Anyone dived SW Bank off Rockingham?
Submitted by Goodz on Mon, 2013-02-18 10:28
Just wondering if anyone has dived the SW bank before. Interested to know what it looks like down there with the steep 10m+ edges and some of the bombies/caves I've sounded out there. One lump I found came up to 18m! Any video footage or pics anyone?
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kmo
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Yep but no photos
I've freedived there a coupla times. Never saw a lot of fish, but the ground is pretty amazing with huge dropoffs and caves.
Goodz
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What depth were you free
What depth were you free diving to? Yeah pretty fished out that area. Must be a few crays about there tho?
kmo
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Just past 20m
A little past 20m, but I can't recall the exact depth. We anchored over the shallow point around 19m and worked around it, trying for pelagics mainly but checked under a few ledges. Every time I've been out there thas has been other boats, so I figured it is fished pretty hard.
I didn't have much time on the bottom to look for crays though!
Vinesh87
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I have dived a bit around
I have dived a bit around the area. I generally find those massive drops and huge caves dobt hold big numbers of crays like the smaller 2-3m bombies. Have done whole dives not seeing a cray there.
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We free dive it often. Good
We free dive it often. Good ground there