Nothing to report yet, but....

[erich]

I'm off to the costa del sol next week and booked a dive with a crew called one2one, I've heard good things about them, can anyone tell me about what to expect from costa del sol diving? Would love to do a wreck but it look like there are more nature dive.

[mala]

one2one are ok.
the local dive sites are pretty uninteresting tho.
chilly ,shallow and not much rust.

if you travel to the gibralter sites be prepared for a very long border crossing.

if you fancy something a bit different go and dive with the local spanish club in la cala.

have fun

[scubagit]

Have dived with One2One a few times. Have to say they are a great bunch to dive with and will use them again. Not sure what your experience level is but most of the people on thew trips can be very new OW or AOW diver so yeah the dives can be a little uninteresting and lacking depth.
On the other hand as the saying goes, a bad days diving beats a good days working any day.

[Buoyant Babe]

It was one2one that hilrosepaul and myself dived with last year. We did two very nice dives at Tarifa - one side of the road was the Med, the other was the Atlantic and there was a marked difference between the two. I would dive with them again.

[erich]

From my research I'm guessing they are an English set up, is that right... thats not to say I have problem with any foreign set up of course!

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by erich

From my research I'm guessing they are an English set up, is that right... thats not to say I have problem with any foreign set up of course!

I think they are an English set-up. The dive guides were European (not just Spanish).

[erich]

Well the dive was cold, but saw a lot of sea life, bass, tuna, octopus, bream, there were some awesome thermocline activity as the dive site was Tarfia where the Atlantic meets the Med so the cold and warm mix was intense, starting at 17 and dropping off to 13 degrees in places.

Great crew, one2one would highly recommend them, very safe and comfortable to dive with, there was a point where another female diver freaked with a mask clearing problem and the DM was on it like a shot and resolved the problem.

My only gripe would be the rather long bus journey to the dive site, but I've been told but one2one that they were just waiting to clear some paper work in order to use a rib that would make more dive sites accessible.

[hilrosepaul]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Tarifa was incredible when BB and I dived there last year. The thing that amazed me most was the marked difference betweeen the Atlantic and Med sides of the headland.

[erich]

Sadly we only dived the Med side, I was only in a 5mm wetsuit and Med side was cold enough for me! Great diversity of sealife though, it is the inlet to the Med so everything passes through there, I was told Sharks, Whales and dolphins have been seen there.

[scubagit]

Glaf you enjoyed it. Chris and the lads are a good bunch to dive with. Looking forward to the Rib being available. They got it last summer and with the amount of work it needed and the paperwork thats required, they have had to put a lot of work in there.