Diving
Bowen Island Dives
I've dived at Bowen Island 3 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
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23 Feb 1991 | Bowen Island | Jervis Bay | Australia | 21 | 0 | 42 | Iain Hosking |  |
Out with John from Pro Dive. Site consists of huge boulders with swim-throughs. Lots of fish (including Eastern Blue Devil) and even coral. Lovely big cuttlefish - really curious. Nice, cool day. | Typhoon, 82, 28lbs. | |||
| 453
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22 Jun 1991 | Bowen Island | Jervis Bay | Australia | 20 | 39 | 39 | Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries | |
Beautiful surface conditions, though cold. Surprisingly windy. Into green water - relatively murky, about 10m. Anchor practically landed on an octopus - black & white colour scheme. Down on the seabed I was fiddling with Cathy's weight belt and put my hand down to steady myself - ZAP! - a couple of sharp jolts from a numbfish. I didn't even see it - it must have swum off quickly. Lots of fish - mado, leatherjacket, morwong, groper and a 'toby' I think - a type of toadfish. Lovely coral. Others on the trip: Steve, Sarah, Cathy and Maria. | ||||
| 454
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22 Jun 1991 | Bowen Island | Jervis Bay | Australia | 20 | 41 | 41 | Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries | |
Still choppy, so no mega dives outside the bay. Instead a very relaxed dive in the greenish murk that passed for water. Heaps of fish - I lay on my back for ages blowing bubbles which the mado then tried to eat. From below they look totally different - silvery and sinuous. Cathy's weights better, but she was wet. |