Monthly Archives: June 2011

Cornwall day 3

We poked our noses out into the Atlantic as a strange yellow orb appeared in the sky. Some of us suspected witchcraft but the wiser and more experienced among us identified this phenomenon as the sun. We were intially optimistic

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Cornwall day 2

The forecast was for an early brief window of diveable conditions before big winds after lunch. So, we assembled at the quayside first thing and were casting off in Clidive record time. We were optimistic and loaded two cylinders each.

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Cornwall day 1

South-westerly; the wind direction for which there’s really no dive plan B in the south western peninsula of Cornwall. However, despite some pretty hefty swell we kicked off the week at a rock known as ‘Rory’s bluff’. As we descended

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Slugs of the Sound

The weather may have been questionable, and the water chilly, but the May Bank Holiday weekend in Plymouth showed the variety of life even on sheltered dive sites in Plymouth Sound. Polycera faroensis No idea, but only its mother could

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