My Shot

David Haintz · Issue 135, Nov/Dec 2023 · pp. 56

Products mentioned: Canon 5D MKii, 16-35mm lens, Nimar Housing

My Shot by David Haintz Do you have a favourite shot or an image/s which made a dive special. E mail yours with some text to peter@uwpmag.com and yours could be the next My Shot/s The Bluering Octopus is such an amazing creature to find. I managed to come across this one while we were diving off our local dive site, Mornington pier, Victoria, Australia. If it wasn’t for my dive buddies I would swam straight past it. It was so well camouflaged i did not notice it until i was right in front of it, while my buddies were pointing at it. It size was no bigger than 50mm. Mornington pier is 75km from Melbourne CBD just over an hours drive. Entry to the site is from the pier (shore Dive). depth statrs from 3m out to 12m west of the pier. Water temperature can range from 10degrees C in winter to 21 degrees in summer. Visibilty at this site gets no more 15m, The ideal wind direction is a South Eas…