Andi and I did another test dive off of Powell Islets today.
The visibility is improved from just over a week ago on a less than bright day but still lots of clumpy particles and piles of krill in the water where we were. Vis at 50 ft about 50 ft. Vis at 100 about 25-30 feet.
Hope this improves a bit more over the next couple weeks.

We managed to get a few prawns while we were there.

I have not been diving or boating much as the visibility is still very poor. Andi and I did however get out yesterday to check on visability and do a light check and comparison  at Mermaid. Could not have asked for better daylight conditions to check out lights in. It was similar to night diving. Vis is about 25 ft at 115 ft and less in mid range of water column 40-90 ft. These water conditions have got me working on house while waiting for bloom to disappear and camera gear to arrive. Big thanks to Randy at Piranha Dive for the 220 lumen handlight's . I shall be using mine all the time as it is almost as bright as a light cannon and about 1/4 the size and weight.

April 11 2010.

I've been away from the blog a bit because of having a head cold , stormy weather locally and poor visibility brought on by the weather.

Andi and I moved Gradient back to Lund yesterday. Gorgeous sunny day. We did not get a dive or 2 because of our colds but look forward to diving later  this coming week.

I have been busy finding myself a new camera. Many thanks to Jack Connick of Optical OceanSales.com and Ryan Canon and Tony of Reef Photo and Video for their  help and assistance during the process.

After much research I chose a Nikon D90 with Nauticam housing, viewfinder and ports to support a 60mm Nikon macro lens, a Zen 100 small dome for a 10-17 Tokina wide angle. I added a 17-70 Sigma for an all round lens but have no port for it so it will have to stay ashore for now. The Sigma should get plenty of action at the start before i head into the water as i transition from my trusty Fuji E900 to my  first DSLR. While loving my E900 i look forward to receiving and getting in the water with the new rig as soon as possible.