Tweed River NIGHT DIVE

Curious how our lovely dive sites look like at night? What fish, critters and creatures show up in the dark and turn the dive sites into a totally different world?

Come along to a Night dive at the Tweed river!

We have seen eagle rays, sleepy turtles, bullrays, big yellow catfish, moray eels, octopus and other interesting visitors during the night.

Take a sneak peak here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUzaKOEBFcw

The Tweed river is an easy dive site, so that even less experienced divers can engage in their first night dive experience. With just four days before new moon, we should have a big tide (1.1m) with lots of clear water and thus improved visibility. Come along and explore :-)

Times: Meeting time: 3:30 pm; High tide: 5:30 pm ; Slack water: ~6:00pm

Meeting Point: Parking area, Coral Street, Tweed heads

Organiser:  Melanie Oey & Donna Easton

Volunteers for surface watch/assistant dive manager are needed.

See Member List for email address and phone number.

Diver grades: All levels welcome!

Training: If you want to do specific training this must be organised in advance, with an instructor attending the trip. Please note that if you have not done a night dive before, this would be considered a training dive - please let us know your plans before 19th April.

Equipment: A minimum of ONE torch and a glow stick, preferrably two torches. Full SCUBA kit including your own tank and weights.  Divers should carry knife/line cutter, whistle, DSMB and reel, compass and snorkel.

Hiring of Equipment: Contact Hannah for if you need to hire any club kit.  Alternatively you can hire tank & weights etc from Kirra Dive http://www.kirradive.com (consider opening hours for returns!)

Costs: No costs (apart from your own costs of tank fills and fuel for carpooling if required).

Travel: We will make the participant list available to assist with carpooling.

Food: We'll have afternoon tea beforehand. We can go for dinner after. Please let me know if you are interested.