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Total Bottom Time is an online dive community where scuba divers from around the world can log their dives and share them with family, friends and other divers. People can subscribe to the dives you post via email or RSS.

Below are just some of the latest logs from our divers.

During our surface interval we took a  trip back to the dive shop to fill up our tanks and warm up a bit. For the second dive of the day we made our way to The Pinnacles, another simple Reef dive. By now Michael has rented a 7 mm wet suit too so he was ready to go. This time when we strode into the water, on one hand, I was much more prepared but, on the other hand, I was still a bit chilled from the previous dive. I adjusted quickly but was colder starting out.

Unfortunately this dive wasn't quite as eventful as our previous dive. Here's a shot of Fred (left) and Michael (right) diving just above the kelpy ocean floor.

Fred and Michael

I came across another colorful starfish.

Starfish

At least one interesting fish swam by during the dive.

Boarfish

By the end of the dive there wasn't much else to see so it was time for some portraits.

Michael

Everett

And that concluded our day of diving. A very cold but very worthwhile experience.

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I'm in Australia for work but it's impossible to pass up the opportunity to do some diving while I'm here...despite the fact that it's the middle of the winter right now. After hunting around for a shop to dive with I finally settled on Dive Victoria. I called up an old friend and avid diver, Michael, to see if he would be interested in joining me on the dives. Turned out he was willing and able to go so we worked out the details and headed out.

Dive Victoria dives out of Queenscliff so after making the drive out there (I'm staying in Melbourne) we geared up and got ready to go. For the first time in my life I had to rent a 7 mm wet suit,  a vest/hood to wear underneath and thick gloves due to the cold water temperature. Everything fit fine so we headed out for our first dive at Dragon's Lair.

Before making it to the site we swung by Portsea on the other side of the harbour entrance to pick up a few more divers and our divemaster, Fred. Fred is a seasoned divemaster and accustomed ...

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Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479

In a new report, they warn that ocean life is "at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history".

This is more than scaremongering, this is reality. The oceans are at a high risk but things can change.

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