Wellington has had its worst start to summer in 10 years, so this is my first dive of the summer and 2025. After a month of southerlies and swells on the south coast, things finally calmed down to a point where we could reasonably dive.

It was a nice day for diving, so we were off to Ōwhiro Bay with Dive HQ. I tried the Underwater HDR mode on my OM System Tough TG-7, but it made the pics a bit blurry. It's not the best for action shots.

Some Blue Cod at the site.

Blue Cod

It didn't take long to find the Yung Pen shipwreck and the nest of crayfish that call it home.

Yung Pen

Crayfish

There was also a family of Marblefish taking shelter in the wreck.

Marblefish

The "gravel road" had some common fish as well.

Blue Moki

Scarlet Wrasse

On the way back to shore, my dive buddy picked up the remains of a road cone (a common creature in Wellington) and tried to get a blue cod's opinion on it.

Traffic Cone

I've taken to using iNaturalist NZ for fish identification and the findings for the day are at Observations on 2025-01-25.

Location: Wellington, North Island, Taputeranga Marine Reserve, New Zealand

Dive Number:   264 Bottom Time: 52m Time In: 9:56 a.m. Tank In: 197 PSI Max Depth: 9.10 ft Table Used:

Mix:   Air Safety Stop: Time Out: 10:48 a.m. Tank Out: 90 PSI Average Depth: 6.30 ft Start Pressure Group:

Surface Interval:   End Pressure Group:

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