Just a thought on how to guarantee bad diving conditions: Buy a Canon 40D Body. Get an Ikelite housing and Tray for said camera. Argue with wife on the ammount of money being spent.
Then purchase Sigma 17-70 macro lens, and a Canon 60mm E-FS macro lens along with an 8 inch dome port and a port to suit the 60mm lens.
Sell just about every thing you own on E-bay so you can buy a DS-160 strobe and sync cord, plus some ULCS arms etc, and then intend to practice, practice, practice on your underwater photograghy skills.
This is how to guarantee the longest spell of bad diving conditions I can remember.
So to all divers in Sydney who are used to the great conditions we usually have, you can blame me for stuffing it all up.
Hopefully things will return to normal soon.
Regards
Parso