Two dives today with Calypso Divers on the Great Barrier Reef at Opal Reef.

Buddied with Steve for both dives, the first one was down to 15m and the second to just under 14m. Saw lots of reef fish (as per usual out here :-) and a couple of the other divers saw one reef shark but I missed it.

Both dives were led by Steph, one of Calypso's instructors:

...and a Longfin Bannerfish:

Tried all the dive sites to get onto a dive tomorrow but all were fully booked. Fortunately a late phone call due to a cancellation from Poseidon Divers saved the day.

Went out to Agincourt Reef and did three dives with them: buddied with a guy from just down the road in the UK (Suffolk), Richard, who had dived with Poseidon a few times previously - a good recommendation there!

The second dive of the day was an Irish Drift Dive: this is where you start the dive and go against the current for the whole time, absolutely knackering!

The third dive was excellent though. Deepest was 12 metres and the vast majority was at 4 -5 metres winding through the reefs, brilliant! T-shirts getting more expensive the further North we go though - $55 Aus for this one, ouch!!

Big thanks to Andy and Richard today.