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Today, I finally dove the Indian Ocean.

I completed two dives today. The first was called Batsata Rock and was about a 20 minute boat ride from Millers, Point. The boat entry was a back roll and what struck me first was how much colder the water was than I had expected. Then my mask filled with water, then I almost lost my camera. It was just going to be one of those dives. My first after not diving for a while usually is. It didn’t take long to finally get orientated but the visibility wasn’t that great and I spent a lot of the diving fumbling through my new camera trying to get some good pictures. It luckily wasn’t too bad and wasn’t long before I was able to figure out the flash. Near the end of the dive a current picked up which bounced us around a little bit.

Max depth: 66ft
Dive time: 44 min
3 min safety stop @ 15ft

Second dive was actually pretty awesome. The SAS Pietermaritzburg was formerly called the HMS Pelorus. This vessel was a minesweeper during WWII and lead the invasion on D-Day in Normandy. It was sunk in 1994 to form an artificial reef. Diving historic wrecks always feels like such an honor, and swimming on the decks of history is something that will never get old. This dive was even colder but went by pretty fast. I got to see a Pajama Shark on this dive which was pretty cool. I chased it inside the wreck for as long as I could before it went too far in. This wreck has claimed the life of more than one diver, the most recent was found in the vessel only three weeks ago.

Max depth: 54ft
Dive time 37 min
3 min safety stop @15ft

Stubs.

Apppreciate you blogging this

Comment by Agnes Otzelberger October 27, 2023 @ 10:19 am

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I’m glad you liked it!

Comment by stubsadventures October 28, 2023 @ 11:31 pm

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