Due to the strong south westerly winds we had to find a sheltered site, so decided on Battery Buoy and we made slack water too! Of course it was dark below 25m but the water column was quite clear, green but clear, around 3-5m but a good 5-8m above 25m and lighter and clearer. My buddy […]
A very suprisingly good dive on the Persier on Bank Holiday Whitsun Monday. Strong westerly winds was forecast from lunchtime but we made it out there and back albeit very slowly on a lumpy sea on the return journey. From the moment we went below the buoy on the shotline the sea was blue with […]
After much deliberation and checking tides, wind and more importantly, the VIS reports, we finally went diving today, and the chosen site was a South East Pinnacle at Eddystone to try to avoid the dark and thick plankton. The vis was as we hoped, clearer, cleaner and not so thick. The Spring Tide slack was […]
Hatt Rock was amazing as always. Vis was at least a bright 10m but since checking the photos there was a lot of tiny jelly type plankton in the water column – the sun shone all the way down the depths as far as 35/40m, reflecting on the plankton – lovely blue sea, no current, […]
It was great to go diving again after a few weeks off due to poor weather conditions. Chosen site was the Persier – vis around 4-5m but with lots of tiny particles in water column – as the photos show. The sea temp at 11c. Sun shone, light winds, calm sea conditions. Very green, not […]