My own 400th dive took place with little fanfare - it was a pretty unimpressive dive with little to talk about. The Mermaid, however, had gathered quite a troop on top of those already visiting the A-Frames.
Due to the weather (and the site) I had only wanted to do one dive on arrival and so most of the gang went for a splash and emerged with news of highland dancers and good visibility. Buoyed, I kitted up preparing to dive with the Mermaid on what would be her 400th dive.
Now, I suppose, it shouldn't have been a great dive. At best it should have been an average dive, but Poseidon himself was smiling as the Mermaid joined the 400 club. The visibility at site was easily around 6m and the water was tail end of summer warm at around 13c.
This drew forth life and, as had been noticed by Jester on an earlier dive, highland dancers - a nudibranch that neither of us have seen in a while.
The Mermaid had a whale of a time (sans cetaceans) and emerged a quadrocentenarian and what's more, she only fell over once. She might be getting used to this diving malarky.
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| The Squad and Did's Death Box |
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| 400 |
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| Closed anemone |
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| Pink spotted sea cucumber |
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| Highland Dancer |
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| Conger |
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| Emerging Quadrocentenarian |
