Logbook Scuba Dive # 380 - Lonsdale Arches
| Logbook Scuba Dive # 380 - Lonsdale Arches |
Good| 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: |
| 56.6 m | 56.6 m | 56.6 m | |
| Start Pressure: | End Pressure: | Diff. Pressure: | |
| 235 bar | 68 bar | 167 bar | |
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| 9.63 m | 18.23 litres/min | ||
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| Dive Captain: Lloyd Borrett, VSAG Boat: "Miles Ahead", John Lawler's 6.5m 175HP, Sorrento Stocked-up with new Christmas goodies (Nautilus Lifelines, mostly) and squeezing Christmas kilos into unyielding wetsuits, we headed out for the VSAG post- Christmas dive day from Sorrento Boat Ramp. Lloyd Borrett had organised the day, John Lawler kindly offered his boat, Cheryl Lees, David Politakis and Andrew Quested made up a group of five. As we were loading the boat the weather was looking challenging. There was a firm northerly blowing, and it was predicted to strengthen and swing around to become a stiff southerly in the middle of the afternoon. Port Phillip was bristling with white caps that looked concerning from the top car park at Sorrento, and would probably look a lot worse close-up. Nevertheless, we thought we'd give it a go, and it turns out that we're very glad we did. We had a wet, rough and bumpy ride toward The Heads, but John snuck in behind a cargo ship to make a surprisingly smooth journey through The Heads. From there we headed west to have a great day of diving off the Lonsdale coast, protected from the northerly wind. First up Andrew joined Lloyd and Cheryl for a dive at Lonsdale Arches. We were greeted immediately after our descent by a juvenile Cat Shark, and saw scores of other fish throughout the dive. We explored plateaus, rocky outcrops, undercuts and a few swim throughs. Visibility was good, but not great, at about five or six metres, and a swell wafted weeds back and forth across the rocky bottom. It was a very pleasant, easy and pretty dive, with lots of interest but no single outstanding feature. |
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