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I've had 280 3-star dives so far:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
2	15 Mar 1980	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			23	30	30	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Dived with Malcolm Gauld. Mouthpiece split on demand valve so used Derek's. Boat dive. Weather - warm & sunny. Didn't find actual wreck, but lots of bits lying about. Saw dead men's fingers, spider crabs etc. Silty bottom. Vis 20 feet. Filled Fenzy by mouth. Dropped weight belt but had it recovered [by Derek].	Steel 60, Derek's Poseidon, ABLJ 6, 24 lbs weight
6	20 Apr 1980	Gitana	Loch Rannoch	Scottish Highlands	Scotland			10	15	15	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld, Murray Grant		Dived with Malcom & Murray & took a quick look at stern cabin, gents loo etc.	Steel 60, own dv, ABLJ 6
11	25 May 1980	Seacliffs	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			6	20	20	Iain Hosking, Lorna Miller		Dived with Lorna again. Very buoyant; had a lot of trouble getting down. Found another lobster - shy and retiring like the others. Also saw dozens of hermit crabs and a purple seaslug.	as before
12	15 Jun 1980	Fidra	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			7	20	20	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Looking for lobsters again. None, but thousands of brittle stars & other squidgy things. Vis unimpressive. Weather very good. Wind dropped by evening.	Steel 60, own dv, ABLJ 6, ~26lbs weight
13	15 Jun 1980	Fidra	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			10	20	20	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Snorkelled out to another island. Found 2 crabs (one with no claws) but still no lobsters. Rats!	as before
18	6 Aug 1980	Harald	Mull of Oa	Islay	Scotland			10	12	12	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Wreck very kelp-covered. Bows impressive, with anchor & chain. Hull on its side on bottom. Conserved air for next two dives. (1909 collier.)	ABLJ 5, steel 69, own dv, 22lbs weight
20	6 Aug 1980	Limelight	Port Ellen	Islay	Scotland			8	10	10	Iain Hosking, Derek Borthwick		Bows of ship only. Had a look around inside. Late (9pm) and consequently cold. Where's the stern?	ABLJ 5, steel 69, own dv, 22lbs weight
23	8 Aug 1980	Floristan	Kilchiaran Bay	Islay	Scotland			12	35	35	Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan		Examined details of wreck. Locomotive is on its left side - boiler has rolled off. Flatcars on top of one another. Millwheels. Fish individually (large territorial fish) and in shoals (pollack). Rust kicked up off wreck reduced visibility. Practised boat-handling.	ABLJ 5, steel 60, own dv, 26lbs weight
24	10 Aug 1980	Furnace	Loch Fyne	Kintyre	Scotland			31	25	25	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Shore dive. Down cliff to 31m (100 feet). Silty, sloping bottom. Then back up to 16m and along cliff. Sea squirts, hermit crabs, sponges, giant jellyfish, tubeworms (very pretty). Vis good but we kicked up some silt. PS Saw mobile clam.	Steel 69, ABLJ 7, own dv, 22lbs weight
25	24 Aug 1980	Bass Rock		Forth	Scotland			20	25	25	Iain Hosking, Robin Gray		Down cliff face and followed the bottom of the cliff clockwise. Vis poor but great variety of sea anemones & brittle stars. Few crustaceans. Also did a spot of leaping and traversed a cave under the Rock. Lost a fin in the process.	Steel 69, ABLJ 7, own dv, 22lbs weight
26	25 Oct 1980	Sgeir Neoghluasadach	Summer Isles	North-west Scotland	Scotland			23	20	20	Iain Hosking		Fell off hard boat 'Vimiera' and snorkelled to island. Descended through kelp and boulder slope to pebbly/sandy bottom. Vis pretty good, and water not cold. Current. Usual stuff - starfish, sea urchins and scallops (saw one swimming. Came up with 80 ats.	Steel 69, ABLJ 1, own dv, 26lbs weight
28	26 Oct 1980	Little Loch Broom		North-west Scotland	Scotland			30	20	20	Iain Hosking, Murray Grant		Dived down stepped cliff on east side of loch. Unscheduled ascent halfway through dive after which continued at about 6m, looking for scallops. None. Vis not so good as yesterday. Depth gauge reads 4m shallow at 30m.	ABLJ 1, steel 69
31	25 Jan 1981	Lochgoilhead	At the head of Loch Goil	Kintyre	Scotland			9	30	30	Iain Hosking, Rosanne Padua		Laying mooring for a friend of Robin's. Rosanne and I were down three times, attaching a large anchor to a heavy chain to form one end of the mooring, and then marking the centre of the chain for the attachment of a smaller chain with the buoy attached. Water freezing, vis good until silt kicked up.	ABLJ 6, steel 60
32	1 Feb 1981	Eyemouth		Forth	Scotland			14	25	25	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld, Mike Malone		Entry off rocks east of harbour. Down gully onto sandy bottom. Brittle stars, dead men's fingers, urchins, starfish and a lobster. Wind force 2. Vis 20ft, current 1 knot.	ABLJ 5, steel 69
33	29 Mar 1981	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			10	25	25	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Cold & choppy. Down immediately and out to left of harbour. Found a tunnel. Strong wave action and I repeat, very cold. OK, I enjoyed myself.	ABLJ 3, steel 69
34	5 Apr 1981	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			17	30	30	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Followed same gully as last time but missed the tunnel. Found two spider crabs making friends. Not so cold as last time but a slight current.	ABLJ 3, steel 69
35	11 Apr 1981	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			20	20	20	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Dived with Geoff (who now has a dry suit). Wreck is buoyed. Down buoy line to rudder and followed keel to superstructure. Dark, but not cold. Vis 5m.	ABLJ 2, steel 69
38	14 Apr 1981	Pelican	Calve Island, Tobermory Bay	Mull	Scotland			18	15	15	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Wreck lies just offshore, in Calve Sound. Very silty, even sea-squirts silted-up. Circumnavigated the wreck and looked inside. Came up with 90 ats left.	Steel 60, ABLJ 2
44	17 Apr 1981	Dartmouth	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			9	20	20	Iain Hosking, Robert Sproul-Cran		Dived with Robert to find and photograph cannon. No joy, but found a huge anchor. Carried out assisted ascent. Snorkelled around the 'Ballista' afterwards.	Twin Draegers (90 cu ft), ABLJ 5. Took off 2x4lbs - too light.
45	25 Apr 1981	Ocean Bride	Loch Sween	Kintyre	Scotland			5	60	60	Iain Hosking, Robert Sproul-Cran		Dived with Robert to inspect the boat and see if strops could be attached. Cleared out some ballast. Bottom - silt. Vis 0-2m.	Geoff's Typhoon dry suit and miscellaneous undergarments, steel 87, ABLJ 6, extra 12 lbs weight.
46	26 Apr 1981	Ocean Bride	Loch Sween	Kintyre	Scotland			5	30	30	Iain Hosking, Robert Sproul-Cran		This time we attached strops to the bows and stern, and made loops for the oil drums. Digging into the silt reduced the visibility to zero.	As previous dive
47	26 Apr 1981	Ocean Bride	Loch Sween	Kintyre	Scotland			3	180	180	Iain Hosking		The boat now raised to below the surface I tied on plastic containers and another oil drum, filled them, and undid the mooring.	As dive 45. Used steel 69 and 87. We had a portable compressor on shore.
48	29 Apr 1981	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Sean Williams		Took Sean Williams down for his first dive. Quite rough so stayed within cove. Dead men's fingers, starfish etc. Vis 4m max.	Steel 60, Eric's Fenzy
50	16 May 1981	Port Napier	Kyle of Lochalsh	Skye	Scotland			10	15	15	Iain Hosking, Mike Malone		Dived again to find 4 inch gun, which we did eventually. Meant to snorkel along to stern but low on air and too buoyant. Vis poorer. We'll be back.	Draeger, ABLJ 5
51	17 May 1981	Chadwick	West coast of Skye	Skye	Scotland			22	15	15	Iain Hosking, George Hay		Launched from Loch Poolteil and tied onto buoy below 600 foot cliffs. Current 1 knot but OK in lee of the wreck. Saw most of the hull, prop and boiler. Dead fish. Vis 7-8m.	Al 56, ABLJ 2
58	19 Jul 1981	Eyemouth		Forth	Scotland			13	30	30	Iain Hosking, Doc Mitchell, Robin Gray, Rosanne Padua		Dived below Scoutscroft caravan site. Quite pretty rock walls and sandy bottom with a variety of fish. Some current. Good weather. Vis 10m.	Steel 69.
59	19 Jul 1981	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			15	25	25	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		2nd dive of the day. Didn't find Cathedral probably due to current but good fun anyway. Darker, almost monochromatic, and poorer vis: 7m or so.	Steel 69
62	16 Aug 1981	Ludlow	Off Yellowcraigs Beach	Forth	Scotland			6	40	40	Iain Hosking, Rob Mitchell		Stiff snorkel out and back. Wreck is kelp-covered and broken-up, with crabs, sea-squirts etc. Many interesting little passages and corners. Water warm. Vis 5m	Steel 60
63	30 Aug 1981	Seacliffs	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			6	25	25	Iain Hosking, Zana Juppenlatz		Swam out through harbour channel and bore right. After a long swim over kelp got to open, sandy area with rock wall to south. Many crabs in crevices and one lobster. Some fish - young cod?	Steel 60
65	19 Sep 1981	Eilean Imersay	Ardbeg	Islay	Scotland			6	65	65	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Looked for 'John Strachan' but couldn't find it, so went scallop-hunting, with considerable success. Vis crap, about 2m.	own
66	20 Sep 1981	Islay	Port Ellen	Islay	Scotland			9	35	35	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Found wreck immediately from transits and tied buoy onto it. Saw boilers, pipes, sections of hull. Life - wrasse, pollack, urchins, starfish but not as much as last time. Conditions rough. Vis 4m.	Twin Draegers (90 cu ft)
67	21 Sep 1981	Shuna		Islay	Scotland			11	25	25	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz, Ewan Rowell		Wreck had been buoyed by the first wave. Very broken up, scattered around among kelp. Pretty sea life - sunstars and wrasse with luminous blue markings. Vis 3m.	own
69	22 Sep 1981	John Strachan		Islay	Scotland			8	35	35	Iain Hosking, Stuart Rayner		Much calmer in evening, so dived with Stuart Rayner to find the wreck. Spent 20 minutes searching for it (10 on surface) and were much relieved to see it looming up. Wreck is intact; brass valves on boiler and colourful sea life. Vis 5m, but getting dark.	own
71	25 Sep 1981	Eilean Imersay	Ardbeg	Islay	Scotland			9	15	15	Iain Hosking, Niall Lindsay		Scallop-hunting. Fairly successful. Silty Bottom with kelp. Vis 2m. Beautiful sunset.	own
72	18 Oct 1981	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			9	40	40	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Very low tide so Cathedral Rock easy to find. Usual pollack etc, pair of wrasse and sea-scorpions. Vis 3-4m. A little chilly.	own
73	24 Jan 1982	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			13	30	30	Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan		Very good to get back in the water again. Sea calm but very murky - archway in Cathedral barely visible. Followed Dougie around rocks SE of Cathedral and found another tunnel. Day notable for the reappearance of Susan (and Dougie!) on the diving scene. No wrasse, or any other fish. Resident lobster pinched by an English club.	own
81	28 Mar 1982	Easdale	Seil Island	Oban	Scotland			25	20	20	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair		Not the quarries, but natural cliffs to the north. Amazing variety of sea life - fanworms, sea squirts, crustaceans of various kinds. Vis 6m at least.	own
83	6 Apr 1982	Catalina	Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			25	27	27	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Eric Franz		Vis better than last time. Good sea life.	own
85	10 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			32	20	30	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Found and buoyed the wreck, then swam down to the archway and further down. Lots of bits to swim through - great fun. Inadvertently went deeper than intended so did stops at 10 and 5m. Some current, poor vis.	own
91	13 Apr 1982	Thesis	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	18	18	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Right round wreck, up into bows and swam entire length of ship under the deck - in through rear hold, past engine and boiler, through forward hold and right into bows. No torches, vis terrible, but great dive.	own
92	13 Apr 1982	Ballista	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			9	15	15	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Quick, abortive search for the 'Dartmouth' then on to dive the 'Ballista' (which was showing above water). Right round outside - in through gap in hull, up to bows, inside bridge and engine room (diesel engines). Every man's idea of what a modern wreck should look like. Good fun.
96	15 Apr 1982	Hispania	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			28	26	26	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Hit slack again. Along starboard side, into bridge, engine room (deeper than last time), over side by mistake and into stern cabin to look for Eric's torch. Spent ages untying the buoy, and overstepped no stop time. Trouble with sinuses.	own, except Malcolm's depth gauge
98	16 Apr 1982	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	17	27	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Second deepie - much better planned, both with torches. Saw wreck very clearly - not at all narced. Through tubes on way up, and under wreck. Some current. Sinuses kicking up again.	own
100	1 May 1982	Loch Sunart		Scottish West Coast	Scotland			15	30	30	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair		100th dive! Weather conditions - hail and snow. Bottom is silt, shelving downwards and with many sea pens, crabs, scallops etc. Collected queenies for tea. Water warm. Leaks in dry suit and sinus trouble again.	own
101	15 May 1982	Seacliffs	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			9	50	50	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Eric Franz		Lobster hunt with Ceri and Eric. Vis fairly poor. No lobsters in clefts - all in lobster pots instead, a new innovation. Plenty of squat lobsters and one fish. Also fishing line. Evening dive - in about 7pm. Good sunset.	own (New Typhoon depth gauge - works!)
104	30 May 1982	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	30	30	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair		Low tide, good vis (10m). Wrasse, flounder and smaller fish, squat lobsters etc. Swam around Cathedral and elsewhere. Suit dry again after repairs. So was Susan's (much appreciated).	own
105	12 Jun 1982	Sound of Kerrera		Oban	Scotland			20	20	20	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz, Susan Playfair		Sloping bottom, silty and dark, but good vis - at least 10m. Hundreds of squat lobsters, plus scallops, squid, sea squirts, swimming crabs, large fish. I had to shorten the dive because of sinus trouble when we surfaced halfway through. Spent a surprisingly comfortable night in Eric's tent, on the shore of the Sound.	own
107	20 Jun 1982	Eyemouth		Forth	Scotland			12	25	25	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid		Ceri was borrowing Susan's dry suit, so we first checked his buoyancy, venting and inversion recovery. Another scenic dive, notable for numbers of squat lobsters and sea anemones (one of which was eating a squid!). Also fish of various types, and jellyfish. Vis not so good, about 6m. Some trouble with sinuses on coming up - pretty sore. Saw divers jumping off 50' cliff into cove.	own
109	25 Jul 1982	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			13	45	45	Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair		Fed wrasse, made much use of underwater communications system.	own
116	3 Aug 1982	Destroyer	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			16	33	33	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		Evening plowter - wreck very broken up. Saw one gun, masts etc. Very colourful wrasse with fluorescent blue stripes. Found leaks in Susan's dry bag and compared demand valves. Some brass in wreck, which couldn't be removed. Good fun.	own, twin 60s
122	6 Aug 1982	Guns of the Bayern	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			36	21	21	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Dived with Eric and Derek, and Robert's camera to finish the film. Found that using the camera was straightforward [I thought - none of the shots came out], but little time was left for actually seeing the wreck. Two turrets, each with 2 x 15 inch guns, upside down. Hatches leading into the seabed. Photographs probably cruddy [they were]. Dark. Vis 8m.	own, twin 60s, Robert's camera (Nikonos III)
123	14 Aug 1982	Loch Sunart		Scottish West Coast	Scotland			18	52	52	Iain Hosking		Dived same place as last time. Masses of queenies, some camouflaged by sponge. Two common scallops, other assorted bivalves. Large whelk, squat lobsters (narrow claws), Dublin Bay prawn, crabs, sea squirts, dead mens' fingers, starfish, gurnards and worms like feathers sticking up from the bottom [sea pens]. Good vis.	own
124	19 Sep 1982	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			14	50	50	Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan, Eric Franz, Grace Franz		Dived with Dougie, Eric and Grace. Swam to Cathedral via gully. Wrasse, pollack, nudibranchs, lobsters (one of which we caught, but returned of course, being conservation-minded divers). Vis crap. Current.	own
125	20 Sep 1982	Eyemouth		Forth	Scotland			13	32	32	Iain Hosking, Colin Gordon, Eric Franz		In at gully - swam round cliff to right, finding fins and fishing hooks on the way. Found Malcom's cave, full of wrasse. Sunny, windy day.	own
132	15 Jun 1983	Seacliffs	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			8	25	25	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Evening dive, before vet's barbecue. Vis 6m. Lobster, edible crabs, swimming crabs, spider crabs and fish. Dry!	own
134	19 Jun 1983	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			10	40	40	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Salvaged something from the day with an excellent dive at Cathedral. Good vis. Tame wrasse back, bolder than ever. 4 boats off Cathedral!	own
135	2 Jul 1983	F2 & barge	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			15	24	25	Iain Hosking, Derry Paul		Sea very lumpy, wind W 5-6 so Karlsruhe ruled out. Problems at start of dive resulted in mask and snorkel being cast into the deep. Wrecks very pretty, lots of fish, vis 30-40 ft. Inside barge and found twin AA guns that we didn't see last year.	own, Snipe's 87, AP Valves lifejacket
141	6 Jul 1983	Köln	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			32	23	23	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		This dive demonstrated how quickly narcs can appear when working hard. Eric found the boathook, and we saw the compass shoot past us tied below a lifting bag. Tied the boathook to the shot line and headed for the stern. Got lost and ended up on hull side of wreck. Very embarrassing. Missed line. Free stops.	Twin 60s, +6lbs
142	7 Jul 1983	Markgraf	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			44	18	60	Iain Hosking, Derry Paul		Down shotline to intrinsic port side of wreck, then round bows to starboard side where we found the porthole last year. Different from the way I remembered it. Hard fin back to the line brought on narcosis and we missed it. Re-entry decompression after a 30 minute surface interval: 5 @ 15m, 10 @ 10m, 15 @ 5m.	Twin 60s, +6lbs
143	7 Jul 1983	Dresden	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			30	14	16	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Rosanne Padua		Most conservative interpretation of US Navy tables gave 15 minutes at 30m after a 4.5 hour surface interval. Quick stern to stern of wreck with Rosanne and Geoff. Saw torpedo ready tubes. No stops.	Twin 60s, +6lbs
146	17 Jul 1983	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			15	60	60	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Malcolm Gauld		Opposite end of the diving spectrum from Orkney. Three times round Johnson's Hole. Vis quite good, maybe 30 feet. Pretty sea squirt colonies and lots of crustaceans. Good fun actually.	own
149	6 Aug 1983	Helen Wilson	Kerrera (Ardentrive Bay, opposite Oban Harbour)	Oban	Scotland			35	14	16	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Spent early part of the afternoon echo-sounding for the Sunderland. Nothing, so dived this trawler, which is in Ardentrive Bay, opposite Oban harbour, and is buoyed. Up to gunwhales in silt - superstructure still more or less intact. Left a gasmask on the wheel as our calling card. Recovered knife and tank boot. Decompressed on a barge nearby in only 4m of water, and left another calling card in its boiler. Fruitless search for seaplane afterwards.	own
152	14 Aug 1983	Alfred Earlandsen	Ebb Carrs, St Abbs	Forth	Scotland			14	25	25	Iain Hosking, Janet Peattie		Took Janet down for her 4th dive. Excellent conditions - blazing sunshine and fairly calm. We quickly found a lot of steel plate in among the kelp. Quite interesting gullies, one with a huge (8-10lb) lobster, another with a dead cod. Found boiler, large enough to get inside. Very clear. Janet seems a natural.	own
155	11 Sep 1983	Furnace	Loch Fyne	Kintyre	Scotland			20	20	20	Iain Hosking, Susan Goodbody		Vis good, lots of pollack, wrasse, feather duster worms (feeding), beer bottles, crabs, scallops etc. Good weather but windy. 10 divers altogether.	own
157	29 Oct 1983	Loch Sunart		Scottish West Coast	Scotland			16	35	35	Iain Hosking, Derry Paul		Overcast and drizzle but water not too cold. Gin and tonic effect in surface layer, below which the vis was better (30 ft) but very dark. Found plenty of queenies, also hermit crabs, razor shells and whelks.	own
158	29 Oct 1983	Loch Sunart		Scottish West Coast	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Mike Malone		Getting dark - some phosphorescence. Dedicated scallop hunt.	own
160	31 Dec 1983	Loch Sunart		Scottish West Coast	Scotland			17	25	25	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Hogmanay Dive. Wind gale force 7 and pissing rain. Hispania off so dived Loch Sunart and got scallops.	own
161	12 Feb 1984	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			10	15	15	Iain Hosking, Paul Faccenda		Took Paul Faccenda for his first dive, in the gully. Found one crab, one squat lobster, one fish and some anemones. Cold. Vis 15 ft. Dry suit almost dry.	own
162	4 Mar 1984	Loch Long		Clyde	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		Dived with Mike Weitzner after he'd taken Eileen down for her first dive. Calm, not cold, and vis OK, about 4 metres. Lots of plumose anemones, crabs and some fish.	own
163	17 Mar 1984	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			15	15	20	Iain Hosking, Andrew Gow		Abortive night dive last night but sinuses OK for this one. Two boatloads of EUSAC members plus another two of other Edinburgh SSAC divers made for quite a crowd. Vis consequently reduced to zero. Flat calm, sunny and warm - lovely conditions. Swam the whole length of the wreck to the stern. Very pretty anemones.	own
164	17 Mar 1984	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			20	15	20	Iain Hosking, John Gordon		Like this morning's dive but better vis. Dragged John Gordon from bow to stern. Surfaced in time to hear Scotland beat France 21-12 to win the Grand Slam.	own
165	18 Mar 1984	Insh Island	NW of Seil Island	Oban	Scotland			22	20	20	Iain Hosking, Mark Kelly		Cliff swept by currents to fairly bare. Some anemones, cup coral, dead men's fingers. Beautiful calm day. Good sliced peaches.	own
168	8 Apr 1984	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			37	12	15	Iain Hosking, Pete Wilson		In water at 10 to 9. Swam through every tunnel and hole in sight, including under the hull. Headache.	own
170	10 Apr 1984	Thesis	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	24	Iain Hosking, Pete Wilson		Wreck not buoyed but we found it with echosounder and grapple. Hit slack so no current. Ears and sinuses bloody awkward. Wreck very pretty - down to stern, then up past engine and boiler to forward hold. Looked around bows before coming up.	own
172	13 Apr 1984	Pelican	Calve Island, Tobermory Bay	Mull	Scotland			20	9	15	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster, Mike Weitzner		Short second dive. Snorkelled out from shore and down cliff to wreck. Up to bows, down to stern and surfaced. Vis good for this wreck.	own
174	22 Apr 1984	Catalina	Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			23	30	35	Iain Hosking, Stuart Vance		Vis fairly good - maybe 30 feet or more. Found starboard engine and tailplane. Fish life - pollack, mackerel, cod, butterfish, flatfish. No conger. Masses of plumose anemones. Several crabs, squat lobsters and hermit crabs.	own
175	23 Apr 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			10	25	30	Iain Hosking, Ben Finn		Good dive in calm, sunny conditions around Johnson's Hole. Hundreds of cowries; squat lobsters, butterfish, crabs, nudibranchs (silicone and orange) dead men's fingers, sea urchins and one lobster. Vis 15-20 feet.	own
176	25 Apr 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			10	35	40	Iain Hosking, Eileen Hill		Warmer than Monday. We dived at 9pm, after sunset, making it a night dive. Eileen practised buoyancy control, and led for part of the time.	own
177	29 Apr 1984	Kenmore Point	Loch Fyne	Kintyre	Scotland			20	20	25	Iain Hosking, Eileen Hill		Lovely warm day. Tried one of Gordon Ridley's sites, You haven't seen a rough track till you've seen this one. Good cliff site and good vis. Eileen suffered cramp but up until then a pleasant relaxed dive.	own
179	6 May 1984	Dun Domhnuill	Garvellachs (SW corner of the islan)	Oban	Scotland			9	8	10	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Pretty cliff dive with dead men's fingers, anemones, sponges, sea squirts, worms and urchins. Vis quite good - 30 feet or so.	own
182	19 May 1984	Port Napier	Kyle of Lochalsh	Skye	Scotland			20	20	22	Iain Hosking, June Ralston		Took June along the whole length of the wreck for her second dive. Initial problems with buoyancy soon cured and we covered a lot of ground: bow guns, holds, bridge, mine tubes [!]. Vis excellent - 60 ft. Weather bad when we started, good when we came up.	own
185	21 May 1984	Balmeanach Bay	The Braes	Skye	Scotland			3	15	20	Iain Hosking, Paul Faccenda		Dived at 3am - it was getting light. Plenty of phosphorescence, not much else. Navigated by compass.	own
187	22 May 1984	Port Napier	Kyle of Lochalsh	Skye	Scotland			20	23	25	Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam		Took Adrian through the mine tubes by special request. Visibility a lot poorer than Saturday - only 20-30 feet. Entered forward of bridge and swam to stern through one mine tube, then back through another. Inflated polythene canister. Explored superstructure on shore. 16 divers in one wave on one engine!	own
188	17 Jun 1984	Ludlow	Off Yellowcraigs Beach	Forth	Scotland			5	35	35	Iain Hosking, Mike Malone		Scorching hot day, with a warm wind. Snorkelled out to wreck, which was showing at low water. Found only one section, fairly small (stern). Plenty of brass. Came face to face with a huge lobster and had a battle which he won. Good barbecue on beach afterwards.	own
189	18 Jun 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			15	40	40	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Jenny Clough, Keith Chidwick, Mike Weitzner		2nd class tests with Mike Weitzner, Geoff, Jenny and Keith Chidwick. Took boat outside harbour and did tests around rocks. Did assisted ascents, underwater navigation, low visibility search (for a fisherman's creel!) and tow (easy). Attempted rope search but current, floating line and light shot made it impossible to complete.	own
190	1 Jul 1984	Fidra	North Berwick	Forth	Scotland			17	35	35	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		Dived at 4pm after an unsuccessful search for the 'Chester II'. Dived west of Fidra. Vis poor: 12-15 feet but we found one lobster (90mm) and 4 crabs. Warm, sunny day, calm - ideal.	own
191	5 Jul 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			13	25	25	Iain Hosking, Liz Meldrum		Moderate swell but calm. High water (ebb). Warm. Found a shark and kept its jaws. Squatties, fish, usual stuff. Good dive.	own - wetsuit!. Took off 2 x 5lb weights, leaving around 19lbs.
197	23 Jul 1984	Fladda		Oban	Scotland			20	25	25	Iain Hosking		Solo dive, with boat following bubbles (left surface marker reel in car). Search for 'Benghazi'. Started at west side of Fladda and swam south over kelp at 10m. Saw corkwing wrasse (blue stripes) and dogfish. Turned west to get into deeper water out of kelp. Down to 20m in teeth of current. Drifted with current across south end of Fladda. Saw nudibranch (Dendronotus frondosus) the length of my index finger. Surfaced when I realised the boat was no longer following. Scorching day. Dived on ebb tide. Vis good, greater than 30 feet.	own, Geoff's tank
198	12 Aug 1984	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			13	60	60	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		Second dive at St Abbs this year, and the first decent one. Fed the wrasse (4 now), and saw a plaice, sea-scorpion, sea-squirts and pollack.	own
199	26 Aug 1984	St Abbs Head	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			23	25	25	Iain Hosking, John Llambias		Dived below the lighthouse after a long and abortive search for the 'Glanmire'. Sea rough - ebb tide and wind against it. Dive was enjoyable - good vis, shoal of fish, deep bedrock gullies covered in dead men's fingers and crabs.	own
200	2 Sep 1984	Royal Fusilier	off Dunbar	Forth	Scotland			42	8	8	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		200th dive! Hired fishing boat 'Shangri-La' from Dunbar. Found wreck from Decca co-ordinates and dropped shot into it. Wreck is lying on its port side (I think), buried past its centreline in silt. We swam to the bows past bridge etc. Covered in plumose anemones and nets. Vis OK, no current. Sunny eventually.	own
201	12 Sep 1984	Granton		Forth	Scotland			6	15	15	Iain Hosking, Jenny Clough		Jenny's 2nd Class rope search - swimline search. Getting dark - we had phosphorescence underwater, but search was successful. Used old boat and new Yamaha.	own
202	24 Sep 1984	Leith		Forth	Scotland			7	20	20	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster, Jenny Clough		2nd Class rope search with Jenny and Crawford. Searched for obstruction marked off Leith. Appalling vis: 1-2m, and some current. Weather calm and clear.	own
203	30 Sep 1984	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			10	50	50	Iain Hosking, Jenny Clough		Sunny, windy day. Jenny led the way out to Cathedral underwater. Saw wrasse and school of saithe, then headed in towards harbour wall down a series of gullies. Four large lobsters, squat lobsters, various types of anemone. Noticed small shells on kelp with iridescent stripes. Vis good - about 30 feet. Did roped tender.	own
204	8 Oct 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, William Usher		Johnson's Hole. Took William Usher for his second dive. Good vis. Saw dead men's fingers, anemones, crabs, lobsters, squat lobsters, hermit crabs, swimming crabs, starfish, pollack, sea-scorpion, flatfish and shark's teeth.	own
205	8 Oct 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Patrick Baxter		As previous dive, but with Patrick Baxter. [This is the BSAC-style production line, organised by Jenny Clough for Fettes College. Contrast it with the PADI-style 6:1 pupil:instructor ratio.]	own
206	8 Oct 1984	Dunbar	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	15	15	Iain Hosking, Scott Gourlay		As 204.	own
207	14 Oct 1984	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Alida Bundy		Took Alida for her 4th dive. Through gullies to Cathedral. Saw wrasse, pollack, sea-scorpion, several lobsters. Vis not too brilliant - 20 feet. Got slightly lost on the way back.	own
210	10 Mar 1985	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			13	33	33	Iain Hosking, Al Rankin, Paul Raisbeck		Out to Cathedral as usual. Somewhat murky and little life but very good to get back in the water.	own
212	16 Mar 1985	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			18	17	20	Iain Hosking, Pete Wilkinson		Took Pete Wilkinson around wreck inside and out. Reasonable vis and some sea life - fanworms (feather duster worms), fish, crabs and sea squirts (blobs). Surface roughish	own
214	23 Mar 1985	Loch Duich	Ratagan and Inverinate	Scottish West Coast	Scotland			10	20	20	Iain Hosking, Alex Whitelaw, Bill Brysland, Jack Frost, Joy Whitelaw, Steve Baker		Open Water Rescue Course. Demonstration of Controlled Buoyant Lift; practice of CBL; direct lift; towing & EAR; landing and emergency management. Good vis: at least 15m. Sloping, silty bottom. Calm, clear, some sun	own
215	24 Mar 1985	Loch Duich	Ratagan and Inverinate	Scottish West Coast	Scotland			22	4	7	Iain Hosking, Jack Frost, Joy Whitelaw, Steve Baker		Open Water Rescue Course. Practice of Controlled Buoyant Ascent from 22m; 100m tow with EAR; landing casualty and giving EAR and ECM. Conditions good - flat calm, some sun, some rain.	own
220	5 May 1985	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	15	17	Iain Hosking, Grace Franz		Evening dive. Still flat calm. Good vis. Plowter round bridge area, through prop shaft tunnels, under hull etc. Lots of fish life, feather duster worms etc.	Own +Scubapro Mk II
221	6 May 1985	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	11	14	Iain Hosking, Graham Russell, Sarah McCracken		Dived at full flood for added excitement. Current swept us down to 40m pretty quickly and down there it was fairly calm, but the current was then against us on the way up. Most invigorating dive yet on the Rondo, and a good end to the trip. First dive with Graham.	Own +Scubapro Mk II
224	26 May 1985	Bass Rock		Forth	Scotland			28	22	24	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Sarah's first dive in her new drysuit. My first dive since last July in a wetsuit. Dived the NE corner of the Bass on an ebb tide and followed the current anticlockwise. Depth 20m at first onto level bedrock, with brittle stars, plumose and dahlia anemones. At end of dive drifted over a massive drop-off going down to at least 40m. Jenny saw seals underwater.	Wetsuit, club 60, Graham's weightbelt (about 28lbs). Rest as usual.
225	2 Jul 1985	Port Napier	Kyle of Lochalsh	Skye	Scotland			22	30	30	Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam		Dived after a long van journey and 2.5 hours' sleep [after Alasdair's wedding]. Down at the stern and swam through lower starboard mine tube (very murky). Ended by exploring the bows - very clear and light shining in. Sinuses dodgy. Good prat about afterwards. Moules Marinière for tea.	own. DV leaking again.
230	6 Jul 1985	Sgeir an Oir Ealean	North-east side of Tongue Bay	North-west Scotland	Scotland			25	14	15	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		FTF on the 'Nitedal'. Grapple snagged but when we went down there was no wreck in sight so we drifted along above the sand with the rock to our left. Plenty of anemones so would have been a good dive if we'd had time to enjoy it.	own
231	6 Jul 1985	Dubh-sgeir Mhor	Tongue Bay	North-west Scotland	Scotland			20	13	15	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Gave up search for the 'Nitedal' and moved on to the 'Ashbury'. We found a couple of bits, and also a huge lobster which we put back because it was soft [so had just changed its shell]. Now camping in idyllic spot outside Tongue and waiting for the sun to appear. [STOP PRESS. The 'Nitedal' and the 'Ashbury' are one and the same. GR cocks it up.]	own
237	11 Jul 1985	Little Loch Broom		North-west Scotland	Scotland			20	35	35	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Not the Ardross Rock: Searched twice for Ardross Rock but no decent transits. Dived anyway, onto mixed sand/bedrock, boulder with some scallops and an unusual anemone thing [sea cucumber].	own
238	12 Jul 1985	Isle Martin	Loch Broom	North-west Scotland	Scotland			38	12	15	Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen		Dived on north coast of the island. Very steep slopes alternating with vertical cliffs. One of the darkest, most lifeless dives I've ever had. Counted two cuckoo wrasse, several Devonshire cup corals and one unusual anemone. Good dive but a real contrast to the north coast.	own
239	12 Jul 1985	Leuim an Fheidh	Cliffs to north of Isle Martin, Loch Broom	North-west Scotland	Scotland			30	9	11	Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen		This dive made the previous one look teeming with life. The proverbial boulder slope, with life limited to cup coral and squat lobsters. Water very dark due to peaty run-off from the hills. Saw more of those strange anemones [sea cucumbers].	own
240	13 Jul 1985	William H Welch	Furadh Mor	North-west Scotland	Scotland			20	25	30	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Wreck of a 7126 ton liberty ship. We saw maybe 1 ton, scattered among kelp. We were followed around by a dogfish for most of the dive. Good weather at last. Most of the wreckage lies between the two points on the west of the island.	own
241	13 Jul 1985	Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh	Loch Ewe	North-west Scotland	Scotland			20	12	15	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		A short dive, with some danger of death from boredom. No sign of any wreckage but then we hardly made a systematic search. Aultbea Hotel made up for it though.	own
243	4 Aug 1985	Bass Rock		Forth	Scotland			40	11	14	Iain Hosking, Phil Gibbs		Spoke to coastguards who gave us a forecast of SW 3-4 veering SE. In fact the wind was no more than 2-3. Dived NE side again with rock dropping steeply to 34m. Boulder slope continued past 40m. We came up via a stepped cliff. Dark. Butterfish and dead mens' fingers. Explored the cave afterwards - very smelly.	own (Luxfer 72 - same weight used)
246	25 Aug 1985	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	30	30	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Coastguard at Crail promised us a gale so we cancelled the 'Glanmire'. At St Abbs the water was flat calm. Bah! Took Kenny for a dive leader/SMB practice. Out to Cathedral via gullies. Saw the wrasse again. Kenny navigated us successfully round Cathedral and back to base.	own
247	25 Aug 1985	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			11	32	35	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Second dive of the day. Round behind rock parallel to the harbour wall, but didn't find the same spot as I dived with Derek in March. Still, good gullies and masses of life. Dozens of silicone/yellow nudibranchs, squat lobsters, saithe, corkwing wrasse, lobsters (shy), seasquirts, controversial small fish [drawing in logbook]. Pretty clear, no current, very relaxed. Dry suit held out (phew!).	own
248	31 Aug 1985	Bass Rock		Forth	Scotland			40	11	14	Iain Hosking, Mark Inall		The Not the Royal Fusilier because of overrun idiot factor. Probably just as well - wind NE 6-7 and sea like a food processor. Dived with Mark Inall, straight down to 40m. Literally thousands of shrimps, plus several lobsters, crabs, butterfish, anemones. At end of dive saw a line of starfish demolishing a mussel bed.	own
251	13 Sep 1985	Beagle	North of Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			34	16	20	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Conditions rougher than yesterday - 4-5 - but sunny and light on the wreck. Vis not so good: 2m. Noted masses of monofilament line and rope, and someone's grapple and chain. Spent some time around the bow section - masses of plumose anemones. Guided to the site by a dolphin.	own
252	13 Sep 1985	Catalina	Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			24	12	15	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Calmer (but wetter) than this morning's dive. Anchored on telegraph cable transit at 18m and contoured at 23m. Missed it so came back at 20m and hit starboard wing. Tied SMB on and released it. Dark, but good vis. Masses of life - sea scorpions, a pipefish, sea pens and other exotica. Engine has disappeared.	own
253	14 Sep 1985	Catalina	Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			25	27	30	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Dived after a visit to the aquarium. Dropped shot straight onto wreck using new transits. Tied one SMB line onto starboard wingtip and carried out circular search for cockpit. We can now state that it isn't in a semicircular area with a 26, radius from the wing. Found a motor and marked it for John and Ruth. Plenty of life on the bottom, including a gurnard, 6 inches long. First I've seen. Sea pens not phosphorescent. Wreck murky but swarming with fish.	own
254	21 Sep 1985	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			36	14	16	Iain Hosking, Bill Brysland		Launched from the Watersports Centre, Cumbrae. 45 minute boat trip into a northerly force 3. The wreck showed up clearly on the echosounder and we hooked in on the first pass at 40m. On the wreck found the grapple was across the superstructure and on the starboard side. Swam up to bows at 30m and back down again. Decorative carved karzis by the bridge. Engine visible - two large upright cylinders. Vis good for this wreck, weather not.	own - John's watch. Boat - Avon 520 + Yamaha 30.
256	22 Sep 1985	Beagle	North of Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			34	16	18	Iain Hosking, John Parkinson		John Llambias' exercise. Conditions marginal. Wind easterly 5-6. Sea state 4. Despite this hooked into the wreck on the first pass. John and Eileen Kelly (National Coach for Northern Ireland) laid a distance line. We measured the depth of the ship's side and the distance from the foredeck and recovered all lines. Vis good - had some time to swim up and look at the bows. Conditions very rough on the journey back - boat swamped.	own. Boat: 4m Avon Searider. Out of its depth in the conditions.
259	12 Oct 1985	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	22	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Drove all the way from Aberdeen especially for this one. Cold but conditions good (no rain). Launched at Lochaline and rendezvoused at the rock with the archway. Wreck as usual. Current surface and vis not too hot. Plenty of fish, coral and squidgy things.	own
260	12 Oct 1985	Thesis	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	15	17	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Boat trip [from Lochaline] started off rough but ended calm. Current was not calm. Hauled our way down the line and headed straight for the engine room to visit the conger. Then down to the stern and up inside to the bows. Getting into the boat was tough.	own
261	12 Oct 1985	Ballista	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			9	30	30	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Very relaxing and comprehensive tour of the 'Ballista' and the 'River Tay' underneath. Large sea scorpion and plenty of things that scuttle. A lot more interesting than I remember it.	own
263	19 Oct 1985	Helena Faulbaums	Belnahua	Oban	Scotland			52	15	35	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Unpromising start to the trip when the car blew up, but despite all odds dropped the shot on the engine casing and went for it. Attached strobe to line and swam off. Found ourselves back at the light. Taking a different direction we swam forwards, past mast and winches to the lamp room. Found a light bulb. The wreck made much more sense on the way back - noted the 'greenhouse' over the engine room, funnel, soup plate. Fair current on the stops, which we occupied by untying Sarah [eh?], losing the soup plate and eating an apple. Vis not as good as previous dives, and more narked than usual. Engine room is much more broken up than other parts of the wreck - very disorientating.	own (Rollo's twin 55s)
272	16 Feb 1986	Falls of Lora	Loch Etive	Oban	Scotland			22	10	10	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster		See 271.	see 271
274	9 Mar 1986	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			28	23	25	Iain Hosking, Ian Harrington		Almost a year since my last dive on the Breda. It hasn't changed a bit - as silty as ever, especially after 8 other divers have been all over it. To make this a worthwhile dive it is essential to hit it first thing in the morning. Relaxed dive.	own, twin 55s
275	28 Mar 1986	Port Napier	Kyle of Lochalsh	Skye	Scotland			20	30	30	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Jenny Clough		Late start, so didn't get in the water until after 4pm, by which time the wreck had all but disappeared. Good dive, bit murky, especially through the mine tubes. Sporadic squalls. Didn't get back to Kyleakin until about 6pm, by which time Andy's car had all but disappeared. LW 3pm. Springs (equinoctial).	own + Ewan's twin 40s. Usual weight.
278	30 Mar 1986	Golden Harvest	Kyle of Lochalsh	Skye	Scotland			10	15	15	Iain Hosking, Andy Hopkins		First time on this wreck (a trawler which sank in 1977). The wreck is intact, lying on its starboard side, and covered in life, including dead men's fingers, anemones, starfish of various kinds, and masses of fish. Very colourful, being so shallow. An ideal second dive after the Port Napier, especially on a sunny day like this. Strong current.	own, Ewan's twin 40s.
281	11 May 1986	Falls of Lora	Loch Etive	Oban	Scotland			18	22	22	Iain Hosking, Ian Kyle		Good dive with plenty of variety. Strong current at start but it soon petered out. Good vis. Masses of sunstars and sponges. Whelks laying eggs.	own
284	3 Jul 1986	Markgraf	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			44	18	33	Iain Hosking, Mark Inall, Sarah McCracken		Threesome with Sarah and Mark. Bows very impressive still, rearing vertically out of the sand. Fairly fast trip around to the starboard side. Sarah helped me lug a lump of wreck as far as the bows before dropping it. Knackered.	Twin 55s, 28lbs
285	3 Jul 1986	Markgraf	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			44	12	27	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Return visit to recover the lump. Line tied on quickly before carrying on with the dive, mainly along the port side of the wreck. The bloody thing stuck in the wreck while being pulled up. Good barbecue on Hoy afterwards.	Twin 55s, 28lbs.
286	4 Jul 1986	Markgraf	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			44	18	33	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Got the bastard this time. It had caught in an extremely unlikely spot. After untangling it, we headed through the hull to the other side. Under the decks - saw a turret (maybe). Good satisfying dive. [but the 'lump' was ferrous!]	Twin 55s, 28lbs
287	4 Jul 1986	F2 & barge	Scapa Flow	Orkney	Scotland			15	16	31	Iain Hosking, Kenny Jack		Down shot line onto black seabed. Momentary doubt as no wreck in sight, then relief as I saw the line joining the two ships. Followed it to the destroyer, where we looked around the bows and gun before gnashing back to the barge. In and out of the rooms, saw a vice and two sets of twin anti-aircraft guns. Ballan wrasse, pollack and small fish. 10m stop on mast, 5m stop free (drifted over the destroyer).	Twin 55s
290	9 Jul 1986	Helena Faulbaums	Belnahua	Oban	Scotland			52	15	45	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Down line to greenhouse. Swam aft (by mistake) till we saw the spare prop, then forward to the estimated position of Sarah's gauge. No sign. Looked for the second compass. No go either. Experimented with sawing off a porthole. No go. Sarah found a lead acid battery in a glass case which was plonked into my goody bag. She also saw a squid. On the 15m stop I managed to drop the battery. Damn.	Twin 55s
292	10 Jul 1986	Belnahua		Oban	Scotland			7	15	15	Iain Hosking, Mark Inall		Malcolm's pedestal having been recovered to shallow water lashed to the boat, we had to shorten the lifting bag line and tie on a line to shore. Easily done with much jungle warfare amongst the kelp. Little did we know the task had only just begun.	Snash's twin 50s, 28lbs
295	13 Jul 1986	Helena Faulbaums	Belnahua	Oban	Scotland			54	15	45	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster		Last dive of the trip. Crawford and I raised the lamp he found yesterday and found a few more portholes. Overcast, chilly day but still calm.	Twin 55s, 28lbs
296	10 Aug 1986	Loch Lomond Cliffs	Loch Lomond	Clyde	Scotland			34	9	11	Iain Hosking, Alison Young		A short, deep, dark, lifeless and worrying dive. Beautiful day, though, so fine for a trip in the country.	Ewan's twinset, 24lbs
297	23 Aug 1986	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			15	45	45	Iain Hosking, Mark Inall, Simon Nash		A swell dive! HW springs. Strong wave action and poor vis. Shoal of pollack or saithe and wrasse. Getting out was somewhat interesting. (Snash: 'EUSAC White Water Boys!')
299	13 Sep 1986	Catalina	Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			22	35	37	Iain Hosking, Graeme Jeffries		Perfect conditions for the Catalina. Flat calm, sunny and down there we got peace from all the tourists. Pretty clear. Plenty of pollack, gobies, blennies, squat lobsters, plumose anemones. Transits pretty good [in white log book].	Kevin's Rowi suit, 24lbs.
300	18 Sep 1986	Beagle	North of Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			33	16	18	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster		Still perfect conditions. Several buoys on the Beagle so we added ours. Down onto the bows, swam round forward hold, then aft along starboard side, past a locked-in conger. Very impressive rudder and prop. Vis not too brilliant.	Kevin's Rowi suit, 24lbs.
305	21 Sep 1986	Beagle	North of Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland			35	14	16	Iain Hosking, Jeff Cooke		Followed line to stern and had a good look at the prop and rudder. Saw conger, prawn (or shrimp), tiny squatties and sink etc aft. Good dive. [It's worth recording that the day's task was, as I wrote in the white logbook, 'to lift an earthenware jar for the instructors - a task just as slimy as giving the teacher an apple, maybe worse'. The second pair recovered the jar so Jeff and I didn't have to demean ourselves. I helmed the boat from the Wallachia to the Beagle, downwind in a force 4: 'Only had it airborne once - probably the last nail in the coffin of my exam, but by then I was past caring.']	Rowi suit, 24lbs
306	27 Sep 1986	Wallachia	The Gantocks	Clyde	Scotland			28	22	24	Iain Hosking, Graham Russell		Dedicated stoneware jar search. Marginal conditions. Wreck was buoyed. Jars fixed in place much more securely than we thought - bent knives trying to free them. A taxing dive.	New Avon dry suit - dry!
308	4 Oct 1986	Bass Rock		Forth	Scotland			21	28	30	Iain Hosking, Ian Harrington		Beautiful, sunny, cloudless day. Quite good sea conditions, but old boat very soft on the way out (we pumped it up for the journey back). Undulating rock bottom covered in brittle stars. Highlight of the dive was a convoy of huge jellyfish, two of them lion's manes with 3m stinging tentacles (ask Ian!). A good day out.	Mark's suit, fins, weightbelt, tank, knife. Malc's woolly bear and mask. Own tank.
309	5 Oct 1986	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			15	45	45	Iain Hosking, Simon Nash		EUSAC lemming-like St Abbs trip - 18 people, including 3 from Fettes. Yo-yo dive - swim out, surface, look around, find Cathedral, dive it, turn round to come back, get lost, surface, look around, down again, etc etc. The wrasse found us and demanded to be fed, and we attempted to use the underwater communication system.	Mark's suit + most of his kit. Malcolm's woolly bear and mask. A little wet.
312	12 Oct 1986	Cessna 150	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			32	18	20	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		This was the wing from Peter Gibbs' plane which crashed on Christmas Eve 1975 and which was finally found this year by Dick Grieves. We carried out a search from the wing to see if any other wreckage lay nearby, using compass bearings, but found nothing. Proved the compass by swimming back to the wing, and picked up plenty of scallops, which made a good lunch. Last dive with Sarah for a while [she was off to Australia].	Twin 55s
315	31 Dec 1986	Heather Island		Oban	Scotland			30	20	32	Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam		Last dive of the year. A good cliff if fairly murky. Plenty of life - feather duster worms, seasquirts, squatties, sunstars, fish, scallops and crinoids. Supposedly cold but with the new suit as warm as toast. Hello 1987!
316	2 Jan 1987	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			26	27	30	Iain Hosking, Christine Spreiter		Very, very sore head at 8am, so very glad to be diving last wave. Clouds and rain cleared to give us a beautiful day. Flat calm, snowy mountains, flawless execution of the dive plan (about 16 people in the water). OK, so it would have been nice to have had a torch. We had a very atmospheric dive, bows to stern, via holds and engine room. Surfaced as the sun was setting. Definitely started 87 the way I hope it continues!
318	15 Feb 1987	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	30	32	Iain Hosking, Helen Jones		Second training dive of 1987. Six trainees in the water. I took Helen through the eastern gully and through a succession of gullies and bouldery bits with plenty of dahlia anemones, sea urchins and dead men's fingers. Several squat lobsters. Beautiful day, though cold. Helen managed fine.	Fenzy 4
319	15 Feb 1987	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	15	17	Iain Hosking, Helen Jones, James Traenor		Took James in for his first dive. Found a starfish tackling a mussel and crinoids (brittle stars), as well as dahlia anemones, sea urchins, dead mens' fingers and squat lobsters. The dive was short only because I was finishing off the tank from the previous dive. Heavier swell.	Fenzy 4
321	15 Mar 1987	Loch Long		Clyde	Scotland			20	20	22	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Cathy's first dive. She survived the cold, dark, crowds, traffic, Jasper, mud, me, flooding suit and buoyant fins, to see sea anemones, flatfish, crabs, clabby doos, sea cucumbers and join the ranks of EUSAC! Bravo!
322	22 Mar 1987	Eyemouth		Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Paul Mullan		Took Paul Mullan in for his first dive. COLD! Not much life at first sight, but on closer examination quite a variety of nudibranchs, anemones, sponges, starfish and dead men's fingers. Played with a sea-lemon (nudibranch). Some current. (Turned right from Weasel Loch.)
323	22 Mar 1987	Eyemouth		Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Craig McQueenie		Took Craig McQueenie in for his first dive. Turned left at Weasel loch (won't do that again). Suffered the unnerving sensation of feeling water pouring down the back of my neck (confirmed by a post-mortem on the woolly bear). Very, very cold.
324	23 Mar 1987	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Craig McQueenie		Very cold, very clear. Found Cathedral Rock quickly, but got lost on the way back. Long snorkel. Life - lobster, squatties, plumose anemones, dahlias, sponges of various kinds.	Mended leak in back of knee. Dry! Brilliant!
325	23 Mar 1987	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	15	15	Iain Hosking, Jason Bryans		Took Jason Bryans in for his first dive. Again, out to Cathedral no bother, got lost on the way back. Still dry. Very pleasant to be the only divers there.
326	24 Mar 1987	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	25	25	Iain Hosking, Jason Bryans		Dived Big Green Carr. Round left hand side of t he rock past cliffs with crevices full of squat lobsters and crabs. Found a large (10 inch long) sea scorpion which allowed me to pick it up and carry it over to Malcolm. Very pale colouration, very lethargic. Also noticed limpet-like, flattened molluscs and very small anemones. Beautiful overhangs with wall-to-wall dead men's fingers and plumose anemones. No big green cars at all.
327	24 Mar 1987	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Paul Mullan		Dived Big Green Carr again. Didn't see the seascorpion (must be lying low) but saw greyish, smooth nudibranch and crabs camouflaged in purple seaweed.
328	25 Mar 1987	Pettico Wick	South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs	Forth	Scotland			14	20	20	Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan		Bloody rough. Stiff swim out to rock at 310 degrees from shore. Turned west and found rock faces with dead men's fingers, then a rock chimney.
329	25 Mar 1987	Pettico Wick	South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs	Forth	Scotland			12	20	20	Iain Hosking, Leslie Macdonald		Even rougher. Swam at 270 degrees straight to the rock walls. Sea scorpion, sea urchins, sea oak, lots of sea things. Pretty stiff snorkel back.
332	11 Apr 1987	Calve Island Cliffs	NE corner of Calve Island	Mull	Scotland			36	14	17	Iain Hosking, Phil Hume		Conditions couldn't be more different from this morning. Late evening in a cloudless blue sky and almost flat calm. Took Phil down for his first dry suit dive (using my old Dunlop). Cliffs as impressive as always - covered in Devonshire cup coral, sea squirts and sponges. Curious fan-like formations (bendy, like bracket fungus) and a cushion star 5 inches across and bright orange. Dead men's fingers not too common.
334	12 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			40	17	27	Iain Hosking, Simon Kirk		HW dive. Slightly choppier, less sun, but just as slack. Straight down to 40m - vis not quite so good. Swam under the hull from starboard (small hole) to port (larger hole) - now at 38m. Up to break in hull - through another small gap. Saw lots of Devonshire cup coral on the wreck and strange cup-like things on stalks. 10m stop on rudder, 5m stop on line. Pratting about afterwards.
335	13 Apr 1987	Thesis	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	20	22	Iain Hosking, Martin Harrison		Up at 5.30am in torrential rain for this one. West coast out so this was plan B. Due to faffing about didn't get in the water till 11. Water was brilliantly clear - best vis yet on the Thesis. Swam down past the engine and boiler to the hold, then the bows. Good 'cage' effect, where the bow plates have gone. Back down to the stern. No conger, no prop. Stern was deeper than 30m
336	13 Apr 1987	Thesis	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			30	15	17	Iain Hosking, Martin Harrison		Dived within 6 hours so had a 5 minute penalty. Swam down to the stern first, then back to the engine room area. Through the 'gallery' saw a brass valve apparently lying on the seabed outside the wreck - pretty firmly fixed but worth thinking about. Swam up beside the ship, looking underneath - rewarded by sight of large fish, including a large and beautifully-coloured cuckoo wrasse.
337	14 Apr 1987	Meldon	Loch Buie	Mull	Scotland			14	40	40	Iain Hosking, Mark Inall		Launched at Carsaig in flat calm. Wreck easy enough to find, with rudder post above water level (on which the old boat was holed). Stern intact, with prop and rudder - wreck becomes progressively more smashed up as you go forwards. Others have said that the bows are nice, like the Thesis, but we didn't see them. We did see a wrasse and a lobster sharing a pot. Finished by swimming along the prop shaft tunnel to the end - by far the best part of the dive. It rained all the way back.
338	14 Apr 1987	Ostend		Mull	Scotland			8	30	30	Iain Hosking, Mary Ledwith		Few sites would have changed so completely between dives (the last was in 1983) - it is now a marina. The Royal Navy were up recently from Rosyth and they removed 60 crates of ammo and set off a few charges. They also left it buoyed. Mary and I found a few rounds of 20mm, some scallops and two very pretty nudibranchs.
339	15 Apr 1987	Calve Island Cliffs	NE corner of Calve Island	Mull	Scotland			40	11	14	Iain Hosking, Mary Ledwith		Straight down to 40m and a nearly square profile dive. Cushion stars, blennies, blue sponge and squat lobsters stand out. Usual large number of seasquirts and gigantic dead men's fingers.	Air consumption 23.6 litres/minute!
340	15 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			38	10	12	Iain Hosking, Phil Hume		Phil had a 2 minute time penalty, making this a short dive. We had time to get to our planned depth and back up to untie the line. Swam under the hull. Brilliant weather - bright, sunny and calm. Few pints in Salen afterwards.
341	16 Apr 1987	Hispania	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			24	23	25	Iain Hosking, Mark Inall		Full flood and springs! NFP. Tough pull down the line to the stern, into hold and through tunnel to forward hold, then up onto the bows and into chain locker. Back into the teeth of a gale to the engine room (more collapsed than I remember). Back to stern and up.
342	16 Apr 1987	Pelican	Calve Island, Tobermory Bay	Mull	Scotland			22	26	28	Iain Hosking, Alison Young		Rumours of good vis on this wreck scotched. Just as I remember it, but explored more systematically. Bows must have looked impressive when it was afloat. No engine, boiler, screw or prop shaft. One sleepy wrasse and several varieties of sea squirts. Alison and I have finally wiped out the memory of Loch Lomond cliffs.
343	17 Apr 1987	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			47	13	23	Iain Hosking, Phil Hume		Perfect weather conditions for this dive - flat calm and blazing hot. We didn't hang about, but gnashed straight on down to the bows in 4 minutes flat. Depth was 47m inside the wreck. Leisurely trip back up to the stern. Stops not too boring.
345	9 May 1987	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			22	20	22	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Private trip to Oban, for the select few - Cathy, Sarah, Jackie and me, One car, old boat and tents (economy drive). Massive disorganisation meant launching at 3pm. Launched from North Connel. Exhilarating boat trip out to the Breda, planing over white horses. Dived from bow to stern - plenty of feather duster worms, dead men's fingers and plumose anemones.
347	10 May 1987	Easdale	Seil Island	Oban	Scotland			22	25	25	Iain Hosking, Jackie Beaumont		Haven't dived here since 1982. Further round to the cliffs than I remember, through reasonable gullies. Like a small version of Calve Island cliffs, with Devonshire cup coral, sea squirts, sunstars, dahlia anemones and so forth. Fairly choppy - sea state 4 with white horses galore.
351	18 May 1987	Urlana	Geo Mor, NW of Idrigill Point, near Harlosh	Skye	Scotland			10	45	45	Iain Hosking, Bob Harker		Bloody hell, what a trip! Had an excellent dive on the Urlana, saw seals etc, then punctured the boat on the way back [it wasn't even our boat]. So, no caves. Anyway, plenty of brass shell cases etc on the wreck. Heavy wave action, little life, vis not bad. A good rake around.
354	24 May 1987	Otter Ferry	Loch Fyne	Kintyre	Scotland			34	16	18	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster, Sarah McCracken		Beautiful day but site not too remarkable. Torch failed on entering the water so I tagged along behind Sarah and Crawford, seeing less and less as we got deeper. Good few drinks at Strachur that night, and slept on the beach. Drove back through Hell's Glen at 4.30am next day.
362	19 Mar 1988	Lake Jindabyne	The flooded town of Jindabyne	Snowy Mountains	Australia			16	35	35	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		The weekend's diving was organised by out local dive shop, Scuba Warehouse, and it included accommodation in caravans, water skiing and heavy drinking. Cathy and I survived this unusual introduction to Australian diving with only minor heatstroke. Visibility so-so, water green. Submerged trees were the highlight of this dive but we also found the remains of a house and a bottle dump. Altitude was 300m so the correction is ¼ of measured depth. In practice the dive ended due to a severe case of buoyancy.	24lbs lead, hired BCD
363	20 Mar 1988	Lake Jindabyne	The flooded town of Jindabyne	Snowy Mountains	Australia			14	35	35	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		While others accepted a penalty due to the previous night's drinking (Arriving late means you're an 'F' diver; drinking late means you're a 'B' diver...) we adopted a simpler approach by using RNPL tables as usual. This dive was much better than the previous day's. We saw more: the foundations of a house, with fence, doorway, gate and windows; a veritable forest of trees below the thermocline (visible as a light line in the water); bottles; a cow bone; freshwater sponges and waterweed. After the dive we headed west through Kosciusko National Park to Albury. A good weekend.	24lbs lead, hired BCD.
364	1 Apr 1988	Shiprock	Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			12	40	40	Iain Hosking, Michael Brown		Boat dive cancelled so we drove round the corner to Shiprock. By this time it was well after dark. Flat, sandy bottom shelves down to 11-12m (HW). Very colourful, with lots of soft coral and sponges, clams, hermit crabs, leatherjackets (very elegant fish, unfortunately much prized by spearfishermen) and two cuttlefish.	Wetsuit, borrowed aluminium 60 cu ft tank and TUSA BCD. 24lbs weight.
365	10 Jul 1988	Bass and Flinders Point	Cronulla	Sydney	Australia			6	70	70	Iain Hosking, Glenda Robbie, Mark Robbie		Organised by Glenda and Mark Robbie and their friend Gary, from South Africa. Beautiful day - water very inviting. Started by looking for relics of a demolished pier and continued along the rocky shore. Saw a small stingray, a large octopus, a pretty blue and orange nudibranch and fish galore - leatherjacket, small black and white fish with yellow tails, and single green, blue and black fish.
368	22 Oct 1988	Shiprock	Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			14	37	37	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Repeat of last time - boat dive cancelled - we'd already hired the tanks so dived here. Goatfish, catfish, rock cod, huge ugly fish, massive seaslug. Then a mother possum with a baby on her back. Not bad at all. Oh, phosphorescence too.	Mirage ADV, 24lbs, own DV (serviced), hired tank.
370	5 Nov 1988	The Pinnacles, Forster		Forster	Australia			32	18	20	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries, Sarah McCracken		Overcast day - almost Scottish (but warmer). The Pinnacles is supposed to be a shark-infested spot, and right enough, there was a large grey nurse there. Everyone saw him except Sarah and I. Fish - mados, morwong, blenny. Not so much life stuck to the rocks, but quite a few sea tulips, whatever they might be. Visibility infinitely better than yesterday, and less wave action. Very relaxing dive.	Wetsuit, BC
372	20 Nov 1988	Royal Shepherd	South Head	Sydney	Australia			27	19	31	Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst		First dive on PADI Deep Course (and first Aussie) wreck dive. Timescale: 6am wakey wakey; 6.30 leave, 7.30 arrive Little Manly, 8am boat arrives, 9am dive starts, 9.30am dive ends. Dived in a party of 7 - six students and one instructor. Chaotic at start, compounded by poor vis (Sydney's sewage). Main purpose of the dive was air consumption calculations, to which end we recorded times and cylinder pressures on a slate. As for the wreck - it's sitting in sand, and the hull has largely disappeared. From the bows aft we saw the winch, boiler, engine (with huge flywheel), propshaft, prop and rudder. Fish - one large groper, resting under the propshaft, mado, bullseyes and an angelfish.	Wetsuit/BCD/octopus (Cathy's 2nd stage). Air consumption averaged 21 litres/minute.
373	20 Nov 1988	North Head		Sydney	Australia			21	24	39	Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst		Second dive on the PADI Deep Course. The exercise was to practice breathing from an octopus while following a line on the bottom. I donated air on the way out, received it on the way back. We had time for a plowter before surfacing - saw groper, blennies, scalyfins young and old. Carried out simulated stops. Tony tested our reactions when a buddy gave the out of air signal. Mine were fast, but UK-conditioned - I forgot I had an octopus and gave him my valve.	Wetsuit/BCD/octopus (Cathy's 2nd stage). Air consumption averaged 18.5 litres/minute.
374	26 Nov 1988	South Head		Sydney	Australia			36	14	29	Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst		Dive 3 on the course. We pretended it was to 42m for 15 minutes, so we decompressed for a dive to 45m for 20 minutes, but actually it was to 36m for 14 minutes. Got that? The water was cold and far too lumpy for comfort (even noticed the swell at 36m). The bottom was sandy, with a few ballast blocks and bits of wood, possibly from the 'Nemesis'. Life - one small wobbegong. Vis - not bad.	Wetsuit/BCD/octopus (Cathy's 2nd stage). Air consumption averaged 16.5 litres/minute on the dive, 36 litres/minute on the descent.
375	27 Nov 1988	Coolooli	Long Reef	Sydney	Australia			37	10	20	Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst		4th and last dive on the PADI Deep Course. No exercises or drills, just a good dive in clear water on an old dredger. The 'Coolooli' lies on its side in about 42m, so we went no deeper than the side of the hull. However, the water was clear enough to see the whole wreck. It was only sunk in 1980, so not much growth yet, but some very attractive fish, including leatherjackets and wrasses. Very cold.	Wetsuit/BCD/octopus (Cathy's 2nd stage).
380	18 Dec 1988	Osborne Shoals		Sydney	Australia			22	30	30	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		Liked the previous dive so much it made sense to have another one (even at $20 a throw). This site is just out from the mouth of Dolan's bay. Still good weather. Got off to a bad start when the mouthpiece broke off on my DV. Then the anchor chain bounced up because of the swell and ripped my mask off. Things improved after this, though, and we had a very relaxed plowter around in the swell. Saw bullseyes, yellowtail, trevally, a boxfish and a ray. We had a spot of bother getting Sarah off to Orange afterwards, but she's safely on the train now. She also has a car.
383	28 Jan 1989	Shiprock	Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			12	40	40	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Cathy's first dive since 6th November. Dived with Paul and Di (from Cathy's work). Late start - didn't get there till 10.30 (Vietnamese the night before). First encountered a fish trap (with attendant fisherman above - Paul had to explain how the line broke). Cathy found a largish octopus which gave her a fright when it tapped on her face mask with a tentacle. Found its little brother close by, trying to cover itself with rocks. Masses of fish life (porcupinefish, numerous leatherjackets, a school of old wives, senator wrasse, morwong, scalyfin, stripey and many more), nudibranchs and a few little shrimps. Strong current meant all the soft coral had the polyps out - very pretty. After the dive met a very keen diver in his car waiting for anyone else to turn up.	Rather hot in the dry suit.
386	15 Feb 1989	K? reef	Bicheno	Tasmania	Australia			22	30	30	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Very clear, very relaxed. Fish - long-snouted boarfish, toothbrush leatherjacket, bastard trumpeter (yes, that's its name), globe fish, banded morwong, butterfly perch and two sharks, which I thought at first were Port Jacksons, except that their heads were more shark-shaped. Very lazy - sleeping in a cave. Also saw cuttlefish. Cathy picked up several empty abalone shells. Very rich site. Crayfish on this dive, and all others - the dive centre didn't let their divers take them.
388	16 Feb 1989	Split Rock	Bicheno	Tasmania	Australia			22	28	30	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Pretty tame - kelp, rocks, small cliffs, sponges, abalone, a cray or two, senator wrasse. The sort of dive that would amaze anyone straight from Dunbar. We wandered through this garden of coloured sponges, picking up abalone shells no longer required by their owners. Vis -tremendous, and weather now improved.
389	17 Feb 1989	Paradise Reef	Bicheno	Tasmania	Australia			36	13	14	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Should have been the 'Golden Bommies' but communications breakdown meant Cathy and I did our own thing. Strong current - we drifted at first then took shelter behind a wall. Saw a cowfish and an opened 'brain anemone' plus sea whips, otherwise life similar to other dives here. Cathy tore her wrist seal with one of her rings. Repaired over lunch.
393	18 Feb 1989	Bicheno Slip	Bicheno	Tasmania	Australia			10	30	30	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Night dive. Well-prepared with 3 torches and a lightstick each, but it still wasn't enough. Followed the stone jetty out of the bay - Cathy found a large conger under the jetty. We also saw a number of cardinalfish, looking stunned in the torchlight. Leatherjackets also behaved strangely, allowing themselves to be handled. Still couldn't tell what kind they were. 3 kinds - brown overall, fawn with blue spots on the back and blue stripes on the face, and light brown with dark brown blotches (the dorsal fin folded into a groove it its head). Also saw an ornate cowfish which was completely unperturbed by us. The highlight was the seahorses which we found attached to the kelp. With some persuasion they would wrap their tail around a diver's finger. Unfortunately we struck a heap of problems at this point - Cathy was too buoyant (air in BC) so her fins were coming off. My torch (Birchley) ran down and Cathy's failed and I accidentally pulled her DV out. However, we navigated back safely, and even saw phosphorescence.
394	25 Mar 1989	Shiprock	Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			15	45	45	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Was to have been the 'Tuggerah' but when we phoned Max he said 'No mate, it's been blowing all night mate,' so it was plan B again. From the tide tables it looked ideal - HW at 10.07 am at Port Hacking, but in fact the current was ferocious, and appeared to be ebbing. It rained while we changed, the vis was relatively poor, and my right sleeve leaked, but apart from that it was fine. Saw a black anglerfish, hanging on to the soft coral using its fins like hands. Also a goatfish, with an attendant juvenile, by its appearance. Usual piles of fish, especially leatherjacket. Not bad.	Hired 88 (which required an extra 4lbs - I was buoyant by the end of the dive).
396	3 Sep 1989	Fly Point		Nelson Bay	Australia			24	32	35	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		We're trying to dive more often now. Nelson Bay was said to be excellent for shore diving, so here we are. Up at 7.45 am (stayed in caravan at Anna Bay). Fly Point is a popular spot for the local dive schools. The site, in short, is unspectacular as far as geology is concerned, being a shallow slope to sand at 24m, but the fish life is comprehensive. We started with a family of cuttlefish, which changed from black and white stripes, through orange, to light sandy, then it was mado, wrasse, a hungry big groper, small moray eels, a wobbegong, rays and an octopus, which spread itself out very decoratively over the rocks and turned its body black and its legs sandy-coloured. Ran out of air too soon (Judith in Scuba Warehouse only filled my tank to 150 bar) and surfaced to find two boats racing one another between us and the shore. Nerve-wracking snorkel back to the exit. Probably not a site to repeat. (HW slack 10.20am. Current - appreciable)	Cathy now has her own tank - an 88 cu ft aluminium one. Her BC failed, though. I swapped my hose onto it underwater.)
398	16 Sep 1989	Hallcaine		Sydney	Australia			45	16	41	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		First dive with the Terrigal club (Brisbane Waters Aqualung Club) - birthday present from Sarah. Sea not as calm as expected - very chunderous. But a beautiful day. Fortunately felt OK in the water, and guesstimate of weight required was about right. The wreck was a wooden steamship, so only the machinery is left - boiler, engine, anchor, winches and two bronze props. Plenty of the stuff that glints, though the telegraph has gone. Fish - nannegai, little morays, scalyfin. Also colourful nudibranchs and cup coral. Vis not bad. Suit wet.	82 + 88 cu ft + 2 DVs. About 20lbs lead. Could do with 4 more.
399	8 Oct 1989	Camp Cove	East of Watson's Bay	Sydney	Australia			7	50	50	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		New site at picnic area next to small (but very busy) beach. Car parking a matter of luck on a hot day like today (we were lucky). Description in Tom Byron's book (p15): lots of morays, plenty of colourful nudibranchs, some lion fish and a number of giant sea slugs. We saw no morays, no nudibranchs, one lion fish (tiny) but several cuttlefish - colour changes amazing as always. They change colour if you move your hand next to them. Fish - bullseyes, mado, stripey, blennies, sweep and the scalyfin, territorial as usual. Cathy found a cowrie. Good caves at the start of the dive, full of sponges. I had buoyancy problems because of using Cathy's tank - mine no longer fits the backpack, which is sick. Hence very wet.	New yoke. Cathy's tank, 28lbs.
400	14 Oct 1989	West Point	Pitt Water	Sydney	Australia			7	30	30	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Out on 'Jennifer' - a 40 foot concrete Hartley motor cruiser - with Cathy, Hayden and Andrea. Sheer luxury - beautiful weather, good company, champagne flowing. We dived on the remains of our air from the last dive, but at this depth it gave us a decent dive. Saw mado, blennies, senator wrasse, morwong, yellowfin, little trevally and a cowfish, plus nudibranchs and bullseyes under the overhangs. Nothing edible, but in the evening collected half a dozen buckets of oysters by snorkelling along the shore. These went down very ell with the duck, prawns and champers, to the sounds of whipbirds, friars and mopoke (owl).	BC, 28lbs.
402	22 Oct 1989	Cape Solander	Round from Inscription Point, Kurnell	Sydney	Australia			12	30	30	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries, Eleanor Mullally		Threesome with Cathy and Eleanor. Could certainly never have predicted that a year ago. I'm afraid it wasn't as good as last time. Good weather, but a considerable swell, making entry tricky and exit downright dangerous. We descended quickly to get some calm water (and peace and quiet - the shoreline was very busy). Vis good at first, but relatively murky at depth. Saw a big wrasse (or groper) then nothing much except scalyfin and goatfish. Sponges were good, though. Found a couple of small moray, then lost Eleanor due to buoyancy problems (hers). Swam back on the surface and lost one of Eleanor's fins in the swell. Fairly warm in the wet suit, but legs heavy.	BC, 28lbs.
407	21 Apr 1990	Nerong	Norah Head, Terrigal	Sydney	Australia			40	15	30	Iain Hosking, John ?		Up at 6am for this one. Forecast of rain belied by clear blue skies and a (relatively) calm sea (still felt seasick). Wreck is a steamship, circa 1918, of an old design with the engines mounted aft. Hull is rotted away down to engine room level, the boiler being very prominent. Two props, two anchors at the bows, Several wobbegong, two large cuttlefish, carp, rays and smaller fish (yellowtail etc). Good dive.	BC, Cathy's 88, 30lbs lead.
408	26 May 1990	Manly	Around the corner from Shelly Beach	Sydney	Australia			15	50	50	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster		Recommended by Phil Marshal. Tricky descent to the water down a cliff and across boulders, which continued underwater. Exposed site so few squidgy things, but lots of fish - sea carp, morwong, yellowtail, bream, a moray eel, pomfret (ladder-finned) etc. Also abalone and cuttlefish. Found a goody bag. Beautiful day.	No BC (they're worse than useless), 82, 26lbs.
409	27 May 1990	Shiprock	Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			14	45	45	Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster		All EUSAC visitors get taken to this spot. A good dive (except for the leaky suit) with heaps of leatherjacket (including one new to me - fan-bellied), all eating the soft coral, and old wives, catfish, rock cod (ugly), flounder, magpie morwong, immaculate damsel. Best moment was Crawford's close encounter with a numbfish (electric ray). Finished off with an octopus - amazing colour changes.	Discovered the cause of the leak in the left sleeve - the Draeger mushroom valve - then spoilt it by melting a hole in the cuff. Saturated during the dive - amazing that so much water can enter through one small hole.
410	9 Jun 1990	Fairlight	Manly	Sydney	Australia			8	60	60	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Wet suit dive due to hole in drysuit cuff. Planned 'Hole in the Wall' at Avalon but sea conditions were unnerving so we decided discretion was the better part of valour and nipped down to this site which Henny knew about. An amazing site for such a shallow dive, with heaps of fish - mado, scalyfin, yellowtail, wrasse, morwong, bream, goatfish. One bit me - a cardinal wrasse I think. Henny, Cathy and I dived - Bill snorkelled. He found a porcupine fish, which became offended and puffed itself up. The terrain was interesting, with lots of overhangs and tunnels. At the end we swam over weed and seasquirts and Cathy spotted a garfish - long and thin with a pipe-like snout and a tail like a spike. Weird. Although it was winter I wasn't at all cold in the wetsuit - there's obviously life in it yet.
411	13 Jul 1990	St Abbs	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland			14	38	38	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Acclimatisation dive for spoilt expats, plus test run for £1200-worth of new dive gear. Pleasant day, though hazy. St Abbs very quiet, water calm, but murky. Found Cathedral without problems - saw saithe plus the usual three ballan wrasse. Did not find our way back so easily, and ended with a hefty snorkel back. Luca's ice-cream in Craigmillar.	All-new: Typhoon Hi-spec drysuit, Thinsulate woolly bear, Spiro Supra DV, Aladin Pro, EUSAC 78, borrowed weights (about 28lbs - too heavy).
413	15 Jul 1990	Dun Mór	Sanday	Outer Hebrides	Scotland			31	26	26	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		St Kilda Trip. Left Tobermory 8.30 am. Breakfast en route to Canna. Sea calm, but weather glum. 10 divers dived a cliff, but sorry to say we missed it. Still, plenty to see, including sea cucumbers, squat lobsters, crabs, cup coral, nudibranchs and shoals of fish (pollack?)	24lbs. Too heavy.
414	15 Jul 1990	Sgeir à Phuirt	Canna	Outer Hebrides	Scotland			28	23	23	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		With the 'Jean de la Lune' moored at Canna we used the squidgy to run out to the reef. Several seals struggled into the water as we approached. Decent cliff face to 28-30m, with masses of plumose anemones in white, orange and green shades. Also dahlia anemones and the little white anemone, east and west coast squat lobsters, shoals of pollack, cup coral and nudibranchs. Vis too poor to see the seals. Overnight at Canna - now headed for the Outer Hebrides and hopefully St Kilda.	2 x 6lb, 2 x 4lb, 1 x 2lb (22lbs). Just right.
422	20 Jul 1990	Levenish, north face		St Kilda	Scotland			30	33	33	Iain Hosking, Iain Fairbrother		Amazing - a St Kilda dive without tunnels or clear blue water. This was murky by St Kilda standards and Levenish Tunnel was strictly off-limits. [Derek Borthwick's buddy was killed there.] Swam under one house-sized boulder, and saw a couple of shy seals, but for the rest of the dive it was closeups of squidgies, especially a weird crustacean called a coprellid, which seems to have exploded in numbers. See Cathy's log for a sketch.
423	21 Jul 1990	Stac Lee	SE face	St Kilda	Scotland			41	24	24	Iain Hosking, Alex Gray		Overcast again, and rougher. Seas were running into a cave in Stac Lee and compressing the air inside, which spat out a plume of spray. It looked dangerous. We dived over a slope to 40m, in a heavy swell. Saw one seal - shy, as usual when the viz is poorer. For the rest of the dive it was anemones, velvet crabs and dead men's fingers, and swell.
424	21 Jul 1990	Stassa	Rodel Bay, Harris	Outer Hebrides	Scotland			27	33	33	Iain Hosking, Alex Gray		Conditions - sunny and calm. Low sun angle, green water, poor vis - lots of silt, especially with 12 divers down at once. The wreck lies on its starboard side, and is buoyed at the bridge. We swam forwards to the bows, then back to the bridge, engine room (in through 'greenhouse' hatch and out through the bottom of the hull) then to the stern. Spare prop (iron) is on the seabed below the stern accommodation. The main prop must have been bronze, because it's gone. Spent the night in Lochmaddy.
426	23 Jul 1990	Rondo	Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			50	21	21	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		End of Trip 'Bows of the Rondo' dash. Murky green water, dark, atmospheric wreck (top has collapsed). Shook hands at the bows and then headed straight back up (into the current). Stops on the rudder. Still perfect surface conditions.
427	8 Sep 1990	Shiprock	Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			14	40	40	Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane		Seventh dive at this spot - it's rapidly becoming Sydney's Dunbar. Bill's first post-qualification dive, and better than his open-water dives at Terrigal last weekend. All the fish turned up - catfish, moray eel, sea scorpion, fortescue, scalyfin, morwong, leatherjacket, even a couple of boxfish. Noticeable current, quite clear.	Typhoon dry suit. Thinsulate woolly bear (NOT too hot - others cold). 82 cu ft tank, 28lbs lead. First dip for new Seiko watch and Scubapro Mk 10 DV (excellent!)
428	22 Sep 1990	Cape Solander	Round from Inscription Point, Kurnell	Sydney	Australia			12	40	40	Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane		Dive delayed once again by lack of BC hose (on Bill's BC) - this time I put one on but it turned out to be the burst one. Drove into Cronulla to buy another one - I suppose a spare's always handy. Very pleasant dive, with reasonable visibility. Plenty of fish - all the usual, plus groper. The highlight was a cuttlefish which ran through the most amazing colour changes - from sandy to a good imitation of pebbles and rocks, light purple/pink (sponge) to deep red and purple when he got annoyed. Also an octopus, but no weedy sea dragons. ($5 entry fee to park.)	Buddy Arctic
429	7 Oct 1990	The Gutter	Bass Point, Shellharbour	Sydney	Australia			15	35	35	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Beautiful sunny day, sun sparkling on the waves. A fair swell made entry and exit interesting, but didn't cause much inconvenience below 10m. Water pretty clear and masses of fish, many of which appeared to be following us, in particular a big groper (eastern blue) and his mate, leatherjacket, scalyfin, mado and various wrasse and blennies. Looks like a good spot for a return visit on a calm day.
431	20 Oct 1990	Underwater Wilderness	off Royal National Park	Sydney	Australia			15	39	39	Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane		Out on the 'Cape Bailey' booked through Frogdive, Merrylands. Run by Andrew and Angela. Beautiful day, and sea almost calm for a change (though with a slight swell of 1-1.5m). The site is south of Barron's Hut (I think) and is a gutter running SW from a favourite fishing spot. Clear water (60-70 ft). Blue groper (4 males + 2 brown females), Port Jackson sharks, scalyfin by the score, mado, rock cod, scorpionfish and some good swim-throughs. Cost: $20.
432	4 Nov 1990	Seal Rocks		Forster	Australia			25	25	25	Iain Hosking, Bill MacFarlane, Cathy Humphries		[no depth or time recorded in log book] Late start from Sydney and a leisurely Saturday, ending with a Malaysian meal with Rory and Jo McMahon. Rory's bourbon measures were a little too generous so felt seasick this morning. The dive was good, with heaps of fish, and a cuttlefish, but the highlight of the dive was the huge turtle, which put in an appearance at the beginning and end of the dive (and tried to bite one of the divers - Jaws in slow motion). I didn't see the four sharks that everyone saw except Cathy and I.
435	2 Dec 1990	Cape Solander	Round from Inscription Point, Kurnell	Sydney	Australia			13	46	46	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Nice, safe dive for Andrew and Michelle who haven't been in the water since New Year. Sunny day and very hot. Sea calm, vis not that great (outgoing tide, 1 hour before HW). Plenty of nudibranchs, an octopus, big leatherjacket, a small moray, wrasse, scalyfin and wonderful sponge gardens. Saw three new fish: velvetfish, which is very reluctant to move, even when prodded, and two very colourful ones - one with blue stripes on the head, the other smaller, like a blenny with red spots on the head.
438	19 Dec 1990	Spot A	Latitude Rock, Cape Hawke	Forster	Australia			21	44	44	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Out on Forster Dive Centre's considerably larger boat, with Ari. Offshore wind so much calmer - no white horses. 7 EUSAC divers (Cathy, Sarah, Graham, Iain Fairbrother, Malcom, Adrian and me) + Steve. An absolute mass of fish, including wobbegong, morays, marbled moray (very nasty-looking teeth, like hypodermic syringes), ray, groper, morwong, scalyfin, wrasse, bullseyes plus two cuttlefish. Vis not startling but better than yesterday. Good dive.	Wetsuit - cold by end of dive. 21 degrees C.
440	20 Dec 1990	The Pinnacles, Forster		Forster	Australia			40	34	34	Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam		Up early for this one - 6.50 am. Overcast day. Clear blue water and a definite thermocline. No steep rock formations, just domes with gullies in between. Saw three wobbegongs and Adrian saw grey nurse sharks. So did everyone else. High air consumption.	Wetsuit, 82, 20lbs lead
441	20 Dec 1990	Latitude Rock		Forster	Australia			58	16	16	Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam		Swam straight down onto the sloping side of a rock reef, then over the steep side (past anchor rope abrading on the rock). Turned left into a shoal of bullseyes - some are yellow with a grey top and others are the reverse. Roughies look similar but are brown with a white and black stripe (#137 - bullseyes are #334 and #332). [There's more, but I didn't finish writing it up.]	Wetsuit, 82, 20lbs.
444	3 Feb 1991	Camp Cove	East of Watson's Bay	Sydney	Australia			7	40	40	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel, Therese Zolfel		Last dive here was October 1989, and I don't think I expected to dive it again. Poor vis, shallow depth. The caves are still nice, though. One moray eel (small).	Wetsuit, 82, 20 lbs.
445	16 Feb 1991	Galava	Terrigal	Sydney	Australia			52	15	42	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		According to Tom Byron (p153) the wreck is 'almost intact'. Everything's relative, I suppose - it's just a boiler and some ribs sticking out of the sand, so a little disappointing. But lovely greeny-yellow soft coral on the boiler. Lovely clear day, calm, dozens of dolphins after the dive.	Twin 63s, BC, 28lb shot belt. Note - HOT on boat, so stripped off after the dive and got sunburnt. Remember sunscreen/shirt.
446	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.
447	23 Feb 1991	Cathedral Cave	Point Perpendicular	Jervis Bay	Australia			13	0	35	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries, Martin Zolfel		Swell up a bit. Began dive with a swim into the cave - 5m up to 3m deep with waves pounding over our heads. Then down a boulder slope to an other-worldly experience with another large cuttlefish.
448	24 Feb 1991	Point Perpendicular		Jervis Bay	Australia			24	0	44	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Swell still appreciable so back to Point Perpendicular, which is sheltered from the north-east. Dropped into 13m and swam to the south of a prominent rock. Found a reasonable-sized cuttlefish, then a couple of small ones. Cathy found a little yellow nudibranch, then what looked like a minute (less than 1cm) wobbegong or other fish. Decided I was definitely overweighted with 28lbs of lead.
449	24 Feb 1991	The Docks	NW of Point Perpendicular	Jervis Bay	Australia			20	0	49	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries, Graham Russell		Better than this morning's dive. Took off a heap of lead and was much more comfortable. The water was also lighter because the sun was higher. Saw a blue devil fish in the docks, then swam south-east over jumbled boulders with lots of sponges and coral. Found a cuttlefish (as usual) and Graham saw a shark.
453	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	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.
462	8 Aug 1991	Cathedral		Holmes Reef	Australia			41	5	26	Iain Hosking, Garth O'Friel		Dived with Garth as part of a foursome with Simon and Tracy. Garth had buoyancy problems so our descent was slow. Down below us we could see Simon and Tracy, and beyond them the dropoff, so visibility was at least 50m, probably 60m. We joined them eventually, and looked over the edge of the dropoff (and at the Advanced course playing Pictionary) before finning up the slope. Saw nudibranchs, lionfish, clams, parrotfish, butterflyfish.	New wet suit. 20lbs weight.
465	8 Aug 1991	Predator's Playground		Holmes Reef	Australia			7	22	22	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		This is intended to give divers a feel for what it's like to be in a net for a change, with the fish looking in. The fish in this case included two white-tipped reef sharks, and what may have been a grey nurse, with attendant remora. Finally, sharks on a dive.	New wet suit. 20lbs weight.
467	9 Aug 1991	Briggs Reef		Great Barrier Reef	Australia			16	65	65	Iain Hosking, Guy Werner		Last dive of the 'Rum Runner' trip. After another lively overnight trip from Holmes Reef this is the actual Barrier Reef. The difference in visibility was immediately obvious - down from 200 feet to about 30-50 feet. But the coral formations were fantastic in both shape and colour. We swam into the current first to have a leisurely drift back. Surface conditions quite rough.	New wet suit. 20lbs weight.
470	2 Nov 1991	The Docks	NW of Point Perpendicular	Jervis Bay	Australia			18	35	35	Iain Hosking, Cathy Cunningham, Cathy Humphries		Back in Jervis Bay, and back to The Docks. A grey day, but good to get back in the water again. Saw cuttlefish and the usual fish.	82, Arctic. Valve seemed to be leaking air into the suit - had to pull the hose out.
472	3 Nov 1991	Point Perpendicular		Jervis Bay	Australia			21	26	31	Iain Hosking, Cathy Cunningham, Cathy Humphries		Sun back behind the clouds so glum underwater. Concentrated on smaller life eg a tiny, blue nudibranch (probably the one at the bottom of p52 of the nudibranch book). At this point we saw a stingray about three feet across which glided off into the murk. Then back to the littlies.
473	3 Nov 1991	Fairey Firefly VX381		Jervis Bay	Australia			13	13	13	Iain Hosking, Derek ?		Finished off our air on this site (thanks to Ian from Pro-Dive for finding it for us). The Cathys dived together while I dived with Derek who remembered us from Lake Jindabyne in February 1988. The site is very murky and atmospheric. Still an elegant aircraft. Dozens of catfish under wings and tail.
474	3 Nov 1991	Point Perpendicular		Jervis Bay	Australia			16	45	45	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken, Steve Harris		Dived with Sarah and Steve again as the Cathys took it easy. Again more spectacular than the first dive of the day (sorry lads) with extremely large boulders especially towards the end of the dive. Swam back at a shallow depth (5m) with sun slanting through clear water and navigated our way straight to the boat.
475	1 Dec 1991	Bombo	Wollongong	Sydney	Australia			32	22	27	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel, Mary-Ann ?		Just under one year since the last dive on this wreck. Visibility not brilliant but another hot day with a fairly calm sea. Heaps of nannegais - enough to spoil the vis! Very atmospheric inside, with other divers' torches shining through the murk. Dived with Martin and Mary-Ann (nurse from Nepean). Good dive.
476	12 Jan 1992	Midway Reef	Dee Why	Sydney	Australia			33	22	25	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		Scenic dive. Sea not rough but with a strong swell that affected a couple of the divers. Reasonable vis. Plenty of fish (including catfish and a large shoal of sweep) but not much colour because the sky was overcast. (Left Faulconbridge 8.15am, arrived Dee Why 9.30am.)
477	11 Apr 1992	Gap Cave	Boat left from Watson's Bay	Sydney	Australia			22	30	33	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		Scenic dive. Up at 6.30, left Martin's 7.50, arrived Watson's Bay 9am. Boat left at 10. Back at 12. Vis OK. Large cuttlefish, lots of fish, including leatherjackets and groper. Lovely weather. Slight swell. Organised through Herb Adams.
478	6 Jun 1992	Long Reef	Dee Why	Sydney	Australia			23	39	39	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		On Herb's boat (cost $30). Beautiful day. Seas calm, westerly. Strong current. Bottom - boulders and kelp. 3 cuttlefish, one in a large swim-through under a house-sized boulder. Nice light effects here. Saw a new fish [drawing in logbook] - looked like a strip of kelp - same colour of green and with very little control. Long snorkel back to the boat.	Wetsuit, Sportsways DV, Arctic.
479	4 Apr 1994	Shelly Beach	Manly	Sydney	Australia			9	43	43	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Cathy suggested this dive. Tame, safe, long hike to the water but plenty of fish, including a blue groper.	Pretty warm!
480	4 Jun 1994	Barron's Hut	off Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			26	30	30	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		Out with Max again. Up at 5am - pitch black and cold. Left wharf 8am. Good vis. Blue groper, cuttlefish (2 foot long), box fish, wrasse, old wives, stripeys, morwongs. Good gorgonians. Heaps of after-dive food.	Used Max's tank (filled to 260 bar!) and BC.
482	30 Jul 1994	The Balcony	off Royal National Park	Sydney	Australia			18	40	40	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		Remarkably good vis this time. Good wall and heaps of fish - Port Jackson shark, blue groper, old wives, yellowtails, morwong and a cuttlefish. Good feed afterwards.
484	4 Jun 1995	Osborne Shoals		Sydney	Australia			18	40	40	Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken		Sarah's idea, approved by Cathy. Went out with Karl St John ($30). Pissing with rain, but reasonable vis. Big cuttlefish (came out of his cave for a closer look), yellowtail, morwong, blue groper. Afterwards: Guinness at the Mercantile and a visit to the Rocks Sunday Market. A good day.	Dry suit was actually a wet suit. Didn't notice till after the dive, though.
489	15 Sep 1996	The Balcony	off Royal National Park	Sydney	Australia			20	32	32	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy		Organised by Sarah. Others - Andrew, Annette, Maria, Peter (+Susie), Sandy, Justin, Rona. Left home 7.50. Arrived Shiprock Dive 9am. Bought torch. Left quay 10am. Beautiful sunshine - not cold. Water not cold either - no sudden shock like last time. The visibility wasn't tremendous - maybe 20-30ft - but we had a relaxed dive and saw plenty of fish including blue groper, Port Jackson, moray eel, yellowtail, morwongs, scalyfin, leatherjacket. Obviously we were in a different part of the site from the last dive I had there because there weren't as many swim-throughs or walls, but it was still enjoyable. Afterwards we had fish and chips at Bronte beach and took the boys for a quick play in the sea. Bracing.	Wet suit, 82, Arctic etc. Not cold. Others with dry suits suffered leaks.
490	28 Sep 1996	Valiant	NE of Barrenjoey Light	Sydney	Australia			28	20	23	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy		Dived with Atlantis Divers at Palm Beach ($30). Weather overcast and the sea very choppy. I began to feel a little queasy as we circled the buoy waiting for a fisherman to disconnect himself from it. Down at 28m it was mercifully still and peaceful. The vis was sufficient to see the whole wreck, and we swam once round it and inside the crew's quarters and engine room. Plenty of fish - bullseyes, stripey, yellowtail, blennies, goatfish, sergeant baker and a moray eel.	Wet suit, 82 cu ft tank, Arctic & torch.
491	26 Oct 1996	The Pinnacles, Avalon	North of Avalon Beach	Sydney	Australia			19	40	40	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy		Used Atlantis Divers again. Left Faulconbridge 7.30 and had plenty of time before the boat left Palm Beach at 9. The trip out wasn't as rough as that to the Valiant and the headland gave the site some shelter from the southerly. The site is noted for sea dragons and I concentrated on the weed where the rock met the sand until one materialised in front of me. He was quite long - about 12 inches - and I know it was a male because he was carrying eggs, maybe 2 or 3 dozen, each a few mm in diameter, stuck to his belly. He was a 'common' sea dragon (not that common - I haven't seen one in five years, not since Jervis Bay in November 1991) and he didn't move much, obviously believing that camouflage was his best means of defence. Other sights on the dive - Andrew found a small cuttlefish, asleep under an overhang, and the prolific fish life included two porcupinefish (or globe fish), black reef leatherjacket, old wives, roughy, morwong, sergeant baker, blue groper and scalyfin.	Wet suit, 82, Arctic
495	13 Sep 1997	The Docks	NW of Point Perpendicular	Jervis Bay	Australia			19	39	39	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy		Much less swell here, so much more relaxed before and after dive. Dropped in and swam to shore. Big swimthroughs with shoals of nannegai, plus umpteen other varieties, including leatherjacket, wrasse, cale (charcoal grey fish with a hump back, about wrasse size), groper, morwong. Andrew believes he saw a grey nurse shark, but I didn't (as usual).	82 cu. ft. Damper, still not cold. (Water temperature supposedly 16 degrees).
496	13 Sep 1997	The Slot	Point Perpendicular, adjoining The Docks	Jervis Bay	Australia			19	39	40	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy		Dropped in at The Slot, which was beautifully clear, with a bottom of white shell sand and a couple of resident Eastern Blue Devil. At the end we had to brace ourselves against the surge. The view up to the surface was lovely. Once out from The Cut we swam round the cliff back to The Docks, into and out of a couple of caves. Fish: more Eastern Blue Devil, morwong, herring cale, leatherjacket, groper, a moray eel and three Port Jacksons. Also masses of sea tulips and sponges.	82. Dry suit undersuit now quite soggy.
503	15 Jan 2000	The Wall, Long Reef	Collaroy	Sydney	Australia			21	38	45	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy		Left Faulconbridge 7am. Weather glum at first, but brightened on the way - finally warm and sunny. Big swell so didn't do Midway Reef as planned. The Wall is a big site with plenty of fish - morwong, leatherjacket (black reef, yellow-striped), eastern blue devil, blue groper (male + female), juvenile scalyfin, old wide, various wrasse and two cuttlefish. The second cuttlefish was eating a morwong head-first. Jane (Stu the skipper's girlfriend) saw it snatch the fish under an overhang. We only saw the tail of the unlucky fish. Vis not that hot, but enough for Andrew to navigate his way back to the line. Followed up the dive with a bacon & egg butty, then back to the mountains to face the music. Sunday - cycled to Faulconbridge Point Lookout with the boys.	82 cu. Ft, plenty of air for this dive. No torch (forgot the batteries).
504	12 Mar 2000	Fish Reef	off Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			26	30	32	Iain Hosking, Martin Zolfel		Woke at 5.30am and left Faulconbridge at 6.15. After a week's rain we expected zero viz but it was OK (plus it was fairly calm). Round the rock looking at fish, nudibranchs and cup coral. Highlight was an octopus - white legs and black head. Finished 11am.	own
505	9 Apr 2000	Barron's Hut	off Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			27	32	34	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy, Martin Zolfel		Another 8am dive, leaving at 6.15am and arriving at Dolan's Bay Wharf at exactly 7.30. At least with daylight saving ended we had light. Dived with Andrew, Martin and Paul from across the road. Good conditions - sunny with only around 1m swell. Vis reasonably good. Swam through the cave and then north to the split. Saw two 6 foot wobbegongs and two cuttlefish, as well as stripeys, leatherjacket (brown/black with yellow circles round the eyes), groper, morwong, bullseyes, goatfish (feeding energetically in the sand) and nudibranchs, one with orange spots as well as the usual dark red-spottedone. Usual Max Western feast after the dive, plus hot cross buns. Lazy afternoon.	Dry suit, no lifejacket (left it in the car). Too heavy with both weight belts, so too much air in suit, so too warm(!)
513	21 Sep 2002	The Docks	NW of Point Perpendicular	Jervis Bay	Australia			20	36	39	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy, Charlie Oldfield, Martin Zolfel		Beatiful sunny day. Water murky (full of long, jelly blobs). Good swimthroughs. Port Jacksons, morwong, stripey, bullseyes, hawkfish, wrasse, leatherjacket, yellowtail, boarfish, moray and last but not least, a weedy sea dragon. MV "Indulgence" owned and run by Adrian (Cornish) and Annie (a great cook!). Organised through Frogdive, $340.	Wet suit, Arctic
515	21 Sep 2002	Propeller Gutters		Jervis Bay	Australia			9		34	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy, Martin Zolfel		Shallow plowter. Fish: Port Jackson, resting under a rock with its head on the back of a wobbie. Clown toby (Canthigaster callisterna), leatherjacket (various, including mosaic, Eubalichthys mosaicus). Also a new and unidentified fish: sketch in logbook.	Wet suit, Arctic
518	22 Sep 2002	Green Island		Jervis Bay	Australia			9	40	40	Iain Hosking, Matt McKenzie		Very poor vis, but lots to see. Took the camera again and tried shots of Port Jackson, stingray, bull ray (huge), leatherjacket and scalyfin as well as some of the stuff that doesn't run away, like sea squirts. Sunny day again. Matt wrote: Massive bat ray, wobby and Port Jackson. Vis ok. Light on air. Short but sweet.	Wet suit, allow 88
519	21 Sep 2003	Middle Ground	Out from Port Hacking	Sydney	Australia			33	20	20	Iain Hosking, Andrew Kennedy, Martin Zolfel		Blue water (with jelly-like things at the surface). Flat rock reef. A few morwong, small cuttlefish, 2 wobbegongs (nearly head-butted one of them) and about a dozen Port Jacksons. Shoals of yellowtail and bullseyes. Not too cold. Steve [Sea-Tamer's new owner] is still producing the soup, salami, biscuits, cheese etc.	Wet suit, hired tank (22.6% O2) + BC
520	29 Dec 2007	Bare Island	La Perouse	Sydney	Australia			11	27	27	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking, Cameron Hosking		Accompanied Cameron and Brendan on their PADI Open Water Course through Frogdive in Guildford - instructor is Sean). Buddied up with Jim. Conditions were perfect - sunny and calm. Water warm (though some students thought it was cold). saw a groper, rays, wrasse, scalyfin, rock cod and nudibranchs.	Wetsuit, old hood, no gloves. Own 82 (with fill dating from last test in Sept 2003). Arctic, shot belt with all weights (a little heavy - remember to take out 3lbs for the wetsuit).
521	29 Dec 2007	Bare Island	La Perouse	Sydney	Australia			9	32	32	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking, Cameron Hosking		Accompanied Cameron and Brendan on their PADI Open Water course. They looked relaxed and confident, even during drills like mask clearing and compass navigation. They're now qualified divers and looking forward to the next dive. 1 hour interval between dives.	Wetsuit, old hood, no gloves. Own 82 (with fill dating from last test in Sept 2003). Arctic, shot belt with all weights (a little heavy - remember to take out 3lbs for the wetsuit).
527	8 Nov 2008	Shelly Beach	Manly	Sydney	Australia			9		48	Iain Hosking, Bridget Aitchison, Marion Aitchison, Richard C?		Foursome with Bridget, her daughter Marion (15) and Richard. Up at 6am, left at 7, arrived (via M4, ANZAC Bridge, Harbour Bridge) at 8.15am. Parking $8 for 2 hrs, $16 for the day. Quick to kit up, and warm in the water. Swam along the boulder slope to the right, past wrasse, scalyfin, groper, bullseye and yellowtail to a spot with half a dozen wobbegong. Richard took plenty of photos. Marion (who had ear problems) also had a camera. Water 20°C	Dry suit, 82 cu ft, Buddy Arctic, 21 lbs weight. $149 to have seals replaced on dry suit - well worth it, though right sleeve was pretty wet. Maybe another 3 lbs would help maintain positive pressure. To buy: knife straps.
528	17 Jan 2009	Cape Solander	Round from Inscription Point, Kurnell	Sydney	Australia			15		43	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking		$7 park entrance. Overcast cleared ot a sunny afternoon. SE wind so white horses, but easy entrance over rocks. Around 1 hr after high tide. Drifted east in the ebb current and had an energetic fin back. Brendan found a cuttlefish early on, and after much searching we found a weedy sea dragon and took a few photos. Viz reasonably good. Enjoyable dive.	Dry suit (more like a damp suit), 21 lbs, 82 cu ft tank. u/w camera (housing containing cheap film camera). Brendan - my wetsuit, hired BC + tank + reg ($65) + new knife ($65).
529	18 Jan 2009	Bare Island	La Perouse	Sydney	Australia			15		48	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking		Warm Sydney summer day - everyone was at La Perouse so parking was very hard to find. Long walk in full kit up the road, over the bridge, down the steps, under the bridge to the right. Easy entrance to water - snorkelled out and descended to around 5m. Gradually found 7m then over weed down to 15m. Plenty of sponge gardens, nudibranchs (4 varieties), scalyfin, blennies and a decent-sized cuttlefish. No sea dragons. Tricky return with waves on rocks. Hiked back to car, quick change and back to Scuba Warehouse by 5.05pm (it closes at 4pm on Sundays). [Now closed all day Sunday]	Dry suit, 21 lbs (definitely too light!), 82, u/w camera again. Brendan - my wetsuit again, hired gear and the knife, which he lost.
530	25 Jan 2009	Shelly Beach	Manly	Sydney	Australia			7	59	59	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking, Cameron Hosking		Took both Cameron and Brendan diving for the first time since South West Rocks a year ago. For the future, remember diving is a day-long activity. We left Scuba Warehouse around 12pm, Andrew's at 1pm and were in the water around 2pm. Out at 3pm and back to the dive shop (via Andrew's to pick up Alexander and Angus) at 4.20pm (they close at 4). Saw plenty of yellowtail, bullseyes, wrasse, scalyfin and a few big groper, plus a couple of cuttlefish and three wobbegongs. Single stingray at the end.	Dry suit, ~28lbs weight (2 belts), 82, camera, no gloves. With more weight I was warmer, but not drier. There must be a leak.
539	30 Mar 2013	Shelly Beach	Manly	Sydney	Australia			9	57	57	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking, Cameron Hosking		Refamiliarisation for the three of us, especially Brendan, who is off to Cairns on Thursday. Warm day, busy beach ("packed in like penguins", Brendan predicted), good conditions: calm and clear. Plenty of fish: groper, wrasse, scalyfin, leatherjacket, wobbegongs and stingrays. Angus, who was snorkelling, saw 5 small cuttlefish in formation. Air and water temperature both 22°C.	Dry suit, Arctic, hired aluminium tank, 25 lbs
540	31 Mar 2013	Bare Island	La Perouse	Sydney	Australia			14	53	53	Iain Hosking, Brendan Hosking, Cameron Hosking		After a cloudy start to the day the weather came good and La Perouse was at its multicultural best. We were lucky enough to find a parking spot near an ice-cream van, where Cameron, Brendan and I kitted up while Alexander, Angus and Steph found a nearby beach for boules and boogieboarding. We walked down the hill, over the bridge, down the steps on the left and back under the bridge to a flat rock shelf popular with anglers. On submerging, I set a compass course to the left, ie anticlockwise round the island. The vis wasn't nearly as good as yesterday and we were glad of the torches to help stay in touch. Keeping the boulder slope to our left we contoured down to 14m. On the way we found a sizeable cuttlefish in a crevice, and several species of nudibranch, as well as scalyfin, morwong, wrasse, leatherjacket, goatfish, bullseyes and old wives. Towards the halfway mark we were joined by a groper who became an instant friend, sticing close to us, making eye contact and showing a keen interest in whatever we were looking at. Patches of sea urchin spines on the seabed provided clues as to his possible motivation for this friendly behaviour. Cameron and Brendan took their time and looked closer than I probably did, and were rewarded with sightings of small octopus and prawns that I missed. At 100 bar we turned around and followed a reciprocal course back to the entry point, past the same cuttlefish, picking up my dropped snorkel on the way. Exiting was straightforward except for the fishing line, but the owners of said line didn't seem too troubled, and helped disentangle us. Brendan was able to use his knife for its intended purpose. Afterwards I had a round trip to Manly to return the tanks and hire gear, while the others chilled on the beach. Evening meal at the Springwood Gardens Chinese restaurant for Angus' bithday. Air temperature 24°C; water 21°C.	Dry suit, Arctic, hired aluminum tank, 25 lbs
542	5 Oct 2013	Bennetts Head Bommie	Underneath Bennetts Head Lookout	Forster	Australia			10	51	51	Iain Hosking		Much better dive; shallow, relaxed, little current	Dry suit, I think
544	6 Apr 2015	Shelly Beach	Manly	Sydney	Australia			9	62	62	Iain Hosking, Cameron Hosking, Alexander Hosking, Jeremy ?, Max Hogarth		Took Max Hogarth for his first Australian dive, along with Cameron, Alexander and Jeremy. Busy day at the beach. Plenty of fish; no Part Jackson sharks but one wobbegong.	Dry suit, hired aluminium tank
547	30 Dec 2015	Latitude Rock		Forster	Australia			12	48	49	Iain Hosking, Nick Heiniger		Not written up at the time so I'm working from photos. These prove that it was a sunny day, the water was clear and we definitely saw blue groper and a wobbegong. I also recall that I wasn't seasick, thanks to the wonders of Travacalm.	Hired wet suit, alloy tank and BC. 21 lbs
548	30 Dec 2015	Bennetts Head Bommie	Underneath Bennetts Head Lookout	Forster	Australia			9	43	43	Iain Hosking, Nick Heiniger		Second dive of the day, and also not written up at the time, so if we didn't see the wobbegong on the first dive, it was on this one.	Hired wet suit, alloy tank and BC. 21 lbs
549	2 Oct 2016	Latitude Rock		Forster	Australia			19	30	30	Iain Hosking, Nick Heiniger, Iain Hosking, Nick Heiniger		Another sunny day with Forster Dive Centre, made magical by the sight of breaching humpback whales before the dive, and whalesong during it. Fish life included the ever-personable blue groper, stripey and bullseyes, and Nick also found a slipper lobster. This may have been one of those dives where sharks were seen (grey nurse), but not by me.	Hired wet suit, alloy tank and BC. 18 lbs in shot belt
550	2 Oct 2016	Bennetts Head Bommie	Underneath Bennetts Head Lookout	Forster	Australia			11	44	44	Iain Hosking, Nick Heiniger		Second dive of the day, under Bennett's Head lookout (from which we saw humpback whales yesterday).This site features a little cave (big enough for two divers), and highlights were a large eagle ray out in the open and another unidentified ray under a rock. Toadfish were amusing as always, and a little black and white octopus in a crevice rounded out the dive.	Hired wet suit, alloy tank and BC. 18 lbs in shot belt
556	27 Jan 2017	Fly Point		Nelson Bay	Australia			11	16	16	Iain Hosking		Gear test (new Scubapro Mk25 and Oceanic Chute 2 BC). Solo dive. Calm conditions. Plenty of fish but no cuttlefish or octopus this time. Sea pens and a ray instead. Conclusion was that I need to add a little more weight. But it is a smaller tank.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 25lbs (not enough)
559	1 Oct 2017	Latitude Rock		Forster	Australia			17	29	29	Matt Clark, Iain Hosking		Good weather: sunny & light winds (S, 8 km/h). Reasonably large swell (2-3m) but little chop, The swell did mean a lot of wave action even at 17m. Visibility good where it wasn't stirred up; water was blue. Highlights: turtle and lionfish.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 12 litre tank. 29lbs
560	1 Oct 2017	Bennetts Head Bommie	Underneath Bennetts Head Lookout	Forster	Australia			9	40	40	Iain Hosking, Matt Clark		Nick was keen to find a spot with less wave action than the first dive and fell back to this popular but shallow spot. Very light and clear (once again, when not stirred up by the wave action). Highlight was several eagle rays.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 29lbs
561	26 Jan 2019	North Rock	Broughton Island	Nelson Bay	Australia			16	46	49	Iain Hosking		Same site as 28 Jan 2017, and another sunny day. Very warm; wore boardies and t-shirt out to the site and donned the dry suit there. Only real problems were poor vis and heavy swell. But we did see grey nurse sharks. The afternoon dive at Looking Glass was better.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 12 litre tank. 29lbs
563	25 Jan 2020	North Rock	Broughton Island	Nelson Bay	Australia			18	44	47	Iain Hosking		Same site as 28 Jan 2017 and 26 Jan 2019, but no grey nurse sharks this time (at least not seen by me).	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 12 litre tank. 29lbs
567	7 Feb 2021	Magic Point	Cronulla	Sydney	Australia			17	45	48	Iain Hosking, Gordon Pearce		Departed Sans Souci wharf (just west of Rocky Point Road) at 8am in unexpectedly good conditions. Briiefing was comprehensive, and the boar anchor was right above the cave where a couple of grey nurse sharks hang out, so there they were as advertised. Visibility wasn't great but managed to capture a few atmospheric video clips. When we'd seen enough of the sharks (and probably to their relief) we headed left round the end of the reef, where a wobbegong was lying on a ledge. Then back to where the anchor had been, only to find it wasn't there any more. This meant a free ascent, a midwater stop and a fair snorkel back to the boat.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 12 litre tank. 29lbs
568	7 Feb 2021	Magic Point	Cronulla	Sydney	Australia			20	37	40	Iain Hosking, Gordon Pearce		After a mug of soup and a relief stop (yes the boat has a loo) the boat anchored in a slightly different (and deeper) part of the reef. We followed other divers up a boulder slope to the reef and explored left and right. High point for me was a cuttlefish, which displayed as much curiosity about us as the reverse. Water was noticeably colder; I put gloves on. As before, didn't locate the anchor line, so free ascent, midwater stops and an even longer snorkel back to the boat. Bit of a fitness test.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 29lbs
570	6 Nov 2021	Looking Glass	Broughton Island	Nelson Bay	Australia			19	36	39			The boat moored at the same spot, but for this dive Charlie led us on a tour of the caves and swim-throughs outside Looking Glass itself. Much more relaxing. Fish life featured groper and wobbegong. Buddied with Jordan and Christian.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 29lbs
571	30 Dec 2021	Hayden's Rock	off Forster Main Beach	Forster	Australia			8	38	38			Shallow, but lots of grey nurse sharks. Dive led by Keith; other divers Dave, Fiona and Shane.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 29lbs
572	30 Dec 2021	Latitude Rock		Forster	Australia			12	42	43			Started with a spot at the end of a gully with grey nurse sharks. Ended by following Keith through a soup of grey weed looking for a turtle, then back to the line (which was well done).	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 12 litre tank. 29lbs
575	27 Jan 2023	Cod Rock	Broughton Island	Nelson Bay	Australia			16	43	46	Iain Hosking, Paul ?, Molly Jordan, Gillian Anderson-Fox, Guilleamo Disp, Anthony Bathista, Brendan Waters		Well organised dive with plenty of safety checks. Good weather, uncrowded boat (8 people including crew). Visited the cave first, then through a lava tube, looked around the other side and back. Fish life included a large porcupine fish and the usual morwaong, wrasse, and stripey.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 12 litre tank. 29lbs. New Fourth Element undersuit (jacket & pants). Replaced shot belt with one from the shop with 21 lbs.
576	27 Jan 2023	Looking Glass	Broughton Island	Nelson Bay	Australia			15	46	49	Iain Hosking, Paul ?, Molly Jordan, Gillian Anderson-Fox, Guilleamo Disp, Anthony Bathista, Brendan Waters		Good conditions at Looking Glass with minimal swell. Saw only one grey nurse shark (but others saw two). Finished outside the gully and went briefly into Little Looking Glass. Wobbegong, groper, bullseyes etc.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. Weights as for previous dive.
578	24 Sep 2023	Magic Point	Cronulla	Sydney	Australia			16	29	33			Second dive got off to a bad start with an awkward step entry, but was more enjoyable than the first because the mask drops meant I could actually see. We headed south of the cave, guided by Max. Most pics were of the other divers, but I took a few seconds of video of a blue groper.	Fourth Element dry suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 13 kg (29lbs) weight. Go Pro 5. Green C-cell torch (which I dropped at the start of the dive, but recovered).
580	29 Dec 2023	One Mile Gutter		Forster	Australia			8	48	49			Ron refers to this site as South One Mile because it's at the south end of One Mile Beach). Another shallow dive to suit snorkellers. No sharks, but saw an eagle ray (maybe two), smaller rays, wobbegong, Port Jackson skarks, green spotted puffer fish, eastern blue devil and much else.	New Scubapro wet suit, Oceanic Chute 2, 10 litre tank. 18 lb weight belt (plus weights in BC). Go Pro 5. Green C-cell torch. Lost the (old) compass from the BC pocket; left with just a metal buckle attached to the lanyard. High pressure hose had a slow leak, so Gabby replaced it at the shop afterwards.