Trefor

[endoman]

Had a couple of dives at Trefor pier this weekend, first UK sea dives for me and my buddy Arfie. Very pleasant, nice vis around 5-8 m and lots to look at compared with puddles! We are certainly up for some more in the future.

Couple of questions re these fellas we found, happy bonking away, but are these, the big ones, edible crabs? Next question, how do you catch / kill them?

[witchieblackcat]

Originally Posted by endoman

edible crabs?

No they're spider crabs.

Originally Posted by endoman

Next question, how do you catch / kill them?

Carefully?

[quoggle]

The Crabs are Spider Crabs are edible but mostly eaten in Europe

try this link

Spider Crab invasion in Cardigan Bay.

Much better fun to pick them up and drop them on a fellow diver diving underneath you.

[endoman]

We saw one descending rapidly and assumed it had been lobbed back by a fisherman, or maybe fallen off the pier leg higher up.

I think we were lucky with the weather as there was little wind and the vis was really rather good, certainly better by far than Stoney on Friday.

We went up to Trearddur, but were told the vis was poor and decided to go back to Trefor for a second dive and found the small reef off the end of the pier. A night out in Porthmadog was had as well, and we are still alive!

[endoman]

A few more pics from the trip, we went Saturday and Sunday and dived around high tide, max depth 6.5m.



First dive we kept under the pier went up one side and down the next, 37 mins dive time.




Kitting up on the benches was nice and easy,



Once under we saw Prawns,




Then I guess a Wrasse,




and lots of these,



Final surface swim back along the breakwater and off for Ice Cream :-)




A really pleasant and gentle intro to UK sea diving, decent vis, 5 - 8 metres and 13 degs. Would have been nice to try a different site on the second day, but we felt comfy at the pier. We did briefly venture off the end to the small reef, and tried to find the off off to the side, but I gave up after about 30 seconds !

[Ding Dang Doo]

Nice little report... and some great piccies too!

I'm up for a dive off there in the not too distant!

Thanks for posting.

Pete

[steveharriss]

Sorry I missed this initially. Glad you had a great weekends diving. Like the pictures. What was your set-up?

[endoman]

Originally Posted by steveharriss

Sorry I missed this initially. Glad you had a great weekends diving. Like the pictures. What was your set-up?

Fufi F30, better pictures with custom white balance on second dive, crab eating dogfish = un edited. Lots of light so didn't need the higher ISO settings, these were at 400 ISO, and that allowed a pretty quick shutter speed,

[Cyprian]

Next time you're up why dont you venture a but further down the Llyn Peninsula, about 20-25 min drive from Trefor to Porthysgaden which is located near Tudweiliog. A nice easy shore dive, max depth could be anything you want it to be up to 12-15m if you venture out of the bay. Usually plenty to see but it's been a bit 'slow' this year, (although I haven't dived it in the last 5 weeks). PM me if you want more info

HTH

Irfon

[Timbo]

Originally Posted by Cyprian

Next time you're up why dont you venture a but further down the Llyn Peninsula, about 20-25 min drive from Trefor to Porthysgaden which is located near Tudweiliog. A nice easy shore dive, max depth could be anything you want it to be up to 12-15m if you venture out of the bay. Usually plenty to see but it's been a bit 'slow' this year, (although I haven't dived it in the last 5 weeks). PM me if you want more info

HTH

Irfon

Iv,e got a place at Rhiw first week in July,,have walked Porthsygaden and fancied diving it, would appreciate info on any other nearby shore dives..