I was lucky enough to finish off my diving for the year in warmer waters than of late with some diving at El Cabron, Gran Canaria. At 20 degrees C, the water was a whole 10 degrees warmer than it was in the Clyde a couple of weeks ago when we were diving the wreck of the Akka amongst other things, but it was still good to be wearing a fairly thick wetsuit with hood!
As well as a nice little shoal of Bastard Grunt (that’s what they’re called, not a sudden bout of profanity), there was a lot of the usual life you see when diving around the Canaries. A Tiger Moray was hiding in a crevice, a cluster of Squid eggs were hanging from the underside of another and there were a pair of Cleaner Shrimps who had set up their cleaning station next to a Giant Anemone (there was no cleaning going on, possibly due to the Christmas holiday 😉 ) I also spotted a Canarian Lobster, which is a species endemic to the area but doesn’t bare too much of a resemblance to the Lobsters we are used to seeing whilst diving in the UK. Continue reading “El Cabron, Gran Canaria – December 2012”
Hin Musang “Shark Point” – Thailand 2007
Sorting through my hard drive I came across these pics of a dive at Shark Point in Thailand several years ago. I hand’t been diving for too long at the time and the dive included one of my first close up encounters with a shark. Continue reading “Hin Musang “Shark Point” – Thailand 2007″
Conger Alley and Craggen, Loch Long – December 2012
Conger Alley certainly lived up to its name during a visit to Loch Long at the start of December. Every big crevice in the rocks here seems to be home to a Conger and they were curious enough to emerge a little from their hiding places to check us out. Continue reading “Conger Alley and Craggen, Loch Long – December 2012”
Loch Fyne – November 2012
A weekend of diving aboard The Fyne Pioneer with skipper Simon Exley at the end of November provided some chilly but thoroughly enjoyable dives at sites including Stallion Rock, Minard Islands and ‘Big Rock’. Continue reading “Loch Fyne – November 2012”