New years eve I decided to give the SS Yongala off the coast from Alva a go. The boat was amazing to say the least. The amount of marine life on the thing was just incredible. Definitely worth the money for anyone that loves diving. Will hit again.
Anyone else dived this one?

looks pretty good.

So much out there to see.
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really need that red filter ay

thanks for the video tho allways hearing about it.

out of curiosity how many dives aprox you have logged? are people allowed inside the wreck if they got a pony etc or nox? or is there some silly rules

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Kozzie said..
really need that red filter ay

thanks for the video tho allways hearing about it.

out of curiosity how many dives aprox you have logged? are people allowed inside the wreck if they got a pony etc or nox? or is there some silly rules

Wreck penetration is not allowed on the Yongala.

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Kozzie said..
really need that red filter ay

thanks for the video tho allways hearing about it.

out of curiosity how many dives aprox you have logged?are people allowed inside the wreck if they got a pony etc or nox? or is there some silly rules

I have 40 logged dives. Yeh that red filter would have been handy but forgot it on the day . As far as entering the wreck, no it is forbidden as it is a heritage site and they wont allow your bubbles the disturb the structure. But there is so much to see even just looking through the windows.

Used to have a permit . Could go whenevrr I wanted. Used to freedive it as well. Its tge best dive anywher I reckon . Must goback one day

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myusernam said..
Used to have a permit . Could go whenevrr I wanted. Used to freedive it as well. Its tge best dive anywher I reckon . Must goback one day

Wish I had your lungs haha not a chance I could freedive that wreck

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angryphill said..

myusernam said..
Used to have a permit . Could go whenevrr I wanted. Used to freedive it as well. Its tge best dive anywher I reckon . Must goback one day

Wish I had your lungs haha not a chance I could freedive that wreck

was working for a dive company for ahwhile recently and its completely insane how long you can hold your breath once you learn to do it right. within one quite afternoon about 3 of us learnt how to go from holding our breaths for 30 odd seconds to 2 minutes 30. had a young bloke teaching us who was pretty gun at it basicly he said that the convulsing sort of stage you get after a while can be over ridden quite easily and you can extend your time far beyond it. basicly if you just know and understand your brains the one that gives up first everytime not the body then it becomes quite easy to hit the 2 minute mark im certain anyone can hit 2 minutes now infront of there computer. you just need to breath in and out as big as you can im talking huge breaths your trying to expand your lungs to full capacity doing this. do this ridiculous breathing for a good 20 seconds then as you take one last huge breath hold it and pinch your nose maybe close your eyes whatever is going to allow you to not think. idea is to be as least stressed as possible. freedivers dont dive particularly fast the ideas to be very fluid and calm. keep any of the outside thoughts from stressing you as you do this its a bit like meditation really but it works. theres probably some videos that explain it much better but thats all we did and it worked.

Dived the Yongala during last winter,, definitely the best wreck dive in Australia. Even ended up tearing up my Truc tee shirt, the fish accumulated in the one habitat for 10 miles of sand were fantastic.
have been trying to work out why she sank in a cyclone around 1910s, she was a fast steam ship (17 kts) with 30 trips across the bight with the same shipmaster. They say that she did not have a a radio and did not know the storm was there...nonsense, any experienced captain would know more about the storm than anyone else. Would like love to talk to Val Taylor about it if anybody knows how to contact her. She was the first to dive the Yongala in 1985 about

Liked the long breathing bit, maybe the brain uses all the oxygen if you allow it to be too active... Must practice. Thanks

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jaymac said..
Dived the Yongala during last winter,, definitely the best wreck dive in Australia. Even ended up tearing up my Truc tee shirt, the fish accumulated in the one habitat for 10 miles of sand were fantastic.
have been trying to work out why she sank in a cyclone around 1910s, she was a fast steam ship (17 kts) with 30 trips across the bight with the same shipmaster. They say that she did not have a a radio and did not know the storm was there...nonsense, any experienced captain would know more about the storm than anyone else. Would like love to talk to Val Taylor about it if anybody knows how to contact her. She was the first to dive the Yongala in 1985 about

Worked on late eighties and into the nineties as a guide on the Yongala..awesome dive loved the place. (logged heaps on it). As to who dived the wreck first..that may be debatable.
As to the storm that sank the vessel, it was a cyclone on 1911 that got it. "Yongala sank during the cyclone on the 24th of March, 1911" .. bit more than a storm sadly.
Very strong tidal flow, shallow water, high winds = bad seas.