When we set out for an evening dive at St Catherines, Loch Fyne we never expected anything special. Some midgies, a gentle swim round the reef, some sea life, some more midgies and then the drive home. We didnt imagine we'd see anything rare. However on the drive up I got to thinking about those one in a hundred dives when you sea something that is possible to see but improbable at a given site. For example, the time when Jester and saw
Lithodes Maja - possible, but improbable.
Often to see these things you have to go deeper or further than the well worn and fin kicked trails made by many of the local dive schools. It is perhaps why many regular instructors are oblivious to some of the best life at many of the sites and, more importantly, why divers have to get out and explore beyond their usual routines - my theme for the year.
However, all of us were surprised when the Kingmaker spotted a fish that I haven't seen in over 400 dives. We weren't deep, we weren't on the far side of the reef, we were just in the right place at the right time when a
John Dory was hovering about. In his excitement, the Kingmaker had nudged up a little silt, but I snapped it, watched it and then left Jester to get the money shot with his fancier camera rig.
Whatever else happened on the dive was neither here nor there, we had been rewarded for venturing out amongst the angry midgies.
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| John Dory |
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| Devonshire Cup Coral |
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| Limacia Clavigera |
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| Limacia Clavigera |
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| Limacia Clavigera |
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