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Michael's 4WD Trips

	Click here for a list of my Four Wheel Drive and Camping Trips.

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My 2026 Dives

Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - My 2025 Dives VISIBILITY:

Shithouse - less than 2 m

Very Poor - 2 to 4 m

Poor - 4 to 6 m

Fair - 7 to 10 m

Good - 10 to 15 m

Very Good - 15 to 24 m

Excellent - 25 to 30 m

Very Excellent - 30 m+

Dive Date Site Location Type Time In Time Depth
(m) Weather Seas Visibility Air
Temp
°C Water Temp
°C

5,144 3-Jan-26 Pizza Reef Sydney Reef 8:04 AM 0:40 27.3 Overcast Slight Fair 20 19.4

5,145 4-Jan-26 Pink Floyd Sydney Reef 8:12 AM 0:50 25.8 Fine Millpond Fair 23 17.6

5,146 6-Jan-26 Bare Island Isolated Reef 1 Sydney Reef 8:50 AM 1:24 17.8 Fine Millpond Poor 23 20.6

5,147 8-Jan-26 Bare Island Right Sydney Reef 8:50 AM 1:34 15.3 Fine Millpond Poor 25 19.3

5,148 9-Jan-26 Bare Island Isolated Reef 1 Sydney Reef 8:25 AM 1:13 15.8 Fine Millpond Poor 24 17.8

5,149 10-Jan-26 Pink Floyd Sydney Reef 8:15 AM 0:46 24.6 Fine Slight Fair 31 16.3

5,150 13-Jan-26 Marys Reef Sydney Reef 8:13 AM 0:53 22.7 Fine Slight Good 26 20.1

5,151 14-Jan-26 Bare Island Isolated Reef 1 Sydney Reef 8:40 AM 1:30 16.9 Overcast Millpond Poor to Fair 25 19.9

5,152 16-Jan-26 Bare Island Right Sydney Reef 8:14 AM 1:36 15.9 Overcast Calm Poor 21 18.3

5,153 20-Jan-26 Shiprock Sydney Reef 10:03 AM 1:25 17.3 Overcast Millpond Poor 22 22.3

5,154 21-Jan-26 Shiprock Sydney Reef 10:33 AM 1:20 18.6 Fine Millpond Very Poor 22 22.6

5,155 24-Jan-26 Voodoo Sydney Reef 8:07 AM 0:45 26.1 Fine Moderate Good 22 21.9

5,156 29-Jan-26 Bare Island Right Sydney Reef 8:26 AM 1:03 15.4 Overcast Millpond Very Poor 24 18.6

5,157 31-Jan-26 Minmi Trench Sydney Reef 8:10 AM 0:43 25.0 Smoky Slight Good 25 18.7

5,158 1-Feb-26 Bare Island Right Sydney Reef 8:21 AM 1:08 16.0 Overcast Millpond Good 24 18.0

5,159 5-Feb-26 The Split Sydney Reef 8:12 AM 0:42 26.5 Fine Calm Fair 26 19.0

5,160 6-Feb-26 Bare Island Deep Wall Sydney Reef 8:29 AM 1:18 18.5 Overcast Millpond Very poor 24 19.5

5,161 7-Feb-26 Whale Watching Rockfall Sydney Reef 8:10 AM 0:53 22.4 Fine Calm Very Good 24 20.0

5,162 8-Feb-26 Inscription Point Sydney Reef 9:41 AM 1:31 14.4 Raining Calm Poor 23 21.4

5,163 10-Feb-26 Bare Island Not So Deep Wall Sydney Reef 8:26 AM 1:27 15.6 Fine Millpond Fair 24 21.3

5,164 11-Feb-26 Jibbon Bommie South East Sydney Reef 8:09 AM 0:57 20.1 Fine Millpond Very good 25 21.1

5,165 14-Feb-26 Hump Wall Shellharbour Reef 8:18 AM 0:45 32.1 Overcast Moderate Very good 19 21.3

5,166 14-Feb-26 Church Grounds Shellharbour Reef 10:21 AM 0:52 26.4 Overcast Calm Good 19 21.5

5,167 15-Feb-26 Hump Wall South Shellharbour Reef 8:14 AM 0:33 31.4 Raining Slight Very good 18 18.3

5,168 17-Feb-26 SS Tuggerah Sydney Wreck 8:06 AM 0:35 45.8 Fine Calm Good 20 17.0

5,169 18-Feb-26 Maccas Reef Sydney Reef 8:04 AM 0:40 26.0 Fine Calm Fair 23 15.6

5,170 19-Feb-26 The Leap Sydney Reef 8:35 AM 1:14 21.9 Overcast Calm Good 21.0 15.9

5,171 21-Feb-26 Pink Floyd Sydney Reef 9:39 AM 0:47 25.0 Fine Calm Fair 26 16.1

5,172 22-Feb-26 Inscription Point Sydney Reef 9:12 AM 1:20 14.1 Fine Millpond Fair 25 18.4

5,173 24-Feb-26 Bare Island Right Sydney Reef 9:00 AM 1:30 14.9 Fine Millpond Very poor 24 21.2

5,174 25-Feb-26 Middle Ground North Sydney Reef 8:13 AM 0:36 32.0 Fine Slight Good 25 15.8

5,175 28-Feb-26 Larpa Bay Sydney Reef 7:55 AM 1:12 11.1 Overcast Millpond Very poor 23 21.7

5,176 1-Mar-26 Bare Island Right Sydney Reef 7:54 AM 1:24 16.0 Overcast Calm Poor 21 18.6

5,177 4-Mar-26 Osborn Shoals Sydney Reef 8:18 AM 0:52 14.2 Overcast Calm Fair 21 16.6

5,178 5-Mar-26 Bare Island Isolated Reef 1 Sydney Reef 8:19 AM 1:18 17.7 Overcast Calm Very Poor 21 16.6

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