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Gales, more rescues and some excellent diving

Not to be deterred by a force 11 gale warning, we headed straight into the eye of the storm to see how far down the Sound of Mull we could get. The answer was, not very far. We had a

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The storm’s a-brewin’

Today was the last good weather day. The  force 9 batters down the coastline tomorrow, so we headed out to Elizabeth Rock and a good time was had by all. The breeding nudibranchs looked like they were having a good

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Basking sharks on Coll (and a lot of midges too)

The weather has been pretty kind to us this week. Today we headed out to Coll, and had a lovely dive on the Tapti, a wreck lying in 26 metres. The usual plethora of anemones, including our new favourite burrowing anemones.

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Day two and it’s raining…a lot

The sea was still flat, so we headed out to the Great Wall of Eigg. As this is the Hebrides, we saw the usual seals, basking sharks, porpoises, and some massive bottlenose dolphins, bow riding under the boat, leaping out

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One diver down…

At least there was more space on the RIB. Only joking. After a lovely dive on the Rondo, we sampled the delights of the Tobermory lifeboat festival. As well as the above demonstration, Ben sneaked off and came second in

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