Tropical Reefs - 09/08/2017

With the weather staying nice I took the decisive decision to take a day of work. I was happy about this as it meant I was going to get a long lie, didn't have to go to work and could also enjoy a slightly further afield dive site.

Jester, Jim and I all decided on Triple Reef. We were delayed in our start due to technical issues, so we limited ourselves to one nice long dive.

We followed the traditional guide route as I did last time and found ourselves floating around each of the three 'reefs'. It was nice with plenty of anemones ans sunstars to keep us all entertained.

As we surfaced, we popped up 20m from the entry, which increased the length of our our stagger back to the cars. 

It completed a great four days of diving.

Dahlia Anemone

Daisy Anemone

Common Sunstar

Northern Sunstar

Triple Threat - 10/06/2017

Ed mourns the loss of his 'latte'

With Scotland playing England at football (soccer for my American friends), Fast Ed and I decided that we would do just one dive slightly further afield than we'd normally go and then head back to get us home in time for the game. 

We had made a shortlist of three sites, but in the end decided on Triple Reef. We decided to follow Peter Gunn's suggested route in the comments of the guide.

The day didn't start well for Fast Ed who lost his latte to carelessness and also forgot his giant baby romper (undersuit). 

We crawled along the B8000 looking for the site we found it. Had a quick exploration and then kitted up.

Now both Fast Ed and I have a few dives under our (weight) belts and the guide was reasonably accurate. However, there was a triple threat even for the more experienced recreational diver.

1. The entry/exit is hazardous it's not worth pretending otherwise. I did it with my twinset and I won't lie the walk up was especially hard work.
2. It was all a little deeper than expected, with longer swims from point to point. As such decompression (for those who wish to avoid it) is a real risk if you are taking a leisurely approach..
3. We dived it mid flood and the current, particularly at around 15m,was seriously strong. Resulting in an increased SAC rate.

All this said, it was a great dive. The site was hoaching with fish, edible crabs, a conger eel, anemones. All with great visibility.

Back on the surface we took a little time to plot some additional, nearby sites in the sat-nav for a future trip.

Cushion Star

Northern Sunstar

Dahlia Anemone

Common Sunstar