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| 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.
- 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.
- 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..
- 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.
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| Cushion Star |
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| Northern Sunstar |
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| Dahlia Anemone |
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| Common Sunstar |
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