Dive Pacific Iss 171 Oct- Nov 2019
New Zealand's dive magazine featuring in this issue: Shooting big sharks, up close; Spearfishing at night!; Remembering a great Kiwi dive pioneer, Wade Doak; Forgotten Vanuatu wreck's claim to fame; The invasive Lionfish - in depth, plus all our expert columnists
New Zealand's dive magazine featuring in this issue: Shooting big sharks, up close; Spearfishing at night!; Remembering a great Kiwi dive pioneer, Wade Doak; Forgotten Vanuatu wreck's claim to fame; The invasive Lionfish - in depth, plus all our expert columnists
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myself, Guy Bate and Dave Pearce,<br />
went down the shot line, spent our<br />
allocated time on the reef, and on<br />
the way back were passed by Team<br />
Two - Andrew Simpson, Darryl<br />
Lowndes and Ian Skipworth – who<br />
came down the same shot line that<br />
we ascended<br />
…We were keen to spend as much time as possible in this<br />
untouched place so we planned for a bottom time of 40<br />
minutes, which required a total run time, using our chosen<br />
gases, of just over three hours…<br />
…We were keen to spend as much time as possible in this<br />
untouched place so we planned for a bottom time of 40<br />
minutes, which required a total run time, using our chosen<br />
gases, of just over three hours …<br />
Marker buoys deployed<br />
From the first decompression<br />
stop, Team One deployed the<br />
SMB to which the surface crew<br />
then attached our floating deco<br />
buoy with additional bail-out<br />
gases. There was next to no water<br />
movement so keeping the floating<br />
deco line attached to the shot line<br />
was relatively simple.<br />
This was indeed part of<br />
the plan so that Team<br />
Two would meet up<br />
with us during decompression,<br />
release the<br />
floating deco line from<br />
the shot line, and have<br />
all six divers decompress<br />
together under<br />
the floating deco buoy,<br />
and this would allow the<br />
surface crew to follow<br />
us in the tender if we<br />
should drift.<br />
The one unforeseen<br />
scenario that occurred<br />
was that the deco buoy<br />
pulled on the shot line<br />
somewhat, dragging<br />
it out across the sand<br />
away from the reef, so<br />
Team Two found they<br />
had to follow its drag<br />
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