To be honest I had decided to commit to last Saturdays dive even though I was certain it wouldn’t go, the weather all week was looking like crap with massive winds and flogging rain! So fair to say I was a little surprised to get an SMS from our president saying that the weather was looking reasonable on his computer and that we will all go and check the sea out the next morning!
At 7am I arrived after a 2 hour drive from my home, at Ettalong wharf to meet Charlie, Andrew, Mike and a few minutes later Arthur arrived in our boat from his place. We were kitted up and aboard the boat in record time this day and it wasn’t long before we were headed out into the channel on our way.
Getting into some more open sea we all realised very quickly that the ocean was in fact as flat as a board. This helped us arrive to the wreck of the birch grove in record time! The weather had treated us today with not a trace of wind, rain and hardly a current.
With great ease I slip my tanks on, attach my mixes and roll over the side into almost lake like conditions where I caught up and descended with Charlie. Down we went to find the anchor resting amongst the bow section where we secured it fast to the wreck. The viz was a comfy 8-10 metres and the temperature I’m told was a little on the cool side.
Deco obligations conducted and we were all back on the surface greeted by Mikey and some jelly snakes!
It’s not often we are greeted with such pristine weather. I was convinced the day was going to be a write off. How glad I am that I was wrong. The old salts of the club had made the right call, one that paid off in kind.
Look forward to seeing more of you out on the water soon!
Reminder we have the wreck of the commonwealth this coming Saturday the 8th in 43 metres, so if you are capable of this dive please contact Michael ASAP 
Cheers Spiro
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