Drifting the Rumps
Friday evenings dive was cancelled as we didn’t have a boat. After a quick chat it was decided that we would go and dive the Ezra Weston. Slack water was around 3pm and as it was neap tides slack water should last for a long time. By the time we arrived at the site it was about 30 minutes after slack, we dropped the anchor. The sea was flat and the wind was non existant, but for some reason the GPS said we were moving at 1ft per second. Watching us drift away from our shot we had obviously missed slack water, which was strange as we had so much slack water last weekend on a spring tide. It was decided that we wouldn’t dive as too much current would ruin the dive. So off we went to get a better idea of how the seabed lies around the area. We eventually ended up near an island called the Mouls, I decide to jump in and have a look. Continue reading this entry »
Sphene Again.
Several local divers wanted to have a dive off the north coast of Cornwall, some had never dived the north coast and wanted to see what it was like. Looking at the forecast the south coast was going to be a bit rough anyway, it could even affect the north coast a bit offshore. So with the divers and conditions in mind, the Sphene looked favourite for all. Continue reading this entry »
S.S. Sphene and the Lobster catcher
It’s that time of year when we get the biggest spring tides, it also mean sthe smallest neap tides and we didn’t want to waste that. We had planned a dive to 60m on H.S. Rewa on either Saturday or Sunday or both, but as we got closer to the weekend the forecast wasn’t looking so keen so we waited until the day.
Saturday morning came and we were still unsure. Did we want to travel 26 miles on a RHIB in rough conditions and then have the dive cut short? Not really. I had planned 45 minutes at the bottom and relied on surface support in case of CCR failure, if it turned out rough I couldn’t rely on surface support finding me quick enough if I didn’t return to the shot line. So the safest bet was to wait until a flat day. Not wanting to miss the tides we ended up back on the old favourite, the Sphene. Sunk in 1946 in bad weather, it’s still a nice dive and a good place to find Lobsters. Even better with my new Lobster catcher! Continue reading this entry »