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IanStevenson
05-09-06, 17:37
Hi folks.

A couple of weekends ago I was on a trip organised by Edinburgh club Deep Blue Scuba (www.deepbluescuba.co.uk) to dive on the west coast.

We met the dive boat at Lochaline on Saturday, and did our first dive on the Shuna in the Sound of Mull. Lovely wreck dive, but amazing ascent as we got buzzed by a Dolphin! Back on the surface, 3 dolphins played around the boat and divers in the water for more than 30 minutes.

The diving around the small isles was just spectacular. Generally good vis (mostly 10m plus) combined with abundant life and beautiful scenery both above and below water, and glorious sunshine most of the time, meant that I had some of my favourite UK dives!

I'm not going to enumerate at length everything we did and saw, but I would recommend it to anyone!

If you're interested, there are photos at www.cyclops-online.co.uk, although I am not sure they are up to the standards usually posted here!

Ian

P.S. Any corrections on species identifications very welcome!
Gord
05-09-06, 17:46
Nice one, Ian.

gotta tell you guys my story about hte trim phone ring tones some time.

btw, i'm sure your post will give Charlie something to mull over. Maybe give him some sense of porpoise in his next dive trip? ;)
Airmonster
05-09-06, 18:40
Nice photo's Ian, Well Done! A lot better than any I have taken. :(

/Colin. :D
Airmonster
05-09-06, 18:42
Nice one, Ian.

gotta tell you guys my story about hte trim phone ring tones some time.

btw, i'm sure your post will give Charlie something to mull over. Maybe give him some sense of porpoise in his next dive trip? ;)

O.M.G It's catching! :eek:

/Colin.
Mermaid
05-09-06, 19:56
Nice Pics.

We didn't get the good vis you guys got, but we still managed to have a great time, as you do. :D
alexmaclennan
05-09-06, 22:11
Great pics -I've sailed around these islands many time. Never dived there. Looks fab.

alex
Ding
10-09-06, 21:37
When its good its great and when its bad its still ok, have dived there a few times now and its still a treat. What was your fav dive Ian?.
IanStevenson
12-09-06, 16:19
When its good its great and when its bad its still ok, have dived there a few times now and its still a treat. What was your fav dive Ian?.

No idea - the beauty of that trip for me wasn't one "wow - stunning!" dive but rather 10 varying and all beautiful dives - it was kind of cumulative.

The one where we saw the most life was probably Calve Island, but I really have a soft spot for no reason I can put my finger on for one of the wall dives on Rhum - a site called Mora.

Ian
Ding
14-09-06, 22:25
The wall at calf Island can be an outstanding dive and at the wrong time of the year its boring just a bare cliff. I dived it a month ago and there was plenty of life, the colours of the dead mens fingers and plumose anenomys on the wall, ballan wrasse shooting up and down the reef and plenty of gold sinny.