Today Mr Fallsoveralot and I went to Twin Piers. We've had two abortive attempts to dive it together. However, today was to be the day. The tide was out, and in this state the bottom of the reef is a pretty shallow 19m, but it was perfect for some light hearted exploration.
We had expected this to be a seal dive as when we were kitting up there was a seal frolicking on the surface just out from our entry point. On the dive the only evidence of the seal was a lot of disturbed plumose anemones and some pretty poor visibility (2-3m)
Exploring the reef we found some of my favourite bits of sea life. In particular, a rich abundance of the sea cucumbers - there is a video below of what happens when you disturb one. On top of that we found a couple of conger eels at very shallow depths, a big ballan wrasse and the odd rock cook.
However, today's real diving interest for me came in the form of two new records.
- lowest ever air consumption - 15.7 litres per minute
- longest ever dive - 1hr 1minute
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| Sea cucumber |
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| Shallow conger |
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| Yellow cluster anemone |
Nice pics. Was a great dive.
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