Diving

Dives

I've dived with Tony Longhurst 4 times:

Dive number Date Site Location Area Country Wreck Freshwater Depth (m) Bottom time (min) Total time (min) Divers Quality Summary Equipment
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First dive Last dive 		20 Nov 1988 Royal Shepherd South Head Sydney Australia Wreck site 27 19 31 Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst Three stars 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.
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First dive Last dive 		20 Nov 1988 North Head Sydney Australia 21 24 39 Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst Three stars 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.
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First dive Last dive 		26 Nov 1988 South Head Sydney Australia 36 14 29 Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst Three stars 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.
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First dive Last dive 		27 Nov 1988 Coolooli Long Reef Sydney Australia Wreck site 37 10 20 Iain Hosking, Scott Brown, Tony Longhurst Three stars 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).