Off to Ringhaddy today to dive the M.Y. Alastor it's an intact wreck and quite small so did a few swim throughs of the gang ways and poked my head in a few holes. The wreck lies upright at ~23m (75').
Vis was poor but apparently it's rarely great here. Good dive if a bit murky, there is something otherworldly when you are swimming forward then this large black shape appears at the edge of your vision.
Saturday, 25 July 2015
Sunday, 12 July 2015
1st Wreck Dive
My third dive since I started with training with NDSAC and we are doing a wreck :) or what's left of one.
The S.S. Annagher was sunk in 1937 and is at a depth ~12-15m (39'-49') in Belfast Lough, it was dispersed by explosives after salvage attempts failed. In short it's mostly just a collection of scattered plating.
Water temp was a toasty 12 Celsius with a surface temp of approx 19 Celsius, vis was about 2-3m.
Did a second dive today as well up off the Copelands, saw some lobster pots & scallops.
I was a nice relaxing dive..
The S.S. Annagher was sunk in 1937 and is at a depth ~12-15m (39'-49') in Belfast Lough, it was dispersed by explosives after salvage attempts failed. In short it's mostly just a collection of scattered plating.
Water temp was a toasty 12 Celsius with a surface temp of approx 19 Celsius, vis was about 2-3m.
Did a second dive today as well up off the Copelands, saw some lobster pots & scallops.
I was a nice relaxing dive..
Saturday, 4 July 2015
1st Dry Suit Dive.
Went to Bramton, Bangor, Northern Ireland for a quick check out dive in the dry suit. It went well I was a tad nervous as I'd heard that the dry suits could get air bubbles in the feet forcing you upside down. Luckily that didn't happen to me and I was told that for the 1st time in a dry suit I'd done better than most.
I was a bit weird having to be aware of air in the suit as well as the BCD.
I did have a few issues:
1) As it was a loner suit it didnt fit quite right, the boots were too large and this caused my fins to slip off.
2) New mask kept fogging up. (Solved for future dives by using some toothpaste on the inside to clean it)
3) Buoyancy control was a tad difficult.
All in all it was a ood dive even though the vis wasnt great.
I was a bit weird having to be aware of air in the suit as well as the BCD.
I did have a few issues:
1) As it was a loner suit it didnt fit quite right, the boots were too large and this caused my fins to slip off.
2) New mask kept fogging up. (Solved for future dives by using some toothpaste on the inside to clean it)
3) Buoyancy control was a tad difficult.
All in all it was a ood dive even though the vis wasnt great.
Thursday, 2 July 2015
BSAC Ocean Diver
Started my Ocean Diver course.
Did my pool lessons quickly as the guys were happy to give me some credit for doing my PSAI and once they were happy with my performance we proceeded with doing the bits they required that PSAI didn't.
Next up Sheltered Water dive on Saturday looking forward to it as it's going to be my 1st time in a dry suit so should be interesting.
Did my pool lessons quickly as the guys were happy to give me some credit for doing my PSAI and once they were happy with my performance we proceeded with doing the bits they required that PSAI didn't.
Next up Sheltered Water dive on Saturday looking forward to it as it's going to be my 1st time in a dry suit so should be interesting.
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