ALL DIVES IN SYDNEY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
DIVING ACRONYMS
In this log I use some acronyms to make it easier for me to remember where I went and what I saw:
LOCATIONSÂ
(Mostly at Bare Island unless otherwise stated - see website pages for locations)Â
SHR - Sea horse rock
OHR - Opera House rocks
STR - Sea tulip rocks
SHC - Sea horse corner
BR - Block rock (also Big Rock at Inscription Point)
RIFR - Red indianfish reef
IR1 -Isolated Reef 1
IR2 -Isolated Reef 2
15MR - 15 Metre Reef
LR - Long rock
AR - Anglerfish rock
N, S, E, W, NE, NW etc - compass headings
LBR - Little big rock at Inscription Point
ER - Exit Rock at Inscription Point
SR - Split Rock at Inscription Point
FISH ETC
BIA - Bare Island Anglerfish (red fingered anglerfish)
PPH - Pygmy pipehorse
BBSH - Big belly sea horse
RIF - Red indianfish
USDP - Upsidedown pipefish
PJ - Port Jackson shark
VISIBILITYÂ
Shithouse - less than 2 m
Very Poor - 2 to 4 m
Poor - 4 to 6 m
Fair - 7 to 10 m
Good - 10 to 15 m
Very Good - 15 to 24 m
Excellent - 25 to 30 m
Very Excellent - 30 m+
1 July 2026 - Barrens Hut/ The Split
Calm seas but very slight E shop which made it annoying coming out of Port Hacking and at anchor as side on. Very slight current from N down to 14 m then nothing. Viz was at least 10 to 12 metres but milky. Anchor was on reef top so had to drop it over wall and then move to a good spot. Then up Split to N end and back outside. Hundreds of mado at the end of the Split. Back to anchor and then thousands of yellowtail. Went to the Tunnel and then to Cave. Bastard trumpeters and red morwong in Cave. Back via the rear crack, some more trumpeters and morwong at the end. A few blue morwong seen but no tiger anemones or donuts. Spent last bit around anchor and then up. No whales seen or heard today. A good dive. Visibility good.
2 July 2026 - Bare Island Deep Wall
Went in off W point as millpond seas. A milky 5-6 metres, perhaps a little more. Cool 16.1C. Lots of opera house nudibranchs near The Bubbles. Back via RIF Reef, none of course there. A purple-lined nembrotha on the Deep Block. Then to 15 MR where there was a fine-lined tambja and a Vercos tambja (Parramatta nudi). Back to SHC, the wobbegong shark from Sunday still on top in crack. no sawtooth pipefish but one USDP. The two PPH are still around and another fine-lined tambja on OHR. The BBSH was on STR today. Lots of small leatherjackets from 8 m back shallow. No RIF again. A very good dive. Visibility fair.Â