Logbook Scuba Dive # 245 - Magic Wall

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Date:	Entry Time:	Dive Time:	Max. Depth:
Wed, 17-Mar-2010	11:32:00	50 minutes	18.9 metres
Dive Location:		City / Island:
Magic Wall		Poor Knights Islands, NZ
Country:		Dive Master:
New Zealand		Kevin Delonge
Dive Charter:		Dive Trip:
Ocean Blue Adventures		Poor Knights Islands - Mar 2010
Buddy/Buddies:
Jef
Dive Details:
Entry:	Boat Name:
Boat	MV Mazurka
Start PG:	Entry Time:	Exit Time:	End PG:
A	11:32:00	12:22:00	-
Altitude:	Rep. Dive:	Surface Interval:
0 m	No	65:53
Max. Depth:			Avg. Depth:
18.9 metres			10.86 m
	Dive Time:		Deco. Dive:
	50 minutes		No
Conditions:
Weather:	Air Temp.:	Water Temp.:
Sunny	20 °C	20 °C
Water:	Waves:	Current:
Salt	No Waves	No Current
Visibility:	Horizontal Vis.:	Vertical Vis.:
Good	-	-
Equipment:
Weight:	Dive Suit:	Dive Computer:
10 kg	Wetsuit 3 mm Steamer	Suunto Vytec DS
Equipment used on this dive:
Apeks XTX200 Regulator - Twin Primary \| Apeks XTX200 Regulator - Twin Secondary \| Apollo Bio-Fin Pro \| Buddy Surface Marker Buoy \| DUI Weight & Trim 2 Harness \| GME AccuSat Pocket Pro+ MT410G PLB \| McMurdo FastFind PLB Dive Canister \| Northern Diver Mini Metal Wreck Reel \| Northern Diver Superstretch 2mm Neoprene Gloves \| Oceanic Spinner Pointed Dive Knife \| Oceansuits 3mm Hood \| OMS Aluminium Backplate - Rec \| OMS Compact Quick Dump Weight Pockets \| OMS Dual Bladder, Banded Wing - Rec \| OMS Dual Cylinder Travel Band System \| OMS IQ Pack BC Harness \| OMS VEGA 3 watt LED Flashlight \| Performance Diver Multi Purpose Boots \| Sonar Explorer Aqua Silicone Mask \| Sonar Steamer 3mm \| Suunto Gekko Dive Computer with SM-36 SPG in CB-Two-In-Line Console \| Suunto SK-7 Compass Wrist - 1 \| Suunto Transmitter - Tech \| Suunto Vytec DS Dive Computer \| Waterborne Safety Strap - Vytec

Cylinder Set #1
Cylinder Type:	Cylinder Size:	Working Pressure:	Supply Type:
Steel	24 litres	232 bar	Open Circuit (OC)
O2:	He:	Min. PPO2:	Max. PPO2:
21%	0%	-	1.4 bar
EAN 21	MOD:	EAD:	END:
EAN 21	56.6 m	56.6 m	56.6 m
Start Pressure:	End Pressure:	Diff. Pressure:
194 bar	128 bar	66 bar
Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
-	-

Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
10.86 m	15.19 litres/min
Gas Mixture:
Air

Boat Captain: Kevin Delonge Boat Name: MV Mazurka, Ocean Blue Adventures, Tutukaka Marina Safety Diver: Jef Had the opportunity to do a two day liveaboard trip diving the Poor Knights Islands out of Tutukaka in New Zealand. Flew into Auckland and hired a car to drive up to Tutukaka. Stayed in the hotel near the marina that night and made my way down to the boat the next morning. The MV Mazurka is owned and skippered by Kevin Delonge with Jej as crew, vegitarian chef and dive leader. The boat can accommodate six divers, but there were going to be just five of us. An Irish couple on an extended holiday around New Zealand, a local guy who was a dive master and his friend, an Australian girl who had just qualified as an Open Water Diver. As we made our way out of the harbour and across to the Poor Knights Islands, I proceeded to setup my dive gear. I'd arranged to have two 12 litre Faber cylinders. I was using the OMS dual cylinder travel band system for the first time. It took me a while to figure out how to set it up properly. It meant I was diving with independent twin cylinders. Magic Wall: This is a checkout dive site with a bottom of 19 metres. We all geared up and followed Jef. I was quite surprised at how similar the terrain was to the sites off Cape Schanck I'd dived in Victoria just a few days earlier. We came back to the boat and had lunch.

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