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New Wreck But What is it?????????
Posted by: Grassy on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 03:27 PM
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Following three failed attempts and several false starts due to weather, nine members of Qldtech met at the lovely hour of 5:45am at Currumbin with the hope of finally locating and diving a possible virgin wreck.
The marks for the site had been passed onto Herb from Palm Beach Dive by a fishing friend with the information that he regularly fished the spot and had pulled up rust on his anchor several times. On our first excursion to the given marks, 30 minutes of sounding the area produced nothing and it was decided to divert to the known site of the Nightlinger in 65 meters. On the second occasion in what can only be described as atrocious weather an hour and a half of sounding again didn’t produce a ripple on the sounder. Not to be outdone a third attempt was organised by Dave last Sunday and with Herb organising for the fisherman to meet us there confidence was high.
Reasonable sea conditions saw us over the target area 40 minutes after departing the boat ramp, again sounding the area resulted in a reduction of confidence however after 15 minutes the fisherman turned up and began sounding also. Confident he had found it we were guided where to drop the shot as we duly did.
Gearing up was not the easiest thing on the rolling boat with 16 stages, 6 sets of twins, two inspirations, a sports kiss and 3 scooters taking every available space on Evolution the 8m orca of Herbs. Once in the nice open spaces of the water divers had to be quick to find shot line before being swept away by a solid current (well the ones not wearing the pink blouses and using scooters). Descending second after 8 minutes of battling the current I was greeted by sand and a dragging anchor on the bottom. With no other divers in sight I was in two minds, should I call the dive and hope to head for another wreck or reel off and see if there is anything around here despite the sounder saying no. Going with the latter I began heading into the current eyes peeled hoping for the distinctive shadow of a wreck to come into view.
After what seemed a 50 meter swim, happy days, it is a wreck!!! I tied in to the port side of what is a 45-meter long debris field. The wreck is largely covered in sand and given the current moving across the wreck this isn’t highly surprising. Moving towards the stern with my head in every hole looking for that elusive porthole it seemed every where I looked I was confronted by either a wobby or a moray eel. Further aft with visibility reduced by a massive school of fish I heard the whip like crack of a tail I would normally associate with that of a startled grey nurse. A split second later parting the school of fish a massive groper flew past, missing me by a couple of feet. Continuing through the school I came upon a single upright boiler standing about 2-3 meters off the sand with fish schooling all over it. Aft of the boiler the wreck seemingly ended though more debris could be seen on the edge of the visibility. I decided against investigating with my reel still tied-in amidships and spool mysteriously missing. Other members who did described the stern of the wreck with rudder still in place but prop missing. With 20 minutes left of bottom time I leisurely continued around to the bow of the wreck and back to my reel. Leaving the wreck with a satisfied feeling of diving on a wreck perhaps not dived before and with such awesome fish life it was time to concentrate on the deco.
Investigation is continuing on the wrecks identity and possible earlier dives on her. She lies in 55 meters of water 10 nautical miles of the Qld NSW's border.
Thanks to Herb for giving us the opportunity to investigate his prospect and to Dave Walton for organising. I personally hope we can get out there again soon as no doubt those that missed out are also. This wreck has the potential to become a very good training wreck for Queensland tech divers.
Divers
David Walton
Gavin Grant
Jeremy Laun
Jonathan Mak
Nick Blake
Nick Powell
Bruce Cushing
Adam Kanine
Rod Bartlett
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