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Hello from Tasmania

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Hi Elemental, have you got some photo's of your diving site(s) it would be cool to see and hear what diving in Tasmania is like!

Love, Courage and Water,

Kars
 
Hi Kars,

No pictures yet, waiting to get an UW camera.
Vis at the moment is poor as we have had alot of rain the past few weeks, and the fresh seems to push fish out deep.
Water temp is between 12-14deg Celsius, but with a 7mm cant feel a thing :D
Here is a vid from a local guy who spears near where I spear.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66HyZ85NCtg]YouTube - Spearfishing Tasmania[/ame]


this one is north of where I'm at, beautiful diving there though! Only a few hours away.
 
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Wow Elemental, very, very impressive footage, you're lucky to live over there!
Have you also got some nice shielded deep waters for deep diving?
 
Hi kars

Yeah we are blessed to live here in Tasmania it's an amazing place. I am not sure about sheltered deep diving areas. I'm in the process of getting an inflatable boat so when I can get out more I'll hook up the sounder and see what's around.
How about you are there sheltered areas in the NL?
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Well here we got some doug out inland small lakes, mostly 20 - 30m deep, dark, murky green brown sweet water. Then there is the the Northsea which is a sand bottom, shallow with most of the time little visibility and lot's of current. And finally we've got Zeeland (The Original ! - LOL )where the the sea inlets are all but one dammed off. Another arm has got this very expansive movable dam to counter extreme NW storms to prevent national disasters such as happened in 1953 flood. Those arms are pretty nice to dive in, but as guess the visibility is generally poor, the water green, and on average hovering between 12 - 18 c. Not deep either, about 30m at the deeper parts. There are some deeper parts, but those are extremely dangerous with over hanging sand and swift currents far from the shore.
In terms of animals, we've got lobsters, eels, brass, various kinds of flat fish, catfish, sepia, harder, mussels, oysters, sea stars, kelp, anemones, jellyfish (harmless ones)

Here's a video of a typical scuba dive near a well known spot called the Zeeland brug (Zeeland bridge). The visibility in this video approaches the average of 3 - 5 m.

 
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Thanks Kars, cool to see the difference in diving sites. Our vis today was terrible! made your netherland vis look awesome. We have had lots of storms and rain so lots of particles floating around.
 
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