Crevice Creeper an outstanding success

The Sealions have done it again! Their inaugural Crevice Creeper event was a great day for the eager divers in attendance with conditions seeing an average of 10m visibility across the Central Coast with the better visibility being on the south end of the coast; a one meter NE swell with the same wind direction 20-25 knots.

Thanks go to the 39 divers who travelled to Terrigal many from as far as Sydney’s southern suburbs, to Newcastle entering in this first time event. The Neptunes, and Dolphins were prominent in attendance.

A pairs event, each pair was allowed to enter two crayfish, two slipper lobster and two abalone between them, a very conservative amount being well under bag limits. Boats were used, too, many divers drove to locations and entered the water from the rocky coastline.   

Invaluable Research

Back at the sign off a total of 16 Eastern Rock Lobsters were presented to the weigh master, along with abalone and Slipper Crays. Marcus Miller a crayfish researcher from NSW Fisheries was invited by the USFA and he took valuable data of the captured Eastern Rock Lobsters. The USFA again assisting with scientific research to ensure our fishery is well managed into the future for generations to come.

Results

Biggest Abalone – Kearin Timp – 570 gms

Biggest Slipper Lobster – Eric Yue – 770 gms

Biggest Eastern Rock lobster – Wenjun zhing – 2120 gms

Pairs 1^st place – Eric Yue and Wenjun zhing – 6345 gms

Pairs 2^nd place – Josh ward And Corey Thompson – 3520 gms

Pairs 3^rd place – Steve Montgomery and Josh Green – 3470 gms

Congratulations to Wenjun and Eric with their terrific catches.

Thank you go the Sponsors – Under Pressure Spearfishing – a new player in the spearfishing equipment industry, Hohnke Spice Rubs, Wet Mammal, EKF and Adreno Spearfishing.

Well done to all who entered the event and we look forward to a bigger, better Crevice Creeper tournament in 2025.

thanks to Josh Ward the President of the Central Coast Sealions for providing information and images.

Simon Trippe