Dives per Year	Type of Dives (reef or wreck)	Buddies
Type of Dives (shore or boat)	Depth of Dives	Dives Per Month
Dive Locations	Sydney Reef	Sydney Wreck Dives
Interstate and Overseas Dive Trips

DIVES PER YEAR - Click on the year to see dives for that year in PDF format

Year	Number of dives	Year	Number of dives	Year	Number of dives	Year	Number of dives
1988	14	1997	148	2006	194	2015	85@@
1989	122	1998	95**	2007	192	2016	124
1990	141	1999	131	2008	142##	2017	73@@
1991	139	2000	136***	2009	161	2018	105
1992	134	2001	163	2010	144****	2019	see above
1993	133	2002	138	2011	160
1994	101*	2003	109****	2012	169
1995	119	2004	131#	2013	138
1996	116	2005	174	2014	174
						TOTAL	4,175
				Total hours underwater:			3,305:26

Notes:

* I travelled to the UK and Ireland for a month
** I did not dive for almost 3 months due to ear damage
*** I travelled to Cape York for 5 weeks
**** I travelled to Central Australia for 5 weeks
# I did not dive for 6 weeks after becoming sick while diving
## Low number due to moving to new house
@@ Went sailing to North Queensland for 6 months

Month	Number of dives	Month	Number of dives
January	3991	July	2534
February	330	August	2964
March	360	September	341
April	3662	October	4425
May	308	November	4055
June	3403	December	310

Notes:

1. High number due to having a week's holiday at this time of year.
   
2. High number due to Easter Dive Weekends.
   
3. High number due to June Long Weekend and some years a week's dive holiday.
   
4. Low number due to Trips to UK and Ireland during these months, a trip to Cape York, two trips to Central Australia, recovery from an operation, some skiing holidays and general colder weather.
   
5. High number due to traditionally taking overseas diving holidays during these months.
   

TYPES OF DIVE (Reef or Wreck)

Type	Number of dives Note:Some are multi type
Reef	3,411
Wreck	736
Lake/Quarry	3
Plane	26
Cave	2

TYPE OF DIVES (Shore or Boat)

Type	Number of dives
Boat	2,641
Shore	1,534
Night	465

DEPTH OF DIVES

Depth	Number of dives
>30 metres	977
>40 metres	486
>50 metres	121
>60 metres	26

DIVE LOCATIONS

Location	Number of dives
Sydney	2,722
South West Rocks	160
Queensland	147
Jervis Bay	128
Vanuatu	122
Chuuk Lagoon	98
Solitary Islands	92
Port Stephens/Nelson Bay	75
Indonesia	74
Papua New Guinea	71
Solomon Islands	61
Shellharbour	59
Eden/Merimbula	42
Central Coast	37
New Zealand	29
Wollongong	29
Ulladulla	26
Batemans Bay	25
Tasmania	23
Norway	19
Forster	18
United Kingdom	16
Byron Bay	14
Philippines	11
Seal Rocks	10
Rarotonga, Cook Islands	10
New Caledonia	8
Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia	5
Western Australia	5
Brazil	2

SYDNEY REEF DIVES

Sydney Reef Dives	Number of dives
Sydney Reef Total	2,333
Bare Island	500
Shiprock	252
Barrens Hut	167
The Split	166
Pizza Reef	142
Middle Ground	134
Inscription Point	78
Oak Park	75
Six Fathom Reef	68
Camp Cove	46
Shark Point	46
Marley Point	45
Osborne Shoals	41
The Leap	40
Lilli Pilli	30
The Balcony	29
Henry Head	22
Thompsons Bay	20
Parsley Bay	20
Magic Point Sharks	20
The Monuments	17
Mahon Pool	17
North Bondi	15
Clifton Gardens	15
Voodoo	13
Little Bay	13
South Maroubra	13
Tumbledown	12

SYDNEY WRECK DIVES

Sydney Wreck Dives	Number of dives
Sydney Wreck Total	366
SS Tuggerah	143
SS Undola	44
SS Myola	27
SS Kelloe	25
SS Hilda	23
SS Annie M. Miller	23
MV Malabar	21
SS Birchgrove Park	11
Coolooli	9
SS Currajong	7
Valiant	6
SS Dee Why	6
SS Royal Shepherd	5
Meggol	3
Himma	3
Centurion	2

MY BUDDIES

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NOTE:I have done 153 solo dives

Diver	Dives	Diver	Dives	Diver	Dives
Kelly McFadyen	1,025
Eddy Labour	349	Le Hammer	46	Tim Rigg	18
Andreas Thimm	268	John Prior	46	Dave Casburn	19
Les Caterson	181	Eda di Camillio	46	Nick Windle	18
Ian Gowan	142	Peter Trayhurn	41	Kristin Johnson	17
Heinz Bendinger	134	Gary Perkins	42	Colette Wasson	17
Daryl Gibbs	118		42	Jo Edney	17
Ron Walsh	90	Mike Scotland	41	John Gordon	16
John Fowden	79	John McPherson	37	Shaun Reynolds	16
Eddie Ivers	74	Jason Coombs	35	Stacey Bryce	16
Gwen Corbett		Leo Bergagnin	32
John Beddie	72	Ken Ridley	30	Mark Simpson	18
		Bram Harris	29	Simon Hoad	22
		Robyn Hewitt	28	Dick Fish	17
Gary Dunnett	68	Keith Edwards	28
		Brian Bennett	26	Chris Connell	15
Adam Florence	67	Michael Wright	24	Paul Pacey	15
Stephen McFadyen	63	Phil Rose	23	Mark Ranft	14
Tamara Fleet	55	Robbie Mapstone	22	Jodi Watchorn	14
Kim Dinh	54	Gail McFadyen	22	Shaun Hampton	14
Phil Short	50	Carol Martin	22	John Black	13
Sheila Baldock	46	Riki Virc	22	Rhonda Kay	11
Peter Flockart	46	Paul Wildish	21	Brian Clark	11
	45	Terry Bartlett	20	Steve Shaw	11
Dave Burns	45	Ross Mackay	19	Russell Stoker	11
John Conolly	43	Therese Duncan	19	Glenn Townsend	11

INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS DIVE TRIPS

Date	Country/State of Oz	Location
June 1989	Queensland	Heron Island
October 1989	Queensland	Heron Island
September/October 1991	Vanuatu	Port Vila and Santo
November 1991	Federated States of Micronesia	Chuuk
November 1991	Palau	Palau
April 1992	New Zealand	Poor Knights
August 1992	Solomon Islands	Honiara
October 1993	New Caledonia	Isle of Pines, Noumea and North Grande Terre
February 1994	Federated States of Micronesia	Chuuk
February 1995	Papua New Guinea	Madang and Tufi
August 1995	Ireland	Tralee
September 1995	Vanuatu	Port Vila and Santo
October 1996	Papua New Guinea	Madang
March 1997	Philippines	Coron, Cebu and Bohol
November 1997	Federated States of Micronesia	Chuuk
March 1998	Australia	Northern Territory - Darwin
June 1998	Australia	Western Australia - Perth and Dunsborough
October 1998	Vanuatu	Santo
September 1999	Vanuatu	Santo
October 2000	Norway	Runde Island
October 2001	Solomon Islands	Gizo and Tulaghi
October 2002	Vanuatu	Santo
February 2003	South Australia	Fleurieu Peninsula
November 2003	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
September 2004	Federated States of Micronesia	Chuuk
February 2005	Melbourne, Victoria	Portsea
June 2005	Cook Islands	Rarotonga
September 2005	Federated States of Micronesia	Chuuk
November 2006	Queensland	Osprey Reef and Ribbon Reefs
December 2006	Queensland	Gold Coast
May/June 2007	Vanuatu	Port Vila and Santo
October 2007	Queensland	Osprey Reef and Ribbon Reefs
February 2008	Tasmania	Rocky Cape, Hobart, Eaglehawk Neck, Bicheno and other locations
September 2008	Papua New Guinea	Rabaul and Kavieng
February/March 2009	Tasmania	Eaglehawk Neck, Bicheno
September 2009	Solomon Islands	Tulaghi and Honiara
May 2010	Vanuatu	Port Vila
March 2011	New Zealand	Poor Knights and Bay of Islands
October/November 2011	Federated States of Micronesia	Chuuk
November 2011	USA	Guam
February 2012	USA	Alabama
September 2012	Indonesia	Bali (Tulamben) and Komodo
August 2013	Scotland	Scapa Flow
August 2013	England	Swanage wrecks
August 2014	Indonesia	Bali (Tulamben)
November 2014	Queensland	Townsville (SS Yongala and GBR)
July to September 2015 (on our yacht)	Queensland	Great Barrier Reef and SS Yongala
November 2016	Queensland	Cape York area
May to September 2017 (on our yacht)	Queensland	Great Barrier Reef
December 2018	South America	Arraial do Cabo near Rio de Janerio in Brazil
March 2020	Philippines	Various

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