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.
Places I've Dived
- Total number of dives not on diveboard:
This number is added to the total number of dives logged in Diveboard (public+private) for the stat "Total number of dives". - Dives published:234
- Total dives count:274
- Dives this year:0
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:7 days 9 hrs 4 min
- Most dives on Diveboard in:
澳大利亚 - Deepest Dive:
34m in Coron Bay, 菲律宾 - Longest Dive:
117 min in Lizard Island, Queensland, 澳大利亚 - Pictures in logbook:2
- Number of species spotted:18
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Species Spotted
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Favorite Dives
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1995-11-06 澳大利亚 Great Barrier Reef
No Name ReefFirst dive on the outer barrier reef, on the front side of No Name Reef. Reminded me of Nauru but with lots and lots of fish. Beautiful coral and great schools of fish. One of my most memorable sights in my dive experience was on this dive. I looked over my should, expecting to see blue water, but instead I saw a wall of silver. Thousands or what seemed like thousands of giant Trevally, a most awesome site. Very cool dive.
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1990-11-24 瑙鲁 New Location
Anibare Bay (South)Calm entry but the swell changed making the exit difficult but fun at the same time. Exiting using the gullies was a real challenge. I had to wedge my body between the walls of a gully to maintain position due to the wave surge sucking the water back off the reef top. I watched my buddy Rob lose grip and be sucked out. he was soon back behind me because he got the in coming wave surge back up the gully.
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1989-10-15 瑙鲁 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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1989-11-29 瑙鲁 New Location
Meneng Squash CourtsSaw a baby whale shark and found a nice big dive knife.
My 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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