Logbook Scuba Dive # 358 - Blairgowrie Pier

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Date:	Entry Time:	Dive Time:	Max. Depth:
Wed, 04-Jul-2012	13:34:00	53 minutes	5.9 metres
Dive Location:		City / Island:
Blairgowrie Pier		Port Phillip, VIC
Country:		Dive Master:
Australia		John Lawler
Dive Club:		Dive Trip:
Victorian Sub-Aqua Group (VSAG)		-
Buddy/Buddies:
Cheryl Lees
Dive Details:
Entry:	Boat Name:
Boat	Miles Ahead
Start PG:	Entry Time:	Exit Time:	End PG:
-	13:34:00	14:27:00	-
Altitude:	Rep. Dive:	Surface Interval:
0 m	No	02:33
Max. Depth:			Avg. Depth:
5.9 metres			2.69 m
	Dive Time:		Deco. Dive:
	53 minutes		No
Conditions:
Weather:	Air Temp.:	Water Temp.:
Clear	15 °C	12 °C
Water:	Waves:	Current:
Salt	No Waves	No Current
Visibility:	Horizontal Vis.:	Vertical Vis.:
Good	7	7
Equipment:
Weight:	Dive Suit:	Dive Computer:
12 kg	Wetsuit 5 mm	Suunto Vyper Air
Equipment used on this dive:

Cylinder Set #1
Cylinder Type:	Cylinder Size:	Working Pressure:	Supply Type:
Steel	12 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:
203 bar	86 bar	117 bar
Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
-	-

Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
2.69 m	20.87 litres/min
Gas Mixture:
-

Dive Captain: John Lawler, VSAG Boat: "Raydon", Lloyd Borrett's Haines Hunter V17L, 130HP, Sorrento. On 4 July 2012 an intrepid group of VSAG divers headed out from Sorrento Boat Ramp. On "Miles Ahead" were: John Lawler, Lloyd Borrett, Cheryl Lees, Michael Mallis, and Sandy Webb. On Michael Sesin’s boat were: Michael, Sesin, David Flew, and Phil Watson. No slack water times were available to us, and it was too rough to head outside Port Phillip. We decided to head out to the seal platform as some people wanted to dive with the seals. With a strong flood current running, I thought it was going to be a bit of a challenge for those that tried it, and that's how it turned out to be. Of course positioning the boat to get the divers onto the platform was going to be critical. JL took on the job on Michael's boat, and yours truly was manoeuvring "Miles Ahead". Unfortunately, I got the divers into the wrong position and they missed the platform. We tried towing them back but the current was too strong, so they came back aboard and we tried to get them near the platform again. Dive completed, and everyone back aboard, we then headed down to Rye where some divers went in to do a scallop collecting drift dive. I stayed in the boat with Cheryl, eating lunch in the rain. The divers were a bit disappointed as they didn't come across the fertile scallop beds that frequent the area and thus their catch was severely limited. Both boats then headed over to Blairgowrie Pier where we tied up to the low landing. As we geared up to go in we were entertained by the bemusing antics of a group of new divers with their instructor. Once in the water, Cheryl and I headed slowly along the wave wall. After a 6 month lay off from diving it was great to be back under the water again. Blairgowrie Pier remains my favourite Port Phillip shore dive. Splashes of vivid colour and dancing rays of light filtering between the huge pier's numerous columns like a late afternoon sun peaking into a wooded glen, generate a spiritual essence. After about 30 minutes, we were nearly out at the end of the sea wall when Cheryl indicated she was getting a bit cold, so we headed back. With everyone aboard the boats, we headed off to the Sorrento boat ramp, retrieved the boats and unloaded our gear. Most then headed off to The Scuba Doctor in Rye for air fills and after-dive chat on the couches there. The end of yet another great VSAG dive day.

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