For those unaware, Twin Piers and Conger are separated by just a few hundreds and are walkable fully kitted. Today we wondered if it was also possible to do it as a swimming safety stop, but in the end we opted to just dive them separately.
Kitting up at Conger first we headed in and descended to the bottom of the reef. I logged 31.0m (my second deepest dive ever) before heading back up reef towards Monty, the resident conger that Laura, Avril and I photographed the previous week.
In order to satiate Ed and Laura's desire for underwater conger carnage, I whipped out my knife and cracked open a horse muscle in order to lure the conger out. However, it got caught in some anemones and I lacked the courage to use my fingers to move it closer to Monty's lair. It wouldn't have mattered too much regardless as I'd have been unable photograph the experience as I'd left my camera in the car.
Between dives we moved the cars down the road to Twin Piers and we set up for a BBQ in the pouring rain. Despite my initial internalised pessimism it was actually pretty successful. I had a tasty roll and sausage and a fairly meaty cheeseburger. In fact, I consumed so much that I was able to drop a couple of kilos off my weight belt. Special shout out to Avril for her BBQing efforts and to Laura and Marba for pretending to help.
On the second dive (night) the divergence of dive experience varied considerably among the group but most of us had a great encounter with an inquisitive Beryl the Seal, though little else in terms of sea life as is the case when she's about. I took my camera in and for the first time managed to get a photo of her.
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| Edible crab |
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| Sea urchin |
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| Beryl the Seal |
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| Anemones and urchins |
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| Baby scorpion fish |
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