Lancelin WA
Wreck of the Key Biscayne
| Max depth | 35.1 m |
| Dive time | 43 min |
| Bottom time | 20 min |
| Deco stops | 1 min @ 9 m, 8 min @ 6 m, 2 min @ 3 m |
Came down the tether line and followed the upper edge of the platform, like cruising past a space station. Large structures - legs, ladders - all encrusted with greyish-green texture. Large solitary ascidians. A large baldchin groper was hiding. Some tiddly fish.
Ascended slope of the platform (which looked like its own sandy bottom except for the metallic sound). Lots of large fixed animals widely spaced apart. Rust holes gave us windows down into the wreck. Berwin showed me a couple of wobbegongs - no it was one huge wobbegong about 2 m long.
Banded sweep, crested morwong came past. Blue striped goatfish.
Meanwhile back at the dome, batfish circled around,; we looked in a hole and saw 2-3 crays - a rock cod promptly shot into the hole and blocked Berwin's access to the crays. King wrasse, purple sponges (soft fork shapes), white cauliflower sponges were everywhere.
More batfish and sea jellies at the deco stop.
| temp | 21°C |
| rubber | 5mm titanium wetsuit, hood; OK |
| weight | 7 lb (integ); OK |
| tanks | 12.2 l steel + 3 l pony |
| BC | SeaQuest Pro QD |
| gas used | 146 bar |
| average depth | 21.3 m |
| gas mix | EANx 32 |
| MAD | 33.7 m (1.4), 36.8 (1.5) |
| EAD max | 29.0 m |
| ppO2 max | 1.44 ata |