Diving

Fish Rock Dives

I've dived at Fish Rock 2 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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18 Jan 2008 Fish Rock South West Rocks NSW North Coast Australia 20 39 Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking, Cameron Hosking Five stars Shark Gutters and Aquarium. Met at Ship Rock Dive Centre at 7.30am. Others: Rickie (Scottish), Marjorie (French) plus Katherine, Ben, Patrick and Katherine's hubbie + Lochie. Bosun: Jon. Dive leaders Larry and Simon. Moored on Shark Gutters and formed a group with Rickie and Marjorie. led by Larry. Saw sharks as soon as we hit the bottom, at least 20 of them.Next highlight was a pair of clownfish defending their anemone. Colourful wrasse, stripey, bullseyes and other fish abounded. The water was blue, with vis around 20m. Ricky had to abort early (ears) and Marjorie later (low on air). Larry escorted Cameron and Brendan back to the line when their air ran low, and we then paid a quick visit to the "Aquarium", where a shark was visible behind a veil of stripey and bullseyes. Amazing. Wet suit, Arctic, 82, 18lbs lead. No hood or gloves - stung by jellyfish on hands and ear.
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18 Jan 2008 Fish Rock South West Rocks NSW North Coast Australia 20 42 Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking Five stars Unfortunately Cameron was too seasick to join us on this dive, and Ricky had to surface again with ear problems, so Larry escorted Brendan, Marjorie and myself into the cave. The entrance was white shell sand with sharks circling (including a humpbacked one). We kept to the right into the tunnel (sharks on the left) and up to the bubble cave, where Larry asked if we were happy to go further into the cave. All were, so we continued in past the veil of bullseyes. All over the rocks were little black sea cucumbers. At the end, Larry indicated we should look further in, and dozens of golden eyes gleamed back at us: crayfish, all clumped together. Beside them were a large, black ray and a wobbegong. Turning back, Brendan was attacked by a vicious scalyfin. Also saw moray eels, adult and juvenile (black/white), clownfish and batfish. Impressive. Wet suit, Arctic, aluminium tank, 21lbs lead. No hood or gloves.