Sad news from down under and local to me. 2 diver fatalities at Mornington Pier near Melbourne. Pier diving is very popular inside Port Phillip Bay - see my last trip report from last Thursday for a pier dive just a few minutes north of Mornigton https://www.thediveforum.com/showthr...170#post320170
reports are saying 1 female instructor and 1 male - very sad.
everyone thinks diving in Aus is all like the (not so) Great Barrier Reef but not down here - very much like Cornwall. As we start to go into winter, water temperature is currently 13c and out of the bay we get huge swells - even down at 30ms you can sometimes feel them. It can also get very windy
Mornington Pier is a good shore dive but this tragedy will be felt right round Melbourne
Not a good way to go into the long weekend
reports are saying 1 female instructor and 1 male - very sad.
everyone thinks diving in Aus is all like the (not so) Great Barrier Reef but not down here - very much like Cornwall. As we start to go into winter, water temperature is currently 13c and out of the bay we get huge swells - even down at 30ms you can sometimes feel them. It can also get very windy
Mornington Pier is a good shore dive but this tragedy will be felt right round Melbourne
Not a good way to go into the long weekend
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