef sharks and no other large sharks. Cormac did come along for this dive though.

Dive #81 - Fiji

Dive Location: Pinnacle
Dive Date: 02/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 43 min
Max Depth: 30.0 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 48 hours 26 minutes
Description: Chris Austin came along for this trip, unfortunately he didn't make it down for this dive. Ot was a pity since this was one of the best dives of the trip. Below the pinnacle there was a great swim through with a lion fish hiding behind a piece of fan coral.

Dive #80 - Fiji

Dive Location: North Reef
Dive Date: 01/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 53 min
Max Depth: 14.2 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 47 hours 43 minutes

Dive #79 - Fiji

Dive Location: Wilkes
Dive Date: 01/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 47 min
Max Depth: 17.9 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 46 hours 50 minutes

Dive #78 - Fiji

Dive Location: Namotu Wall
Dive Date: 01/04/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 37 min
Max Depth: 21.3 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 46 hours 3 minutes

Dive #77 - Fiji

Dive Location: Wilkes
Dive Date: 31/03/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 47 min
Max Depth: 14.4 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 45 hours 26 minutes
Description: Another great dive with more turtles and sharks as well as a Giant Moray.

Dive #76 - Fiji

Dive Location: Tavarua Wall
Dive Date: 31/03/2010
Dive Type: Ocean
Total Dive Time: 49 min
Max Depth: 21.3 m
Visibility: 10 m
Temperature: 28°C
Cumulative Dive Time: 44 hours 34 minutes
Description: First dive of my Fiji trip. Nice wall dive with a very majestic turtle and a black tip reef shark. Water was nice and warm but visibility was not that great. It was a bit windy overnight and there was a fair amount of chop on the ocean surface.