Eyemouth, Weasel Loch (27th April)
Submitted by csugden on Mon, 2008/04/28 - 08:09. trip reportsThere were 4 of us (becky, jacob, vicky & myself; chrisS) went down to dive at Eyemouth this weekend. Dived Weasel Loch between Eyemouth & St Abbs. Vis' was good (5-6m) and exceptional compared to reports from recent weekends. We were diving either side of LW so the entry gully was still a bit of a scramble but the sea was flat calm and conditions were generally very good. The Life is really starting to come back now the water is warming up a little; the walls were smothered in colourfull dead mans fingers and plumose anemone with lots of other life too; lobsters, squaties, scorpion fish and 2 different lump suckers (see pictures). Most dives were there and back into weasel loch but the currant was picking up for becky&vicky on the last dive so they did the full circuit around hairy ness into leeds bay. A great days diving! Click on the lump sucker for the photo album.
Skye's the limit! (5th & 6th April)
Submitted by dusac on Tue, 2008/04/08 - 19:13. trip reportsIn a combined trip with seven members of Dundee SAC, Aidan, Adam, Alex, Rob and myself (Vicky) headed off to the north-west of Skye this weekend hopeful of experiencing some of the fantastic diving that Skye has to offer. Unfortunately though, despite Adam's fabulous efforts at organising the trip, he couldn't book the weather and so we experienced some extremely changeable conditions - sun, rain, sleet, hail and snow all along with force 8+ wind at what felt like 5 minute intervals.
Bell Rock (15th March)
Submitted by csugden on Sun, 2008/03/16 - 12:57. trip reports5 of us (arno, adam, nathan simon & chrisS) were out on a hard boat diving the Bell Rock on a trip organised by Marc Peel (Dundee SAC). The Bell Rock/Inchcape Rock is a shallow rock outcrop 12 miles NE out from the mouth of the Tay. The lighthouse is occasionally just visible on the horison from dundee. An obvious hazrd to shipping (prior to the light house being built by Robert Stephenson in 1811) the rocks are litered with wreckage and also the wreckage from the WW1 Battle Cruiser HMS Argyl which ran aground here in storms trying to avoid the, then un-lit lighthouse, in 1914.