For the first dive of the day, I was buddied up with a newly minted Advanced Open Water diver. Naturally, he was inexperienced and a bit nervous. I led the dive and the plan was to go "around the block" from Princess Bay to Houghton Bay but that we would turn back if he was running low on air. We wound up turning back. 😁

Along the way we did get to see the usual suspects.

Banded Morwong

Blue Cod

Kina

Blue Moki

Purple Wrasse

Towards our turning point, I saw this impressive Giant Kelp. I wish I had taken a depth reading at the base of the kelp to get an idea of how high it was. It was definitely at least 10+ metres tall.

Giant Kelp

On club dives, you sometimes get buddied with less experienced divers and that's cool. Everyone needs to learn. However, I don't feel so bad about my own air consumption now. 🙂

I've taken to using iNaturalist NZ for fish identification and the findings for the day are at Observations on 2025-02-15.

Location: Wellington, North Island, Wellington, New Zealand

Dive Number:   268 Bottom Time: 40m Time In: 10:56 a.m. Tank In: 196 PSI Max Depth: 17.50 ft Table Used:

Mix:   Air Safety Stop: 3m Time Out: 11:36 a.m. Tank Out: 80 PSI Average Depth: 11.20 ft Start Pressure Group:

Surface Interval:   End Pressure Group:

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