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Michael McFadyen's Scuba
Diving - A Summary of my Diving
The following is a summary of my diving as at 8 December 2018. I have done 105 dives this year.
DIVES PER YEAR - Click on the year to see dives for that year in PDF format
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
DIVES PER MONTH
| Month | Number of dives | Month | Number of dives |
| January | 3911 | July | 2514 |
| February | 320 | August | 2884 |
| March | 352 | September | 335 |
| April | 3502 | October | 4425 |
| May | 296 | November | 4055 |
| June | 3343 | December | 310 |
Notes:
- High number due to having a week's holiday at this time of year.
- High number due to Easter Dive Weekends.
- High number due to June Long Weekend and some years a week's dive holiday.
- 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.
- 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 | 3,336 |
| Wreck | 733 |
| Lake/Quarry | 3 |
| Plane | 26 |
| Cave | 2 |
TYPE OF DIVES (Shore or Boat)
| Type | Number of dives |
| Boat | 2,585 |
| Shore | 1,510 |
| Night | 465 |
DEPTH OF DIVES
| Depth | Number of dives |
| >30 metres | 948 |
| >40 metres | 476 |
| >50 metres | 121 |
| >60 metres | 26 |
DIVE LOCATIONS
| Location | Number of dives |
| Sydney | 2,661 |
| South West Rocks | 163 |
| Queensland | 147 |
| Vanuatu | 122 |
| Jervis Bay | 124 |
| Chuuk Lagoon | 98 |
| Solitary Islands | 92 |
| Indonesia | 74 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 |
| Port Stephens | 66 |
| Solomon Islands | 61 |
| Shellharbour | 58 |
| 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 |
SYDNEY REEF DIVES
| Sydney Reef Dives | Number of dives |
| Sydney Reef Total | 2,280 |
| Bare Island | 489 |
| Shiprock | 250 |
| Barrens Hut | 160 |
| The Split | 156 |
| Pizza Reef | 134 |
| Middle Ground | 130 |
| Inscription Point | 77 |
| Oak Park | 75 |
| Six Fathom Reef | 68 |
| Camp Cove | 46 |
| Shark Point | 46 |
| Marley Point | 43 |
| Osborne Shoals | 41 |
| The Leap | 39 |
| Lilli Pilli | 30 |
| The Balcony | 28 |
| Henry Head | 21 |
| Thompsons Bay | 20 |
| Parsley Bay | 20 |
| Magic Point Sharks | 20 |
| Mahon Pool | 17 |
| North Bondi | 15 |
| Clifton Gardens | 15 |
| Voodoo | 13 |
| Little Bay | 13 |
| South Maroubra | 13 |
| Tumbledown | 12 |
SYDNEY WRECK DIVES
MY BUDDIES
NOTE:I have done 149 solo dives
| Diver | Dives | Diver | Dives | Diver | Dives |
| Kelly McFadyen | 1,017 | | | | |
| Eddy Labour | 349 | Le Hammer | 46 | Tim Rigg | 18 |
| Andreas Thimm | 268 | John Prior | 46 | Dave Casburn | 19 |
| Les Caterson | 161 | Gary Perkins | 42 | Nick Windle | 18 |
| Ian Gowan | 141 | Peter Trayhurn | 41 | Kristin Johnson | 17 |
| Heinz Bendinger | 134 | Mike Scotland | 41 | Colette Wasson | 17 |
| Daryl Gibbs | 118 | | 42 | Jo Edney | 17 |
| John Fowden | 79 | Eda di Camillio | 38 | John Gordon | 16 |
| Ron Walsh | 78 | John McPherson | 36 | Shaun Reynolds | 16 |
| Gwen Corbett | 73 | Jason Coombs | 34 | Stacey Bryce | 16 |
| | Leo Bergagnin | 32 | | |
| John Beddie | 72 | Ken Ridley | 30 | Mark Simpson | 18 |
| | Robyn Hewitt | 28 | Simon Hoad | 20 |
| Eddie Ivers | 71 | Bram Harris | 28 | Dick Fish | 17 |
| Gary Dunnett | 68 | Keith Edwards | 28 | | |
| | Brian Bennett | 26 | Chris Connell | 15 |
| Adam Florence | 67 | Michael Wright | 24 | Mark Ranft | 14 |
| Stephen McFadyen | 63 | Riki Virc | 22 | | |
| Tamara Fleet | 55 | Robbie Mapstone | 22 | Jodi Watchorn | 14 |
| Phil Short | 49 | Gail McFadyen | 22 | Shaun Hampton | 14 |
| Kim Dinh | 49 | Carol Martin | 22 | John Black | 13 |
| Sheila Baldock | 46 | Phil Rose | 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 | Proposed southern most dive in Beagle Channel near Ushuaia in Chile and near Rio de Janerio in Brazil |
| May 2019 | Philippines | Puerto Galera |
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