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Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
486	27 Jan 1996	The Balcony	off Royal National Park	Sydney	Australia			21	40	43	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		First dive of 1996; first with Cathy since April 94; first boat dive with Cathy since Jervis Bay, November 91. Left at 8am and got to Shiprock Dive at 9.15, where we learned that although the seas were calm a huge patch of murky water had come down from the north and the vis was poor. And so it was, but we enjoyed it anyway, looking at nudibranchs, shrimps, sponges, cup coral and fish (stripeys, wrasse, leatherjackets, yellowtail, mado and a Port Jackson shark). Huge feed afterwards because the 12 o'clock mob had cancelled. Back home by 2.30pm.	Wet suit since both dry suits were perished. Other gear as usual. Comfortable at start; getting cold by the end.

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486

27 Jan 1996

The Balcony

off Royal National Park

Sydney

Australia

Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries

First dive of 1996; first with Cathy since April 94; first boat dive with Cathy since Jervis Bay, November 91. Left at 8am and got to Shiprock Dive at 9.15, where we learned that although the seas were calm a huge patch of murky water had come down from the north and the vis was poor. And so it was, but we enjoyed it anyway, looking at nudibranchs, shrimps, sponges, cup coral and fish (stripeys, wrasse, leatherjackets, yellowtail, mado and a Port Jackson shark). Huge feed afterwards because the 12 o'clock mob had cancelled. Back home by 2.30pm.

Wet suit since both dry suits were perished. Other gear as usual. Comfortable at start; getting cold by the end.