View Full Version : Fri 27 July 07: St Abbs evening diving
Friday's list
Charlie
stewart
T2T
loudy
regthing
Fran
shog69
who else?
If others want to start threads for other nights: feel free
What time on Friday? Will be taking Sudafed all week to clear my ears :D
there will be iced Danish Pastries too....
there will be iced Danish Pastries too....
just remember Loudy is going ;)
just remember Loudy is going ;)
Meaning..........................
Meaning..........................
meaning, he likes donuts so much, i guess he will like these also :rolleyes:
cake?????????
are you coming, gareth?
What time on Friday ????????????
Oh and yeah I'm coming :D
What time on Friday? Will be taking Sudafed all week to clear my ears :D
timing is flexible
best time to dive Cathedral would be about 19:30 for slack water
if people want to come early for a first dive before that it would be fine
no night diving is allowed from the harbour so a much later dive may not be an option
I'd probably be down there for around 6 ish if i get away from work at my normal friday time of around 4ish
Charlie count me in for friday.
the weather (http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=Eyemouth&day=6) looks not too bad for friday but a bit far away to be accurate.
this link will update every 4 hours or so, so keep clicking...
and another to double check with (http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=47830)
charlie
stewart
T2T
loudy
regthing
Fran
shog69
Does anyone else want added to the list? sorry if I've forgotten anyone. :rolleyes:
The swell forecast looks favourable still. :)
http://charts.metcentral.com/nww3/1a0a7cbcd99e41562948029700e38612/66.png (http://magicseaweed.com/UK-Ireland-MSW-Surf-Charts/1/)
What time do people want to meet at?
LW is at 19:46 so if people want to dive Cathedral Rock I would suggest splashing at 19:30 to be able to get some time within the arch at slack water.
Shog69 suggested meeting just after 6pm. This would allow a first dive - say looking for the elusive anglerfish - followed by a 2nd dive to CR.
Night diving isn't allowed from the harbour, so I don't know if there would be time to get a dive after the CR one.
When would you lot be able to get to St Abbs?
I'll PM those of you who I don't have contact numbers for in case things change on the day.
6 and onwards is good for me
i should be down there by 17:30 so might get a bite to eat first while i wait.
I hope to arrive just after 6. I'm bringing a buddy, so if you all arrive before me & are desperate to get in, don't feel that you have to wait. I aim to get a dive on arrival & then CR at about 19:30.
That's the plan at the moment but you know what happens to the best made plans... :eek:
Might join you all Friday as well, won't have a buddy though. Any volunteers, have yetto drown anyone :) Can be down for about 5.30 ish.
W.
Might join you all Friday as well, won't have a buddy though. Any volunteers, have yetto drown anyone :) Can be down for about 5.30 ish.
W.
Come on down dude, Loudy and I will be there quite early
Might join you all Friday as well, won't have a buddy though. Any volunteers, have yetto drown anyone :) Can be down for about 5.30 ish.
W.
sounds good: we'll sort out buddy groupings on the night
Am travelling wae Stewart and yeah I reckon we'll be there around 17.30
would be good to get 2 dives in...am sure.
A wee pic from st abbs a couple of weeks back
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/loudy331/kissing-1.jpg
Excellent, will need to sort out a couple of fills. Anyone know if Splashports just off Calder/Gorgie road does fills?
M.
sounds good: we'll sort out buddy groupings on the night
I have heard they are closed now!!
Just head into fountainbridge to EDC, thats where I go!!
charlie
frazer
stewart
fran
T2T
loudy
regthing
shog69
mogwai
weather forecast looks OK for tonight: clear skies + westerly winds should (fingers crossed) allow some good diving conditions :)
as far as I know, everyone is aiming to be there at around 6pm. We can finalise the buddy groups when we meet up.
See you all at St Abbs Harbour at about 6pm :D
Me and t2t are heading though at 1:30pm for a cheeky early dive :p
you guys not got real jobs??
Real job! that's how i was out nightshift last night when you were in your scratcher :p
Not going to make tonight guys, haven't had time to sort out fills etc, will catch up with you anothe night hopefully. Was very nice there last night bit if a bummer to miss out tonight but he ho. Enjoy:D
mogwai,if it's just fills you need i've got a spare 2 cylinders here which are full,wouldn't be a hassle to bring them along.
Great dive tonight !!!!! Cheers Scott.
Scott aka Regthing got some great pics, which he will upload when he gets back from his drunkin weekend (If he makes it there, he had a 4 hour drive after diving) Were going again Wednesday nexy week if anyone wants to join in). Great viz, lots of life and air on Tap from Rock House Diving. also a pub on the harbour :D
excellent diving
thanks to everyone for coming
see you soon
this is only the 2nd time i have dived St. Abbs.
thanks for the encouragement to go in for the 2nd dive, i was thinking about going to the pub after the first dive.
not that it was a bad dive, just getting late.
we managed to hit cathedral rock on the first dive after doing little green car, more by fluke than navigation i must admit.
Charlie navigated us on the 2nd dive out to cathedral rock & back safely (cheers Charlie). my torch battery went flat 10 minutes after i gave away my back-up to Fran, my other 2 back-ups failed, new batteries tomorrow i guess!
cheers for the dive folks & always nice to meet new faces. :)
Wow this is the first time I have dived at St Abb's,
Had a fantastic coupla dives, the viz was incredible,
lots of life,amazing underwater topography,gullies,
kelp,creatures and features.Hit CR twice.
Thanks Charlie for getting this trip up and running,
I will return.
Sorry for ma bud Stewart who had to hold ma hand
getting in and out of said dive site, am such a jessie.
Cheers Charlie, more diving next week :D
yup, 2 very good (albeit wet) dives thanks Loudy,
nice to meet everyone again.
I will post the pictures of the 2 Wolf fish in the hole and the huge Conger eel when I get round to uploading them.
The pictures arnt terribly good as I couldnt keep still :(
another big thank you to Elaine for driving us home
Cheers Andy for the dives even though you were frozen :eek:,i think you may need to oil your compass though, that way it might slip into the bucket easier :D
I'm looking forward to seeing the photos of the wolffish :cool: :rolleyes:
We had a good hunt for the anglerfish on our 1st dive, but to no avail :o We went through the gully beside Broad Craig, then over to Little Green Carr. At this point, Frazer and I became separated from regthing & shog69 (they were busy taking photos and lost sight of us). Frazer & I continued on to Big Green Carr & circumnavigated it before coming up at the exit point.
My attempt at repairing my drysuit zip had been an abject failure: wetter than I've ever been. :mad:
Our 2nd dive (to CR) was particularly good as it was getting pretty dark underwater, meaning that lots of critters were coming out to play.
Spotted several of these little guys:
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/CA270707/photo2.jpg
thats a really good clear pic charlie, i think i remember you taking it (on the 2nd dive?)
the wee blenny looks a bit timid, almost as if he is saying....
'Oi, am no wantin ma foties taken'
thats a really good clear pic charlie, i think i remember you taking it (on the 2nd dive?)
the wee blenny looks a bit timid, almost as if he is saying....
'Oi, am no wantin ma foties taken'
cheers, stew :D
yeah, it was on our dive together: that's why I held you all up for a few minutes... I was desperate to get a semi decent photo of one of a Yarrell's blenny though :rolleyes:
I think that he was probably pretty fed up with me: he just thought that he was going for a quiet Friday night out only to get the paparazzi flashing away at his wee eyes: poor fella! :o
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/CA270707/photo3.jpg
yup, thats when i thought it was, it was worth the wait though going by the results.
Fran & myself were watching a territorial fight between a lobster & a ling while we waited.
library pic of a ling, Fran thought was a conger as did i at first until i seen the tail.
http://www.lophelia.org/images/jpeg/Ling.jpg
yup, thats when i thought it was, it was worth the wait though going by the results.
Fran & myself were watching a territorial fight between a lobster & a ling while we waited.
library pic of a ling, Fran thought was a conger as did i at first until i seen the tail.
http://www.lophelia.org/images/jpeg/Ling.jpg
Yeah, I've seen those guys there before & I too thought it was a conger at first, but the barbels on its face weren't quite right.
Does this look like it? (apologies for poor quality as it's a frame captured from my video file): http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/forum/MOV05909-03.jpg
yes that's the dude, so a ling you say,
righto,so thats what gerry O and I saw at the slates last week.
Damn fine foties Mr McGurk.
Oh and yes, T2T what happened to the pastries?
Yeah, I've seen those guys there before & I too thought it was a conger at first, but the barbels on its face weren't quite right.
Does this look like it? (apologies for poor quality as it's a frame captured from my video file): http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/forum/MOV05909-03.jpg
no, thats a conger charlie :D
lol
yes, looked very similar.
Oh and yes, T2T what happened to the pastries?
hey thats right... forgot all about them!!
then again, he was traveling with Loudy & we all know what happened to the donuts at powmill :D
yes that's the dude, so a ling you say,
righto,so thats what gerry O and I saw at the slates last week.
Damn fine foties Mr McGurk.
Oh and yes, T2T what happened to the pastries?
cheers, Fran :D
We'll have to conduct an inquest into the disappearing Danishes... as stew stated, a prime suspect springs to mind... :o ;)
hmmm....not guilty :rolleyes:
we forgot to go into Costco while travelling down.
I was looking forward to them too :(
Hello.
Thanks for the dive of Friday.
I got a few nice pics. I must admit I got a bit of a hard on when I seen this one of the Nudibranch:
http://www.digigreen.net/photopost/data/538/Nudibranch.jpg
http://www.digigreen.net/photopost/data/538/pipefish.jpg
http://www.digigreen.net/photopost/data/538/wrasse3.jpg
http://www.digigreen.net/photopost/data/538/shog69_2.jpg
http://www.digigreen.net/photopost/data/538/wrasse2.jpg
the nudi is a belter, well done! :)
it got me excited too, but not in the same manner as yourself.;)
very good photos, Scott :D
Scott, get a good book!
Any one in particular?
Good pics Scott, Have you tried cropping the Nudibranch to focus the centre of the pic onto it?
Like the one of the diver too!
Good pics Scott, Have you tried cropping the Nudibranch to focus the centre of the pic onto it?
Like the one of the diver too!
Chris!! It's a composition. The subject should never be in the centre :eek:
Rule of thirds..... :rolleyes:
look closely, I think its waving its arse at you :D
look closely, I think its waving its arse at you :D
must be like looking in a mirror then...:D :D :D :D :D
what are you saying about Scott?
what are you saying about Scott?
I'm sure he was talking about you :D
Thats Ok, you think what you want ;)
no need to argue guys.
pretty sure the mirror is big enough for two :D :D :D :D :D
I like the picture of the diver :D
dive granny
30-07-07, 22:03
No need to get so excited Scott ;) The wee Nudi looks like he is sitting on a corn on the cob:) Nice pics all the same.
no need to argue guys.
pretty sure the mirror is big enough for two :D :D :D :D :D
only thing is we cant get to the mirror for you hogging it :rolleyes: