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我很确定我上周做了今年最后一次潜水。1zplay相反，我们在年底前偷偷放了一个。这次，我们撞上了臭氧和自治领的残骸。臭氧和自治领是坐落在锯齿头海滩外的残骸，用作防波堤。这些沉船位于约2-4米深的水中，显然是潜水训练的热门地点。1zplay你不会意识到这有多浅，直到你开始走到沉船。这是正确的。理论上你可以走到沉船那里，那里很浅。臭氧号是一艘在19世纪80年代末服役的桨式轮船，直到1918年退出服役。它于1925年沉没，由于它所在的水域很浅，从岸边还能看到它的一些碎片。 The Dominion was a wooden barque built in 1875 and converted into a lighter (a barge to transport goods) in 1902. Somewhere along the way it was purchased in 1925 and with the Ozone, was to be used as a breakwater. Apparently vandals set fire to the Dominion before it was scuttled, presumably speeding the process along to having it turn into a breakwater. Let me tell you about the conditions of the day. We had ourselves two days of Westerly wind blowing at anywhere from 20 to 25 knots which roughly translates to 37-45km/h winds. It was a little strong to say the least, and occasional streaks of rain not helping the case. I agreed to doing the dive as I thought with the location of the wrecks, the Bellarine Peninsula would protect us from the effects of a W-SW wind. So in theory, the water should not be choppy, though the rain might have dropped vis a notch or two. Upon entering the water, we discovered two things. Firstly, I was right about what the water would be like. Secondly, if we are going to dive on a day with heavy winds and rain preceding it, don't bother taking the camera out. But I did, so I had to salvage what I could and instead took pictures of seaweed. Fun. Visibility in the water was shocking at about 2-3 metres, making any attempts to actually take photos of the wrecks underwater absolutely futile with sediment everywhere. So I just screwed on my macro lens and went to town on things that would not be affected too much by the poor visibility. I imagine if the visibility wasn't so rubbish, this would be a very good wreck to take photos of, but it was not to be today. Otherwise water was a balmy 18°C. So warm good ol' Chris didn't even bother donning his wetsuit (not by choice, actually forgot to bring it). Things spotted: Old wives, one juvenile smooth ray within the wreck, pilotfish, some whiting, several smooth toadfish, a goatfish, and what I can only assume was a decent sized groper. No pictures of ANY of these because guess what, visibility was rubbish. I slowly grow jealous of people who can take pictures of fish, and people who get to dive warm tropical waters.