2006 Dive Reports
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Truk and Bikini - October

Have you ever wondered what you could do with £5000, 21 days holiday and some dive gear? How does a trip to the other side of the world sound? What if we throw in some of the most pristine wrecks in the world? We’ll need luxury boats fully fitted with top class safety facilities and equipment for technical diving as well. Read the full story of two club members who made it a reality by diving Truk Lagoon and Bikini Atoll. Full report courtesy of Alan Dale. << Click here to download full report >>

Menorca - Oct 06

Menorca is one of the quieter Balearic Islands although it’s only 12 miles from it’s nosier, bigger brother Majorca which can be reached by regular ferry crossings. I was based in the north of the Island at Cala Forcat which is a big resort (relatively speaking) but only has pretty small beaches nearby. Fortunately it does have a dive centre, what a surprise. Happysub is a German run outfit based at the biggest hotel in the resort. The centre is based right at the waters edge and benefits from it’s own hire kit, compressor and rib. Out of the main holiday season it’s pretty quiet on the island and I joined a group of divers from a dive club based in Germany. As I was only planning to do a couple of dives I’d not brought my own kit with me so I hired the full gear. The hire gear was a little bit bruised and battered but I’m happy to say that I had no issues with it in the water. The first dive I did was slightly south of Cala Forcat at a site called Fryer’s Arch. We rolled off the rib and into the clear warm (24 degrees) waters of the Med. Visibility was fantastic and I could see the bottom some 20 metres away. The briefing had been to find a chimney, an arch and then another archway before making a turn back for the boat. We followed the rugged coastline along and found a chimney which we duly explored. We could then see the first archway and made our way towards it. All the while we were passed by various types of wrasse and clouds of black damsel fish. In the darker areas under the arch we saw little orange cardinal fish. My very observant buddy then found a black spotted and white nudibranch. This was the first I’ve seen and it did look just as peculiar as the pictures I’d seen in magazines. We then headed further along and were accompanied by a couple of shoals of jacks. The shoals typically had 10 to 12 members and seemed to like playing chicken! If you stayed still the whole shoal would swim at you and then veer away at great speed when they felt they’d got too close. At the final arch we say a couple of grouper under a large rock and we then made our way back to the boat. En-route my buddy found yet another nudibranch and one of our group found an Octopus which was somewhat reluctant to make an appearance from its hole/home. My second and sadly final dive on the island, was at the world famous Pont de Gil. This is a cavern system which cuts deep into the rocks just north of Cala Forcat. We moored the boat in the next bay and then finned our way into the cavern through a small cave entrance. At this point we could see the main cavern entrance which was only slightly submerged and we surfaced just inside the cavern. The cavern is very large and extended some 5-10 metres above our heads. With around 5 metres of water beneath us we surface swam to the back of the cavern. As we finned along we studied the stalactites and stalagmites with our torches. The stalactites (coming down) were very sharp and jagged where they’d been eroded by the sea where as the stalagmites (coming up) resembled stacks of mud pies. At the end of the cavern we briefly descended for a few meters and then ascended in a small cave. We checked air supplies and torches and made arrangements for our dive out of the cavern. On the dive out we explored the various cracks and crevices with our torches and found little lobsters, crabs, cardinal fish and fluorescent blue and yellow fauna. We approached the huge entrance way and swam back into the bright blue water outside the cavern. As we circled back to the boat over beds of sea grass we saw large numbers of jacks, damsel fish, wrasse and saddled bream. Menorca is a great place to have a family holiday and it’s pretty easy to get in a couple of “cheeky dives”. With the low airfares and quick flying time from the UK (2.5 hours) it could even be a possibility for a long weekend. Rich B

Eyemouth - August

A group of us went up to Eyemouth over August Bank Holiday weekend to dive with Marine Quest. The first day we headed up past St.Abbs to Brander. This part of the headland splits into three fingers underwater. The conditions were excellent as we prepared to go in, the sea was like a mirror, the water temp a barmy 13 degrees and the sun was shining. We dropped in on the North side of Brander and explored inside the first finger. This was a gully running quite a distance into the cliff at about 10 meters. The area was teaming with life including wrasse, lobster, sole, anemones and Pollack. After forty minutes we’d only explored the first gully so headed out and briefly skirted around the end of the fingers through the current and onto the south side of the fingers. We explored a little longer before reaching our agreed 60 minutes max dive time. Jim was waiting onboard with hot drinks and cakes for our surface interval. For the second dive we “got the Horn”. This is a submerged reef just outside St.Abbs Harbour famous for its Wolf fish. We descended to around 22 metres and Stuart quickly spotted a really big Scorpion fish (see Gallery 2006). We drifted along with the current and came across a series of interesting fissures which we decided to explore. This was very different to the last dive as it was quite dark and the rocky bottom was generally only covered in brittle stars. Despite this we spotted a huge conger, a bright red anemone and lots of long claw squat lobsters. We were quickly running out of no deco time and just as we prepared to ascend we spotted two wolfish side by side in a hole. Stuart and I both dashed in for a photo (See Gallery) and then ascended. Once back on board we enjoyed a tale from Andy and Alan about their encounter with the “monster lobster of the deep”. Day 2 and the wind had picked up and was coming off the land. We had hoped to go North again but agreed that South towards Burnmouth would provide calmer diving. We planned to dive a wall which was opposite Burnmouth harbour. We descended to 20 metres onto a sandy bottom but thanks to Jim’s directions we quickly found our way to the wall and ascended to around 15 metres. We drifted along the wall, some going inside and some diving the seaward side of the wall. There were some huge Pollock around which were reluctant to pose for the camera. Once again there was a lot of life to see and with a water temp of 13 degrees we managed another hour long dive. The final dive of the weekend was at Burnmouth Cave. Four of our party elected to go straight into the cave with the rest going up the shore and then having the option to explore the caves at the end of the dive. Outside the caves it was fairly shallow at around 10m and due to a sandy bottom visibility was a little bit poor. We explored along the bottom of the cliffs and found loads of lobsters and crabs, some in pots (see Gallery). Once again there were shoals of saithe/whitting around as well as wrasse and Pollock. The group who went into the cavern explored well inside and reported the caves go back 50 or 60 metres into the cliffs. Many years ago smugglers would wait for low tide and use this cavern to bring illegal goods into Eyemouth. Some of the group spent Monday shore diving at Beadnell which rounded off an excellent weekends diving. Rich B.

Plymouth - August

The longest distance “official” club trip of the year, some 330 mile from the clubs base at Heckmondwyke, saw twelve seasoned travellers making the long Friday afternoon/night trip to Plymouth for some relatively warm water diving ! We were diving with Dive Plymouth for the weekend, Dive Plymouth offer an all inclusive package of diving and accommodation and even offer an impressive packed lunch for £3.50 per day. The accommodation itself was fairly good with a mixture of Singles, Twins, Doubles, Triples and even a Quadruple room. There is a lounge with an honesty bar. The rooms are clean and reasonably furnished and certainly a lot better than some of the bunk houses that we normally frequent, with a few even having en-suite showers (or should that be a shower cubicle in the corner of the room and a toilet in a tiny cupboard?). Without much fuss the bulk of the group arrived in 5 waves (car shares) and a break from tradition saw a visit to the local Dominos Pizza (what no Chinese ???) and a quieter night than usual with a limited number of bottles of wine consumed and early to bed (no, really !) The boat “The Ceeking” is a harboured at Queen Anne’s Battery which is a busy marina just out of the city centre. The Ceeking herself is quite old but in fantastic condition with a 240Hp Perkins engine that could propel her through that water a 10 knots even with 12 divers and full kit on board. The side mounted diver lift on this boat is a bit tricky at first but once mastered makes the long climb after a dive redundant and does what is says on the tin. Early up and a 7.00am breakfast because of the F1 Powerboat racing shutting the harbour early, saw us off to the marina for our first sight of the Ceeking. Getting loaded on the Ceeking is not the easiest thing as the walk from the car park to the berth is quite long, but with the use of some caged trolleys and the old adage “many hands make light work” what looks like a daunting task is not quite so strenuous. Once aboard and as much kit stowed as possible we were off to out first dive of the weekend. Dive 1 - Eddystone Lighthouse You’ve probably guessed it, but Eddystone Reef is right next to the world famous 41M High Eddystone Lighthouse (why is it so famous ? The Eddystone Lighthouse was the first lighthouse to be built on a small group of rocks in the open sea and resulted in a few disasters until the present lighthouse which stands there today. Given the harsh surrounding these early lighthouses where a marvel of ingenuity.) The reef itself is basically a number of Pinnacles ranging from 10M – 60M, the Skipper Richard dropped a shot in at 14M which gave us a good reference point and we were off. Viz was in excess of 12M at points (the 15M area seemed worse that anywhere ?) and life although not prolific, if you looked hard enough you could find crabs, lobsters and the normal Wrasse, sea cucumbers and various small fish. What made this really astounding were the red fan corals which were littering the area, something us Northern divers are not used to ? A good dive by all with dive times of about 60 minutes and 30M Max depth, there was something for everyone. Back on board and the first experience of the side lift had varying reviews, but a cup of fresh hot soup prepared by the Skipper followed by Tea, Coffee and a good packed lunch saw us steaming towards dive number two. With the sun shining and very little wind this was a pleasant trip. Dive 2 - James Egan Layne Probably Great Britain’s favourite (and possibly best ?) wreck, nearly 7200 Tonnes, this Liberty Ship was torpedoed during the Second World War and because she sits in Whitesand Bay does not take too much of a battering, leaving her still quite intact. Dropping in on the bow which sits in 8M makes a great starting point and with about 6-10M viz making out this mighty ship and navigating easy, with dozens of swim throughs and numerous openings to explore, time flies when your on this wreck, before you know it and despite the size you find another shot line which is “amidships” but in reality is the rear of the main section of the wreck. At the bottom of this shot is a horizontal rope which leads you to the stern section that you can see in the picture and another area to explore. Depending of how quick you move it’s quite easy to turn around and head back at a shallower depth to the bow and end the dive on the shot line that you started on. With life aplenty with Tompot Blennies, Cod, Lobsters, Conga Eels and plenty of schooling fish, it’s not hard to see why everyone talks about the JEL ! Once again 60 minutes or so and a max depth of 25M made this an excellent 2nd dive. Once back in Plymouth and after unloading the empties and dropping them into the local dive shop for £5.00 Nitrox (any mix) and £3.00 Air fills, we were off back to the B&B for well earned showers and a bit of a snooze for Anna ! The night saw a trip into Plymouth for a walk about and a BBQ at the Waterfront Bar, being F1 Powerboat weekend in Plymouth things were busier than usual with the razzamatazz of high profile sport in the air. A perfect evening to enjoy an ice cream underneath the beautiful sunset. Another early night without too much alcohol being consumed and everyone ready for day two. The following morning with a 7.30am start for breakfast we paid our bills and were off back to the marina. Picking up the cylinders from the dive shop (Sound Diving) with no fuss and loaded into the cages we were off back to the boat for another sun soaked day. Dive 3 - HMS Scylla Now this must be the “MOST” famous wreck around at present. Having only been sunk 3 years ago as an artificial reef and having been dived by plenty of the trip incumbents last year and the year before, a few sceptics were unsure about this “unreal” wreck, but after all this was billed as the Scylla weekend so here goes. Wow, in the past 16 months the wreck has changed so much, the sterile safe environment is still in evidence but the amount of marine life that has taken Scylla as its home is unbelievable, it must be like living in the farmhouse on M62 (you know the one) but the critters are still there ! Huge Congers, loads of anenomies, fish of all shapes and sizes, shrimps, lobsters, crabs and even a SEA HORSE ! Wow wow wow. Another great dive with slightly less viz but with the exploration and sealife this did not let us down at all, once again 60 minutes and 25M max was the norm ! Again back on board and everyone has sussed the lift, soup, tea, coffee, packed lunch and then decision time ? Where next ? another Scenic dive ? Another Wreck ? Who fancies the James Egan Layne again ? What, everyone ? The JEL certainly made an impression and after 2 hours of sunbathing we were kitted up for JEL round 2. Dive 4 - James Egan Layne (JEL) This time dropping in on the amidships shot, most people headed for the stern section, where they were greeted by very poor viz ! This was myself and Andy trying to lift a foot long Brass Shell off the sea bed using 2 spare SMB’s and some light line. Well after a 4ft Ascent, SNAP ! and the heavy shell was back on the seabed ! Oh well, at least it didn’t explode ! The rest of the dive was just as good as the previous day with the light casting superb shadows on the wreck. What a way to finish a weekend ! But what’s this ? What no 60 Minutes ? Only 59 Minutes max Mr Chairman sir, you let us down ! A poor show from El Presidente ! Diving over and back to Plymouth, but not without a slight delay as day 2 of the F1 Powerboats was still ongoing, watching these slick machines crest the waves at 150MPH+ is some sight, with the noise shaking you to your boots, what an excellent finale. Past the capsized powerboat (ooooh that's expensive) and into the berth. Boat unloaded our farewells to Skipper Richard and off on the long journey home. Bad traffic 10 miles south of Bristol made heavy going and again roadwork’s on the M1 and M6 slowed the journey down, but everyone got home safely but slightly tired ! Bad Points The Long Journey, The Skipper’s sense of humour was sometimes a little terse with the Ladies, The slightly exhausting and difficult loading and unloading ! Good points The Food (Christine’s packed lunches and breakfast), The Accommodation, The Craic, The Skipper (for everything else), The Boat, The Diver Lift, The Weather, The Trolleys, The Air/Nitrox Fills, The Wrecks, The Viz, The Water Temperature (circa 15°c) and The Overall Diving. Never have I been on a trip where everyone does every dive, that sums up the quality of diving that this weekend had ! Yes it’s a long journey but everything else more than makes up for the quality of the experience in Diving Plymouth. Yes we are tough Northern Divers but coming back from a UK sea dive without teeth chattering can be a rewarding experience after all. Alan D.

St.Abbs - July

It was the clubs first visit to Rock House diving since the bunk house has been remodelled. There are now 10 bunks in the one building and the kitchen/sitting area has been moved into a new conservatory. The remaining two divers are lucky enough to be put up in the B&B. Saturday saw a leisurely start to the day with the first dive planned for 11am. The first group from another club came back and we helpfully unloaded their gear up the harbour wall and then put ours onboard. It wasn’t until afterwards we realised we’d actually done all the work and they’d more or less wondered off, a mistake we avoided for the rest of the weekend. We headed up to one of the most popular sites in the area for the first dive, the Skellies. We entered via a gully full of dead men’s fingers and then rambled around the rocky outcrops that make up the reef for a full hour. We saw many more lobsters than usual and 10s if not 100s of pipefish. The wrasse were as curious as ever and followed eagerly along hoping an urchin might be “accidentally” broken open for them to eat. During the surface interval the wind really picked up and are stomachs churned as we watched the other boats rocking and rolling out of the harbour. Soon it was our turn and we headed around to Pettico Wick to find shelter. We started the dive through the letterbox, which is a small swim through just north of Pettico Wick. On exiting you head south towards the Peanut Boat. Although there was quite a bit of life around it wasn’t quite as impressive as our first dive of the day. The group had an enjoyable evening meal at Scoutscroft Caravan Park followed by one of two light beverages. Sunday brought flat calm seas, sunshine and miles of visibility. In fact from the point of our second dive near Skelly’s Hole we could actually see Bass Rock which is some fifty miles up the coast. For some reason this seemed a great source of amusement for the group. How fitting then that Mick “The Rock” Diskin was diving with Eric “Ex-Navigation King” Bottomley and that they both use the same style of compass. Once again everyone on board fell about in laughter as Mick and Eric suggested it was the compass of choice for “navigation professionals”. For this dive we followed the edge of the reef and then moved inwards to explore some sandy inlets and reefs. Again the area was swarming with life and we were able to occupy ourselves easily for an hour. After some leisurely sun bathing we kitted up ready for our final dive of the weekend. There was some debate as to whether we should go up or down the coast but we finally settled on Ebb Carrs. This is a reef to the right of the harbour, which again was bustling with life. I managed to spot my first Ling (identifiable one anyway) on this dive, it was out in the open for a second before it spotted us and darted into its hole. There were large shoals of saithe or whitting (I think) swimming amongst the reef which darted away as we approached. I’ve not been to St.Abbs for quite a while so this was a great reminder as to how good and varied the diving can be in this area. Rich B.

Eyemouth - June

"The Harbourside" accommodation in Eyemouth isn’t hard to find. There’s a clue in the name! Located close to the shops, parking, pubs and harbour in Eyemouth, this superb accommodation features hardwood floors, Ikea sofas, metal bunks in airy rooms with ensuite showers…. Very impressive. (The only downside, being no fridge to store the beer or sink to wash up the cups.) With the Marine Quest Dive Centre on the ground floor, with drying room, kit wash and air fills; The Harbourside is an excellent base for diving St Abbs and Eyemouth. Breakfast is included and is served in the Cafe next door, (not many ate the breakfast haggis though). Our afternoon start gave time for good kit preparations. Kit is unloaded from cars and placed when ready into a trailer. This is then driven the 200 yards around to the “North Star” and unloaded down onto the mooring pontoon. North Star is an immaculate spacious dive boat, (Diver Lift being fitted next month) She has plenty of kitting up space. Although seating is a little limited, this is largely an irrelevance. Eleven divers safely on board we headed with flat calm, for Skellies, off St Abbs head. The tides made this site unsuitable for less experienced divers so we headed further up to Brander. Brander is a sheer wall dropping to ~18m and has plenty of sheltered gullies and rock holes to discover. With water temperatures around 10° max dive times of 45 minutes were all too quickly reached. This was the first sea dive for Julie and Tracey. Still in leaky hire suits from RoHo it was inevitable that freezing cold was part of the list of normal first dive stresses. “No problems, stick on your hat – and grab a cuppa – homemade biscuit anyone?” After a short surface interval we headed back south of Eyemouth to The wreck of 'The President'. A Typical wreck of rusty old junk with a couple of large boilers etc, this site was really rather stunning. Plenty of varied sea life and beautiful soft coral coupled with gin clear viz of more than 10 metres made for a stunning dive. – All aboard to more Tea & Cake and round the point to the Harbour. Passing the Harbour Seals and onto the pontoon to unload the cyls into the waiting trailer. Sunday was a morning start with the potential for being blown off. Luckily, although sites were limited, diving was possible. The sea state had returned to what is normal for St Abbs and we hung on while the susceptible among us faded to greyscale with sea sickness. Petticoe Wick is a good option in most weather conditions and this is where we joined several other dive boats for a shallower, very sheltered site. The viz was now ridiculously good at 15m. It was almost Sharm like. Wolf fish, Stone Fish and hundreds of Pipe fish featured on this dive. It’s quite a nice feeling to spot a wolf fish and then wave people to come over and look. Dive times here were over an hour for some. The SI was punctuated by hot drinks, homemade cake, and excited chat about the impressive array of sea life. The final dive of the day was a gentle drift down towards St Abbs harbour from Wuddy rocks. A steep wall bounds rock and boulder. Ideal as home for plenty of lobsters and crabs. Lobsters seem to be shining bright blue at the moment – very nice to see. Back up after 45 mins and a short ride back to Eyemouth. All in all, a fantastic weekend. Our group managed to make a very positive impression with skippers Ian and Jim. We were congratulated on our organisation and the spirit which we all helped each other. Marine Quest have also impressed us. It’s fair to say that Jim & Ian have now joined our “group of friends who go diving.” We’re adding Eyemouth to next years dive calendar. Thanks to everyone for a fabulous weekend that had everything but the kitchen sink. Narcosis Moments: “I'm really sorry to hear about your blocked sinuses. So, what size is your dry suit?" “They said my suit would be ready last Thursday. My mistake was to believe them” “That’s not a chuffin’ Puffin” ANDY

Farnes - June

The club trip to Tynemouth is cancelled due to skipper problems, boo. William has spaces up at the Farnes, hurrah. Following a slight change of plan Graham and I headed up to the Farnes to share a boat with a group from Freedom Divers club who are based in Leeds. It was an early tide so we arrived bleary eyed on the harbour at 8am !! There was a cool South Easterly blowing and it was quite a bit colder than the 25 degrees we’d been enjoying in Leeds. Despite this we steamed across to the islands with an air of anticipation. There were quite a lot of newly qualified divers on the boat so the plan was to do two very steady dives. The first dive site was North Wammses, which is a wall, max about 18m. We dropped in and spotted a seal more or less straight away, as usual it refused to pose for a picture so we carried on along the wall. There wasn’t really a lot else to see and viz was quite poor with a minimum water temp of 8 degrees. This is not the best of dive sites but conditions and circumstance meant we had to make the best of it. We then headed over to Holy Island to dive the SS Coryton. This was a grain ship that intentionally beached itself after running into trouble at sea. The skipper thought they’d be close enough to walk to land but this area is very shallow for a long way out and Coryton beached some 300 meters offshore. The wreckage now sits on a sandy bottom in about 8 metres. On descending to the wreck I was pleasantly surprised to see that viz was very reasonable and that there was quite a bit of wreckage to explore. There is a massive boiler section that supports all the usual critters. The wreck in general was teaming with life with large lobsters, crabs and shoals of tiny fish around every corner. Unfortunately I saw a diver onboard the dive rib Moby removing three large lobsters. To me this seems extremely selfish given the size of the site and shows a total disregard for other divers who may come to dive it. As we left we saw quite a few other boats coming across to do the same dive as the conditions had rules out a lot of other sites. As we rounded the headland at Bamburgh the wind was straight onto the bows and the spray really picked up. I decided it was time to have a chat with the skipper in his nice warm dry wheelhouse. Richard Barker

Farnes - May

If only we could trust the weather forecast. With rain forecast for Saturday and strong winds for Sunday the weekend didn’t look too promising. Despite this 15 divers from the club arrived at Seahouses harbour bright and early on Saturday morning. As we headed out the sun was shining, the winds were light and the sea was calm. Thankfully there was no sign of the forecasted rain so we all kept our fingers crossed. The first dive was a drift along Longstone End. Marine life was a little hard to find and a lot of searching was involved to find a few lobsters and crabs. It was pretty chilly with an average sea temp of 6 degrees. Thankfully it was still nice and warm when we surfaced and a few cups of tea/coffee did the trick. William was interested to get our thoughts on some new facilities he was considering for the boat. He mentioned something about a hot water machine for making our own drinks, but we quickly moved him on to the idea of a full-blown drinks/snack machine and of course the possibility of a heated Jacuzzi. It was at this point that William started the engines up and we were quickly moved into position for dive number two. For the second dive we dropped in at Blue Caps, this is a site that tends not to have a very exciting reputation. It’s a pretty steady wall dive and visibility can sometimes be poor due to limited tidal movement in the area. However, we were pleasantly surprised to be mobbed by quite a number of wrasse as we finned along the wall. We also spotted quite a few lobsters and crabs. All together a much more interesting dive which just goes to show you never can tell. Saturday night was spent down the newly redecorated and very trendy Craster Arms. Unfortunately there was bad news on Sunday morning, the expected winds had not arrived but a heavy fog had descended overnight. This meant the diving had to be called off as it wouldn’t have been safe to try and locate divers in such bad visibility. Wow it must have been bad I hear you cry. Well one of our party summed it up nicely “When I woke up and couldn’t see my own hand in front of my face, I knew we probably wouldn’t be diving”. I suspect there was a small pause while a quick pints tally was calculated from the night before, just to check the vision problems were indeed fog related. Richard Barker.

Easter 2006

Woo Hoo! The Dive season has started. Time to get up at 4:00 and head North to Seahouses

It can happily be reported that the first club trip of the season (salty water) saw 16 Divers heading for Seahouses and the Farne islands for the first of two Easter weekend dive trips. It is worth stating as the first fact of information. The Public Loo’s in Seahouses open at 8:30am (and close at 6:30) We gleaned this fact from the Jobsworth as the crowd waited cross legged for his ceremonial unlocking.

The basic plan of action for the day was to get in and get wet with everything else as a bonus. We headed out across to the Farne islands on Glad Tidings 7 with William Sheil, to investigate dive site possibilities at the Knifestones. The onboard chatter was rife with discussion about recent events in the club and speculation of events to come. “Ding Ding” Richard gave us a comprehensive dive briefing and discussed a Dive Marshalling plan (what to do if you’ve left the spare marker pen in the car). Down to about 18-20 metres, keep the rocks on your left. Max dive time 45 minutes.

With Viz at 3 metres and water temperature of 4.5°, chilly divers were popping up after 30 minutes. Not much was seen on the site. A good deal of ancient wreckage litters the bottom but it’s too early in the season for the sea life. Overall impression, a good first dive.

A surface interval in the calm shadow of North Warmses was enhanced with Tea, Coffee, chat of deco and questions about “the difference between a cormorant and a shag.” With slack tide running we scouted options for our next dive site. Eventually choosing to return to North Warmses and dive “Rock on the Right” along towards the turbulent tides of Piper Gut. Depths of 15-18 metres with topology of Kelp and Boulders. A few lobsters, sunstar fish, and plenty of small critters combined to make a gentle relaxing dive. Most divers found again that temperature was the time keeper, and returned after 30 minutes.

Returning to Harbour, a little girl on the quayside commented how well everybody worked together to unload the boat.

Thanks to everyone who made it a great trip.

Andy F