A Frames, Loch Long - Scotland

It had been a year since I dived in Scotland at St Abbs last September so it was great to do a night dive again at Loch Long.  This site was one of the first places I did with my dry suit so it was good to return.  It's a very popular dive site for dive training and not too far from Glasgow.

A Frames, Loch Long - Google Maps

Plenty of underwater life here.  On the first dive (minus the camera) we saw pleny of shrimp.  There were loads of starfish, velvet swimming crabs, hermit crabs, squat lobsters, and long-legged spider crabs.  There were peacock fan worms along the frames which look nice when lit up.

Highlight of the second dive was a juvenile squid, first thought to be cuttlefish (?), which I managed to follow for a bit.

Dive 1
Entry: 18:39
Dive time: 46 mins

Depth: 20.1m

Temp: 10 degrees C 

KD#1

Dive 2
Entry: 20:10
Dive time: 31 mins

Depth: 18.9 m

Temp: 10 degrees C

Weights: 13kg 

KD#2

 

 

 

Indonesia, Lembeh Strait - Mandarinfish dive - Bianca #10

 

 

Lembeh strait 

Dive site: Bianca

Indonesia dive number: 10

Dive time: 65 minutes

Entry time: 4:59pm

Depth: 7.8 metres

Temp: 26°C

Indonesia, Bunaken Marine Park - Alung Banua Night Dive #2

Bunaken

Dive site: Alung Banua

Indonesia dive number: 2

Entry time: 6:11pm

Dive time: 60 minutes

Depth: 16.2 metres

Temp: 28°C

Advanced Diver Training - Night Dive

Night Adventure Dive

Night dives are without doubt one of my favourite types of diving.  There is an added sense of trepidation and uncertainty which makes the dive that bit more exciting.  With all dives you have to be adequately prepared and when night diving there are some extra considerations to take into account.

The highlight of night diving is undeniably the nocturnal aquatic life as many of the plants and animals seen will be completely different.

During this particular dive we saw various octopus, shrimp, prawns, hermit crabs and eels swimming between the rocks.

                              

Prawn (Stenopus spinosus)

Molo Quattro and Scoglio della Nave, Ventotene, Italy

Dive #43

Dive 1

Molo Quattro

Depth: 25.3m

Time: 19min
Weights: 10kg

Crap dive

Dive #44

Dive2

Scoglio della Nave

Depth: 9.8m

Time: 43min
Weights: 10kg

Night dive

Molara, Ventotene, Italy

Dive #34

Molara

Depth: not recorded

Time: 55min