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I gotta say first of all that, getting back form Menorca has left me cold ever since. I seriously do not recommend coming from 90 degrees to the UK at this time of year. Brrr!!
When we got there we hooked up with a dive centre and arrahged a program of dives. However, this dive centre was so badly organised that I refused to dive with them any further.
On the plus side, the dive with them was on to the malakov, which looked great. Having motored out to the site I ended up having to go down the anchor line and drag the anchor along the seabed to the wreck. Plenty to see on the wreck including morays, barracuda and a whole host of other fish. (Don’t know most of ‘em!)
The wreck itself lies upright at around 38m on and is in quite good nick. Very interesting. Digger, go back and do it.
After this bad start I contacted Martin Lawrence, who has set up Blue Water Scuba after the demise of Crystal-Seas. Jolly nice chap.
Because I had had a bad start the other dive centre, I think martin determined to show me the best of Menorca. And that he did…
We started off with a shore dive at Pont’den Gil. This is a cavern dive really but it is spectacular. After hauling our gear down this cliff, including getting over a gap in the rocks with the sea crashing in below us, in we jumped. Swimming along in the fabulous visibilty we descended and went through a swim through. After a short fin along the bottom, into the black cave we went…
What a place. Every diver should go to Menorca and do this dive. It’s fantastic! As the cave gets narrower you become more aware of several things at once. Where your buddy is, your contents gauge and the surroundings. You start to see stalactites (they are the ones that come down, like tights see?!!) and stalagmites. And ones that have joined up, what are they called? Eventually you surface in a cave with no light bar your torches. And everyone has the same look onm them. The WOW face. The rock formations are amazing. One looks like a frog, one is giving you the finger and there is even Buddha’s temple in there somewhere. Top dive.
Then there is the moonpool, anothert cave but you surface in an almost perfect circle of rock into an airspace.
Fossil cave, which is self-explanatory. Another good easy caveern dive.
I shan’t mention the 6 metre giant stride to get to the last two dives!!!
Plenty to see. Lots of different diving and a top dive centre to boot. Ble Water scuba is a good setup and martin, if you read this, I hope your plans for the future soon come to be. Thanks for the dives and sorting out the Crystal Seas thingy.
If you’re planning a holiday next year, try Menorca. Martin can be contacted at [email protected]
And now for some pics....
I gotta say first of all that, getting back form Menorca has left me cold ever since. I seriously do not recommend coming from 90 degrees to the UK at this time of year. Brrr!!
When we got there we hooked up with a dive centre and arrahged a program of dives. However, this dive centre was so badly organised that I refused to dive with them any further.
On the plus side, the dive with them was on to the malakov, which looked great. Having motored out to the site I ended up having to go down the anchor line and drag the anchor along the seabed to the wreck. Plenty to see on the wreck including morays, barracuda and a whole host of other fish. (Don’t know most of ‘em!)
The wreck itself lies upright at around 38m on and is in quite good nick. Very interesting. Digger, go back and do it.
After this bad start I contacted Martin Lawrence, who has set up Blue Water Scuba after the demise of Crystal-Seas. Jolly nice chap.
Because I had had a bad start the other dive centre, I think martin determined to show me the best of Menorca. And that he did…
We started off with a shore dive at Pont’den Gil. This is a cavern dive really but it is spectacular. After hauling our gear down this cliff, including getting over a gap in the rocks with the sea crashing in below us, in we jumped. Swimming along in the fabulous visibilty we descended and went through a swim through. After a short fin along the bottom, into the black cave we went…
What a place. Every diver should go to Menorca and do this dive. It’s fantastic! As the cave gets narrower you become more aware of several things at once. Where your buddy is, your contents gauge and the surroundings. You start to see stalactites (they are the ones that come down, like tights see?!!) and stalagmites. And ones that have joined up, what are they called? Eventually you surface in a cave with no light bar your torches. And everyone has the same look onm them. The WOW face. The rock formations are amazing. One looks like a frog, one is giving you the finger and there is even Buddha’s temple in there somewhere. Top dive.
Then there is the moonpool, anothert cave but you surface in an almost perfect circle of rock into an airspace.
Fossil cave, which is self-explanatory. Another good easy caveern dive.
I shan’t mention the 6 metre giant stride to get to the last two dives!!!
Plenty to see. Lots of different diving and a top dive centre to boot. Ble Water scuba is a good setup and martin, if you read this, I hope your plans for the future soon come to be. Thanks for the dives and sorting out the Crystal Seas thingy.
If you’re planning a holiday next year, try Menorca. Martin can be contacted at [email protected]
And now for some pics....