For the second dive of the day, I was buddied up with a couple of less experienced divers. I led the dive and the plan was to dive off Princess Beach into Houghton Bay and that we would turn back when running low on air. We wound up turning back sooner than later. 😁

Along the way we did get to see the usual suspects and one not-so-usual suspect.

Variable Triplefin

Crayfish

Grey Massive Sponge

Genus Polymastia

Banded Morwong

Scarlet Wrasse

Cook's Turban

The one slightly rarer sighting was this Green-boned Butterfish. Personally I can't recall seeing one before but I probably have and just didn't know what I was looking at. It was very reactive and bolted as soon as I got within sight of it.

Green-boned Butterfish

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:   269 Bottom Time: 41m Time In: 12:47 p.m. Tank In: 196 PSI Max Depth: 14.80 ft Table Used:

Mix:   Air Safety Stop: 3m Time Out: 1:28 p.m. Tank Out: 85 PSI Average Depth: 8.70 ft Start Pressure Group:

Surface Interval:   1h 0m End Pressure Group:

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