New Club Reef and GMC site - Qatar

Dive 1

Dive time: 41min

Depth: 17.1m

Entry time: 6:42am

Temp: 32 degrees C

Crocodilefish at start of dive

 Remora (sometimes called Suckerfish)

 Crocodilefish

Dive 2

Dive time: 59min

Depth: 12.5m

Entry time: 8:23am 

Temp: 31 degrees C

 Batfish (Platax)

The Batfish is also known as 'Teira'.

 

 

 Yellowbar Angelfish

 Lone Twobar Seabream among lots of Blackspot Snappers 

 

 Little crab

 Orange Spotted Grouper

 

 

Inland Sea - Qatar

Dive 1

Dive time: 65mins

Depth: 13.1m

Entry time: 7:49am

Temp: 32 degrees C 

Arabian Mocole Bream scientific name Scolopsis ghanam.

Crab (it was dead!)

 

Dive 2

Dive time: 55min

Depth: 14.6m

Entry time:  10:29am

Temp:  33 degrees C

 

 Crocodilefish (Tentacled flathead)

Cuttlefish

 

Goby and Pistol Shrimp 

St Abbs - South East Scotland

Drive 'home': Durham to Eyemouth and then St Abbs!

 

Dry suit plus 12kg (8 on belt + 4 in pockets) - think I could have used 10 as I felt little overweighted.

5mm gloves and hood

Dive 1

The Wuddy (Wuddy Rocks)

Dive time: 47mins

Depth: 16.8m

Temp: 13 degrees C

Visibility: 10m

 

Dive buddy Martin

Ballan Wrasse (?)

 

 

 



 

Dive 2

Dive time: 41mins 

Depth: 18.9m

Temp: 13 degrees C

Visibility: 10m

I was diving with Durham City Scuba diving club and we were taken by Dive Stay in Eyemouth.