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| Originally Posted by angleseydiver I think the YD-Massif need to learn a bit about Neaps and Springs (and Mega-Springs  )
Lou, I'm really surprised you put yourself in this position, I thought you had a decent head (now-now-Finless, lie down!) on you.
We've had a great week of weather (no iffy/rough stuff here) but even though the sea is only 200m away and full of treasure it's been a period of "don't bother". As guessed, the vis is shite, there's not much (if any  ) slack, not really surprisng, is it?
Glad you all made it back without incident, more by luck than anything...
Sorry, but it has to be said... |
Well, I did the oft advised method of taking advise from the skippers.
To be fair it was rough, but it was not the roughest I have been in, even on a neap, and currents on the wreck were not a problem - we had virtually no current the whole time we were ont he wreck - so about 25 mins, and the skipper had told us to expect 30 minutes slack.
The viz wasn't the issue though, although it did mean a pretty shitty dive, again we have had nice dives in far worse. My real issue with the dive was the ears/vertigo - everything else was just minor annoyance time that stacked up. You have to say that when both Tango and Skin Deep are also on site it isn't a bad call by the skipper. Ian of SkinDeep alone is highly thought of and I think he is a cox (?) for Weymouth lifeboat.
To be honest, if I had bothered to realise it was the biggest tides for 10 years I wouldn't have booked - but we rushed into it having had both previous weekends cancelled.
I take you advice on board anyway, so thanks.
p.s - the tide charts for Sat gave about 2.5-3m above chart datum.