Jun 2nd. An early start for me - I get up at 6:20 and have a drive to Tukukara to get there by 8. The weather isn't too bad but will worsen later. I get kitted up and the boat heads out for the 45 minute journey to the Islands. The Poor Knights are said to be one of the top ten dive sites in the World according to Jacques Cousteau.
Dive 1 - The Tunnel, After a bouyancy test, we have to return to the boat to get more weight - with the extra thick wet suits it was impossible to dive down - It is much more tricky diving in the cold waters here - 19 degrees C. It was a bit of a shock jumping in but you soon warm up. After sorting out our weights we dive down but do so away from the wall of the tunnel as the boat had moved. This means that we have no reference and swim in totally the wrong direction. We eventually surface and get a tow in to where we should be and then do a quickish dive around. Not a great start really as we saw f*ck all.
Dive 2 - The Magic Wall. This time we go with a guide and it is an excellant dive, We see a huge Stingray, Some big Scorpian fish and some moray eels. Visibility is excellant - 20 metres plus. I do surface a bit earlier as it is a bit nippy but it was cool in both senses. It was raining when I surfaced so I got wet!
On the way back the weather had worsened so yes I was sea sick - wouldn't want to disappoint you vomit fans. Now I am off to the pub to watch the All blacks stuff France.
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