Matt Bird
I have been diving since 1989, starting at the age of 12. My experience in diving varies: Reef diving Wall diving Drift diving Wreck diving Marine biology research diving Maritime Archaeology research diving Fresh and Saltwater cave diving Night Diving Thermal lake diving -limited Nitrox (need to do the course). Not all my dives are recorded here, I unfortunately lost one log book on a research trip to Magnetic Island, Queensland in 2000. Approximately 40 to 45 dives were recorded between the period of the 07/98 to 05/2000. Varying from recreational to research (marine biology/archaeology dives). Locations varied from Magnetic Island, Heron Island and varying other locations on the Great Barrier Reef (still not happy about this). Note: Dive locations on Nauru are named after common place of entry to the site or districts.
Lieux où j'ai plongé
- Nombre total de plongées absentes de Diveboard:
Ce nombre est ajouté au nombre total de plongées consignées sur Diveboard (publiques ou privées) pour ajuster la statistique "Nombre total de plongées) - Plongées publiées:234
- Nombre total de plongées:274
- Plongées cette année:0
- Temps total d'immersion sur Diveboard:7 jours 9 h 4min
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Australie - Plongée la plus profonde:
34m sur Coron Bay, Philippines - Plongée la plus longue:
117min - Lizard Island, Queensland, Australie - Photos du carnet:2
- Nombre d'espèces identifiées:18
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1990-11-01 Nauru New Location
Ijuw DistristThis day was a special dive. I was buddied with a member (at the time)of the Cousteau Society, Ian Chapman. Ian Chapman was the one of the scouting frontmen and for the Cousteau Society in the late 80's and early 90's. His job entailed going to potential filming locations and scouting out the diving along with the interesting aspects of the local communities and society. A documentary was produced on Nauru but the Nauru Government did not allow it to be screened as it portrayed the truth about Nauru. An Island that was in a downward spiral economically and environmentally as a result of the demise of the phosphate mining industry and the countries wealth. However, this dive was just awesome. The visibility was easily +60 meters. Amazing amounts of fish and a lot of Sharks. This was the first time I encountered Grey Reef Sharks. These are small but powerful looking shark that displayed their threat posture frequently with a few barrel rolls here and there(just intimidation display). I counted 16 Grey reef sharks and I lost count how many White and Black tip reef sharks I saw. Ijuw in Nauru is very often the point of the Island that the local ocean currents impact its coast. As a result there appears to be more fish and shark activity in this area. Great dive
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1989-11-29 Nauru New Location
Meneng Squash CourtsSaw a baby whale shark and found a nice big dive knife.
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1989-10-15 Nauru New Location
Meneng Primary SchoolVery Big surf at high tide(2 to 3 meter surf). First time to get dumped by a wave on entry. On exit I was separated from my Buddy due to rough conditions caused by an incoming tropic storm. I relied upon training and my experience. 1st time to swim underneath surf line, great experience.
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1995-12-09 Australie Lizard Island
Cobia HoleFun dive playing around with one of the groupers at Cobia hole. Nice relaxing day off dives.
Mes certifications
- PADI Rescue diver (Jul 2013)
- PADI Advanced openwater (Jul 2013)
- NAS(Nautical Achaeology Society) Part 1 Course (Jul 1998)
- NAUI Open water Scuba Diver (May 1990)
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