19 February 2010

2010 Australian Bluewater Freediving Classic takes place on the 27-28 March 2010.

I have had a rough time recently. When I have spare time the water is terrible and when the water clears I am working. Sucks! But a good southerly has been blowing and we have warm water against the coast. Cobia have been taken as have some Spanish. The good news is the number of snapper around. I have seen a few but they are difficult. Probably time to start targeting them specifically. When you concentrate on a particularly difficult species, it is amazing how well you do with the others as an added bonus.

My little brother is coming over to Australia and we are heading north on the trip of a lifetime. John featherstone of Spearfishing Downunder Magazine has invited us up to the Coral Sea on an expeditionary/exploratory spearfishing safari. I am relieved that we will have a variety of dive conditions for my brother and hope to add a number of personal bests to my tally.

Samsonfish, blue-bar parrotfish, pearl perch and kingfish are around, you just have to find some viz. The viz is patchy but a question of moving 500m to 1 kilometre may mean the difference between 2m or 20m. The ocean is quite remarkable. Finally it sounds as though some wahoo are making an appearance but I have not heard of any big ones. Perhaps when the viz settles things should improve.