94. The Pipe Before the Storm

The photos in this post are from a dive back in December, on the “Pipeline” site in Nelson Bay. This has probably been the most important dive site for me, even more than Octopolis, over the past several years. It appears on page 1 of Metazoa and features in many other parts of the book.

The weather that day in December was ominous, as a storm was making its way down the coast. Much of Byron Bay, further north, had been washed away and the storm was soon due down where I was. Conditions were gl...