Like any social activity, meeting people is one of the interesting aspects of diving. Today saw me meet up with two divers with whom I have never dived - Michael & Ben. On this occasion my experience (in terms of dive numbers) was more than double that of my two buddies combined. Therefore, I felt an expectation to deliver a positive experience for them. An expectation that ultimately resulted in a 15% increase in my SAC rate.
Not wanting to dive in Loch Long after my experience
earlier in the week, meant that I was looking to head to Loch Fyne where both buddies had only dived at Seal Reef, St Catherines. However, with the mistaken belief that a local PADI dive school was about to descend there en masse (as they tend to do) we decided to go to
Anchor Point.
I had encouraged both Ben & Michael to read the
Anchor Point finstrokes guide in preparation so that they knew what to expect - a courtesy that I expect as a bare minimum when I go out with less experienced divers - and they had. I mean, I really don't mind showing people the ropes, but at least take a little responsibility.
We kitted up and buddy checked in the shallow water to avoid the midgies, which it seems are now starting to hatch for the summer and headed down towards the bottom of the wall passing the odd scallop, nudibranchs, anemones, sunstars, bloody henry's. It was a really nice dive.
Back on the surface we chatted before heading back in doing the same dive again this time with a slightly shallower trajectory along the wall. It paid dividends with a every pleasant if rather timid conger eel.
I think my buddies liked the site and will probably be back.
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| Deeplet Anemone |
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| Sunstar |
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| Polycera faeroensis |
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| Polycera faeroensis |
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| Flebellina Lineata |
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| Polycera faeroensis |
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| Bloody Henry |
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| Polycera faeroensis |
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