Yesterday Aqualibrium launched twice from Miller’s Point, first to Deep Photographers and then to a secret reef of Barry’s close to Outer Castle. Although the weather was slightly overcast and the wind had begun to pick up by the time of the first launch at 8.30, the proximity of the reefs to the launch site minimized the travel time, and within a few minutes after launching the divers were kitting up and descending to Deep Photographers. The site features some really impressive drop offs, with hundreds of pipe fish communing on the edges, as well as a relatively large amount of old ammunition cartridges dumped years ago by the navy.

But it was the on second dive of the day that the divers were treated to some fine False bay SCUBA diving, As we launched, we spotted three southern right whales right next to the launch site, and watched them for ten minutes from a safe distance as they slowly made their way out to sea. Then the divers bailed over the side on one of Barry’s favourite dive sites, followed about fifteen minutes later by the Rebreather divers, who were held up by a Cell Error message. The site featured large boulders covered in life, as well as pajama sharks, and was truly spectacular! Well worth getting out of bed for, and of course followed up with a lunch at the Southern Right!