Logbook Scuba Dive # 46 - South Channel Fort
| Logbook Scuba Dive # 46 - South Channel Fort |
| Date: | Entry Time: | Dive Time: | Max. Depth: |
| Sun, 22-Oct-2006 | 10:49:00 | 26 minutes | 10.7 metres |
| Dive Location: | City / Island: | ||
| South Channel Fort | Port Phillip, VIC | ||
| Country: | Dive Master: | ||
| Australia | Alan Storen | ||
| Dive Club: | Dive Trip: | ||
| Victorian Sub-Aqua Group (VSAG) | - | ||
| Buddy/Buddies: | |||
| Peter Briggs | |||
| Dive Details: | |||
| Entry: | Boat Name: | ||
| Boat | Peter Brigg's boat | ||
| Start PG: | Entry Time: | Exit Time: | End PG: |
| A | 10:49:00 | 11:15:00 | - |
| Altitude: | Rep. Dive: | Surface Interval: | |
| 0 m | No | - | |
| Max. Depth: | Avg. Depth: | ||
| 10.7 metres | 7.04 m | ||
| Dive Time: | Deco. Dive: | ||
| 26 minutes | No | ||
| Conditions: | |||
| Weather: | Air Temp.: | Water Temp.: | |
| Clear | 17 °C | 15 °C | |
| Water: | Waves: | Current: | |
| Salt | No Waves | Strong Current | |
| Visibility: | Horizontal Vis.: | Vertical Vis.: | |
 Good |
- | - | |
| Equipment: | |||
| Weight: | Dive Suit: | Dive Computer: | |
| 16 kg | Wetsuit 7 mm | Suunto Vytec DS | |
| Equipment used on this dive: | |||
| Apeks ATX100 Regulator | Apeks ATX40 Octopus | Apollo Ecodiver Dive Boots | Apollo Proflex 2mm Gloves | DUI Weight & Trim 2 Harness | Faber 15L Steel Cylinder | Neptune Scorpion Gold 7mm SemiDry Wetsuit | Northern Diver Thermalskin | Oceanic Spinner Pointed Dive Knife | Oceanic Vortex V8 Fins | Oceansuits 3mm Hood | OMS Compact Quick Dump Weight Pockets | OMS Dual Bladder, Banded Wing - Rec | OMS IQ Pack BC Harness | Sonar Explorer Blue Silicone Mask | Suunto CB-Two-In-Line Combo Console - 1 | Suunto SK-7 Compass Console | Suunto Vytec DS Dive Computer | Waterborne Safety Strap - Vytec | |||
| Cylinder Set #1 | |||
| Cylinder Type: | Cylinder Size: | Working Pressure: | Supply Type: |
| Steel |  15 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: | |
| 190 bar | 86 bar | 104 bar | |
| Avg. Depth: | SAC Rate: | ||
| - | - | ||
| Avg. Depth: | SAC Rate: | ||
| 7.04 m | 35.21 litres/min | ||
| Gas Mixture: | |||
| Air | |||
| Divemaster: Alan Storen, VSAG Boat: Peter Briggs' boat, Sorrento Peter Briggs, Alan Storen and myself set out from Sorrento Boat Ramp. We tied up to the pier at the South Channel Fort. There was a strong current running under the boat and pier. Peter and I prepared to go in. Rolled back into the water only to find the current had swept me under the boat! Got to the surface and made my way to the bow of the boat. Then my left fin came off! I found it stuck by the current to a pier pylon, grabbed and drifted under the pier. Made my way to the other arm of the pier where I propped and put my fin back on, Checked both fins were okay and then joined Peter on the bottom. In the lee of the Fort there was little current and there was a lot to see. After looking around for a while I decided to head back into the current, under the pier, towards the boat. It was a case of grabbng onto anything you could in order to claw your way against the current. Out on the otherside of the Fort, again there was little current. So spent the rest of the dive there. Came up to 5m for a while as a safety stop. Then surfaced and went from pylon to pylon along the pier and out to the boat. Took off my BC and weight harness and handed them up to Alan. Went around to the back of the boat to exit. Just as I got to the back of the boat my right fin came off and was swept away in the current. After getting out, we had a hunt around for my fin from the boat, but no luck. We tied up to the jetty again, took a look around the fort and had our lunch. Quite a few lessons learnt on this short dive. |
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