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07 September 2010 20:39

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Current Kirrawee Weather

A summary of the current weather conditions at our house at Kirrawee, Sydney, is below. Click here for more Detailed Diving Weather and Conditions. Weather from Michael McFadyen's Tempe Weather Station

Conditions at 20:29 on 7/9/10

Temperature 12.3°C

Humidity 65%

Barometer 1022.05hPa
Rate 0.719hPa/hr

Wind Speed: 0 km/hr

Wind Direction SW

Rainfall for Today 0.00mm

Rainfall last hour 0.00 mm

Rainfall last 24 hours 0.00 mm

Rainfall at Start of Month 0.00 mm

Rainfall this Year 0.00 mm

Today's Extremes

High Temperature 16.9°C at 11:35

Low Temperature 8.5°C at 4:14

Peak Wind Gust 0km/hr at 0:00

Weather from Michael McFadyen's Kirrawee Weather Station

Yesterday's Extremes

High Temperature 21.1°C at 14:19

Low Temperature 9.6°C at 6:13

Rainfall at Start of Yesterday 0.00 mm

Rainfall at End of Yesterday 0.00 mm

Weather from Michael McFadyen's Tempe Weather Station

Astronomical Data

Sunrise 6:09

Sunset 17:43

Moonrise 4:52

Moonset 16:20

Sydney Dive Site Hints

	"The MV Malabar has an indentical sistership in Port Moresby Harbour"

Dive Incident Reports

Dive Incidents Over the years I have had witnessed a couple of minor incidents (not my buddies) as well as investigated a couple of even more tragic events. A couple of these are included here. I do not claim to be an expert in the area of training or theory as I am neither an instructor nor even a divemaster. However, I do have the experience of almost 3,000 dives in all sorts of situations with a large number of these dives being deeper than 40 metres.

On two occasions I have had problems well after a dive had been completed (nothing happened during the dive). Both of these involved severe dizziness. One was certainly an inner ear trauma incident but the reason for the other is more difficult to determine. It may have been inner ear trauma, inner ear infection or decompression sickness (unlikely I think).

I have also included a couple of reports from friends who had problems on dives as well as my comments on some well known Australian incidents where divers died.

I encourage you to read these reports as they should help you to be a safer diver.

Deaths of Two American Divers - Great Barrier Reef

Diving Inquest Report - Death of Two Divers on Wreck of Himma - October 1991

Further Report on Death of Two Divers on Wreck of Himma - October 1991

Rapid Ascent due to Poor Equipment and Lack of Octopus

Suspected DCS - Female

Diving with an Idiot

Severe Dizziness - Ear Trauma

Severe Case of Dizziness thought to be DCS but was likely Ear Trauma

Another Severe case of Dizziness - Probably Ear Infection

Decompression Sickness after uneventful dive

I Learned Something From That! Three divers adrift at sea off Sydney

Aussies Adrift off Florida

Blue Water Ascent from 60 metres

Diver Dies at Bondi Beach

The Three Stooges - Three Divers who Go Up the Wrong Anchor when doing a 47 Metre dive!

Sea Urchin Spiking - Pain from tiny sea urchins spines for more 15 months and still ongoing

My Diving Injuries

Confirmation of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution - the short dive career of Dave Shaw

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