| The diving:
This was not at all what I expected!
We were told: 70 minute max dive time to a max depth of 110 feet and come up on 1500 PSI, up to five dives a day
This was fine for everyone
I have no idea what 110 feet is so I just stuck to my usual
plan of max 34 meters at PO 1.4 and I never run my gas down to 50 bar so I was not too worried about the PSI thing, and I’m so pleased I took my little pony
Actual average depth, for me, was 13 meters to 18 meters depending on the site with a max of 31 meters once in the whole week – no need to go deeper
The wall started at between 12 meters and 17 meters on all dives. So I would start along the wall and end on the flat bit …. what is that called??
Only felt current on one dive and surge on a couple of dives
There was little in the way of marine life and even less colourful soft coral
We had some sharks, the odd moray, no nudibranchs, one flat worm, a few hermit crabs, lots of lobsters. It was all hard coral and rock
The visibility was usually 20 meters, and the water was 26 degrees.
The only real mistake I made was not taking my dry suit. This was way too cold for me even when I was wearing four layers: under armour borrowed from Trish, AeroSkin borrowed from Jules, five mil long and three mil shorty
The best thing I did was solo dive for 25 of the 26 dives I made (the night dive I did with Steve was really good with those lobsters fighting, thanks. But after this dive he developed an ear infection and did not dive for the next three and a half days)
I was free to do what ever I wanted (within the rules of the boat, SDI and my own safety). I was doing 60+ minute dives and still coming up on 80 bar to the amazement of some of the people on the boat
I can’t really tell you anything else – this is, in my opinion, not a good diving destination
A couple of us, individually, mentioned to one of the crew about the “not so good” diving and we were told that they are saving the best for last.
Why?
Why don’t we go there first and stay there – weather and mooring availability permitting. And the weather actually got worse toward the end of the week. I accept that we can’t ‘hog’ mooring points, I think this was only a problem once and Captain Mark requested the Aggressor to move |