It was billed as Rob Smiths last dive in Australia before he heads back to the warmer waters of the UK, but unfortunately the gear he’d borrowed had other ideas.
The dive started off fine, a fair bit of marine life to look at (however no Wobbies or Port Jackson’s). At almost the turn around point of the dive, Rob indicated that he had a problem with the BCD inflator button, which soon became apparent when he surfaced in a cloud of bubbles, as both the inflator and dump valves were both stuck open (thankfully only from 6m). I have to say I really enjoyed the 500m swim back to the beach. Lessons learnt by Rob, never borrow dive gear off Rob Fenton and secondly know the dive gear you’re using.
Sam joined me for the night dive. Lots of marine life to see and was pretty uneventful until Sams Halcyon Torch randomly exploded underwater. I swear I’m not the common factor in the dive gear failures that day! After switching to his backup, we headed back for a well deserved BBQ and a few beers.
