Cows and Crabmeat

Yesterday was my first time back in the water here in South Australia this year, and boy did I experience a juxtaposition of diving worlds. From an Irish winter off the south-west coast of Kerry, where 9-degree water was the warmest place to be, to an Adelaide heatwave in the low to mid-40s and an ocean like bathwater.

Yesterday's dive under Port Hughes jetty was like taking a 2-hour leisurely soak in a spa filled with beautiful marine life.

As Port Hughes is part of Spencer Gulf, it has so far been able to escape the algal bloom currently ravaging our local Gulf of St Vincent. Thank you, Diana and Amanda, for such a wonderful start to diving here in South Australia again.

Port Hughes has long been a favourite of local Adelaide divers and has one of the most prolific communities of cowfish that I know about. Here, both Shaw's and ornate cowfish are lining up for a seafood dish of their own.


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