Dive Details
Launched from – Portree
Boat used – Brendan
Date – 01/09/06
Time – 13:19
Max Depth – 34.6m
Duration – 54 minutes
Temp – 13 C
Rating – 1
The Last Dive
I don’t think this area was as well known to the boat skippers as the rest of Skye. The winds had once again started to pick up and a decision had to be made for our last dive site. Looking at the charts there looked like an interesting falling reef on Holomon Island, so thats where we headed. We were dropped into Kelp, again, I still don’t like Kelp, then made our way to find deeper waters. The area was mainly covered in sand, some of the Norwegian Lobsters were free roaming around, there obviously wasn’t enough shelter for them. As you approach them they make a single sweep of their tail and shoot away at quite a speed, settling down another metre or so away. Swimming further down I eventually came across some small rocks sticking out of the sand, Urchins, Cup Corals etc. littered the hard surfaces, with the Norwegian Lobsters hiding underneath.
And Finally
Unfortunately this wasn’t what I would call a good dive, there wasn’t a lot to see, we could just blame the weather. The dive didn’t last as long as some of the others as I had run out of Oxygen for mixing my nitrox and had a very weak mix. It would have been nice to see something special on our last dive, but at least we had a dive. 17 dives in a week, a range of dives to suit most tastes and abilities, two very good skippers and some excellent visibility made this an excellent week on the whole.
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