Moray madness

[bythesea]

Not really a trip report, more a memory of a great dive but wasn't sure where to place it, mods, feel free to move to another section if need be.

As the weather has been so crap this year I have had plenty of time to think about dives I have done and one that stands out in my mind happened in Mallorca {or majorca if you like}

I was based in Santa Ponsa for a few weeks passing the time doing try dives at the hotels and just generally enjoying life in the sun when I happened upon a diver called Dean.... or that mad t**t as he became known for reason that will become apparent.

My mate Steve who was also there for the duration and I were chatting to Dean on night when he mentioned a wreck that was home to a whole load of BIG eels, about 20 - 30 of them. We stroked our chins, supped some san miguel and thought, why the hell not, it'll be a laugh.

So, up early, down to the RIB we trot, camera in hand {will search for some pics and post if I find them}.

Dean arrives holding a can of Tuna in sunflower oil.... has to be in oil he says... OK says I but would it not be better to make your butties before you get on the RIB?

Or course, the tuna is not lunch... well not for us anyhow, but there to tempt the eels out of the wreck...OK one can of tuna...20 eels...not really going to upset the eco system, so off we go.

After a 20 minute ride we arrive at the site, down goes the shot followed by some tired but excited divers. At around 25M we come across a pile of rubble that no doubt used to be a wreck..or something man made anyway, hard to tell, I looked at Steve and he back at me with a "is this it" kind of expression, no eels, just a pile of bent metal. Oh well, at least the viz is good.

I look over to Dean who by now has taken the Tuna out of his pocket and is pulling the lid off... very important to have the self opening cans, fiddling with a can opener is not to be advised at 25M

As soon as the oil hits the water a whole load of eels start appearing from everywhere... no word of a lie it was eel soup down there, sizes ranged from three feet to six feet at least, or thats what my mind was telling me in between going holy f****** sh1t, thats why its called the eel wreck!

So, out come the camera, but where to point it, there are eels everywhere, I am just lining up a shot one one when I glance down and either I was very excited or that was one huge mother of an eel that just swam between my legs!

Click click click {the pics must be around here somewhere} Dean is still holding the can with bits of tuna floating about, the eels are well happy...mmm.. free food with no effort, we like this... I guess with this number of large eels it was more of an amuse bouche than a meal but tasty non the less.

I thought the dive should be marked with a picture of the crazy idiot that had taken us there holding his offering and feeding the eels, I turn just in time to see a chunk of tuna float out of the tin and settle under Deans chin. I am not the only one to noitce this, a big eel also spots the stray chunk and goes for it, getting a bit of Deans chin into the bargain, only a scratch but enough to draw blood as seen by the stream of black liquid coming from the {small, non life threatining} wound.

It was about half a second after this event we thought we had better make ourselves scarce, so back to the shot, up the line and into the safe surroundings of the RIB. Never have I been so glad to survive a dive and at the same time so sad to end a dive, a real adrenalin moment for sure.

Please don't start banging on about not feeding the wildlife, I never have and never will, this is the only time I have been in water while some one else was doing so.

Has anyone else done this site? Apart from it being out of Santa Ponsa I have no idea where it is but at some point would love to relive the experience.

Now... to find those bloody pictures...

[copperband]

hahaha, good read, now where is the evidence?