Saturday, March 9, 2013

Diving the Swan

While being down in Dunsborough with the Canadian Crew I got the chance to dive on the Swan Wreck, which I had been waiting to do for a few years.

I booked on with Cape Dive out of Dunsborough which made it only a few minutes from the house we were staying in and after getting the gear sorted we followed the truck about 3 kms out of town, to where we met the boat.

About 15 mins out to the dive site and I buddied up with some other instructors which meant I didn't have to worry about looking after some divers.

Decided to be clever and add a moisture absorbing pack to my camera housing after seeing some condensation on a previous dive BUT hadn't been very observant on WHERE in the housing I put it. This became apparent as we started descending and I couldn't access half of the options and the camera was doing some weird things. I could take photos, but most frustratingly couldn't reset my white balance.

Was a good wreck to dive on with lots of cut-outs to swim through the wreck without having to worry about tie off with a reel or safety. And handy that we got there before the other charter boat arrived :)

Its blue down there, but not that blue
 
Ooooh, look at the bubbles
The resident tasselled Wobbegong under the stern of the ship
 
So made sure I rectified that school boy camera error for the next dive and got some better shots.

Overall a really good couple of dives and could probably do another 5 or 6 to see it all, especially as the majority of it was in around 25m, so couldn't spend too long at that depth before hitting deco.

One of my buddies and a school of puffer fish
A good spot to do some safety stops

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