Category Dive Logs

natural swimming pool, Frog Dive Club dive. Buddy’s problem with equipment caused end of this dive

found large subsea pinnacle covered with sunstar spp, many dogfish

Superb sunn first day of holiday. Rib dropped roup of four a few metres from the Piton Wall. Sheer drop, with only the gentlest slope in parts! Continious finning to stay on station, with some barracuda and two lion fish. Shoals of trigger fish. One large grouper, and two smallish turtles. Drifted back to the beach and cam up at the dive shop.

Mystic man water taxi from Jalousie to Anse Chastanet hotel. Waited 45 mins fror recalcitrant Americans. Good briefing using Marine Park Artboard. Off from hotel beach then bouyancy check at 3m. Superb reef, with very strong current running beyond the western point. Very hard finning against it. (Why?) Small cave with turnaround but no interesting marine life inside. Mark went back to find two missing Americans, but they had already aborted the dive and beached.

Strong current on surface and just above the wall. Down shot line to excellent canyons and swim throughs, including one blind canyon needing a u-turn. Angel fish red and grey snappers, barracuda and small groupers

Started with bouyancy check, added 1kg to existing. Nice check out dive, with lots of marine life, good coral beds One hour out to the dive site, anchored in sand for lunch. Observed French boat with russian divers destroying the coral!!!

Short visit to Rodrigues on biz, so early dive for later low level, umprssurided flight. Up nd down through rock caverns. Not a lot of marine life but an interesting, different dive. Jane unable to equalise, so remained shallow. I heard that she got bent and potted on a later dive. OK in the end, thank goodness.

Using the SMB – not exactly your average blob! Lots of barracuda, grey reef sharks at a distanc. Another lionfish with plenty of angelfish and glassfish.

Aladin Pro giving problems after service,

Down with Hero leading, Alain helping Paula overcome her problems. Clouds of small fish, Alain stops to feed them (Crossed swords later) Slight current running, Cliff getting better, Julian improving fast. Alain succesfull with Paula, rejoins us just in time to point out a stonefish. Remarkably ugly creatures. Another two Morays, absolute clouds of fish, small and large. On descent, Cliffs weight belt nearly decapitates me. Aladin playing up again, watch shows 36 minute dive, Aladin shows 64. Some repair that was by Aladin!

Deepest dive yet! Trawler sank in 1969 in Sound of Hoxa while under tow, lying upright on seabed,almost intact and 16m proud of 43m at high water slack. superstructure and bridge in good condition, though np glass or fittings.

Down shot line to starboard side, then down hull to seabed. Visibility incredibly clear. Only 53m long and 666 tons, so didn’t take long to get around. Did not try to penetrate, although perfectly possible

Three deco stops on ascent.

Excellent!