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On day one, I was fine first thing, then as everyone congregated and started talking about the dives to come the nerves kicked in. As they got noisier, I got quieter. Eventually, kit ready I made my way to our boat, Wave Dancer and her trusty skipper Billy Aitchison.
The peanut boat and Pettico Wick
Dive one was a bit of a blur. I saw anemones, crabs, dead men’ s fingers, lobsters and more. In view of my limited experience, I came out feeling more pleased that I’ d achieved my first sea dive than overwhelmed by what I’ d seen but also very keen to get back in again.
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the rock and then descended into the first of a series of fantastic kelp lined gullies. As we got nearer, ballan wrasse started to appear as predicted and slowly the arch came into view. It was seriously impressive, completely lined with all manner of anemones and dead men’ s fingers. We swam through it, and then up and back through the keyhole to glide down into the kelp with the fish. As we returned through more gullies one of them opened into a large expanse of sandy floor which felt a bit like being on a seaweedlined squash court. We swam vertically out of the opening and continued back. |
Above: Underway and out to sea
Below: Surfacing with the buoys
Bottom: Richard and Hayley run through their buddy check
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Cathedral Rock
This was a shore dive so, after getting in over the rocks with the style and grace you’ d expect from a novice and a man well into his 40s, we surface swam towards
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