Sir William McPherson 26th February.
Divers: Mark, John and Brenden

The alarm goes at 4am. it?s early, really early and dark. Diving the "graveyard" always means an early start. Which is good, because mostly the conditions at the beginning of the day are the best. Today they will be "the very best". On the boat in the dark, we?re all bleary eyed but keyed up. A quick dive brief and then the noise of the engines drowns out the will to talk and we all sit down and contemplate the coming dive and the sun rise that is beginning to glow in the eastern sky. The rip today is benign , no standing waves just "glass" as the dive boat skims through it rapidly and out into bass strait. The clouds are high and tinged with pink that becomes brighter and brighter as the sun rises slowly.
Slowly we all spring into motion, gearing up, slings on, ready to go whilst the shot is set and then we are "good to go" The water is oily calm, dark dark blue and beautiful.
Awake now we drop down the shot, the vis at 10m is awesome. This could be good. As we descend further it gets darker and darker and the vis drops with a pronounced drop in the temperature. Not this time for great vis but this will still make for an interesting dive. In womb like conditions we are enveloped by the darkness. Our torches criss crossing each other as we make our way along the wreck. There is a lot to see, revealed only by our torch light. Having dived here only three weeks ago, in the conditions it is hard to visualize the wreck and our location on it. Twenty minutes goes very quickly. The "up" is given and we begin our ascent up to the bright clear water at 6m for our "deco". Lots of different jellies to peer at help to pass the time and soon we are taking in the early morning sun on the surface. A great dive for quite different reasons.

Brenden