Diving in Scotland - West v East - Part II
March 29, 2009 on 8:40 pm | In Diving | No Comments
Off to the east coast - St Abbs to be precise - for a spot of shore diving. It’s quite a different environment and saw us divers swimming through and emerging from kelp.
The first lot of images was taking by professional photographer Gary Doak and you can see more of his work on http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/garydoakphotography:
(c) Gary Doak www.garydoak.com
(c) Gary Doak www.garydoak.com
(c) Gary Doak www.garydoak.com
And here are some of my first ever underwater pictures too - not bad for a first attempt I think. Watch out for the feeders on the sea urchin.
And don’t forget to let me know whether you prefer the east or the west!
Yvonne Press
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Has been diving for six years, most of it in warm water. She started exploring Scotland's waters in 2008.
Diving in Scotland - West v East - Part I
March 29, 2009 on 8:06 pm | In Diving | No Comments
Is diving better on the east or the west coast? Good question, and there is no easy answer I’m afraid, so have a look at this post and the following one to decide for yourself.
March brought some amazing visibility and ideal conditions for underwater photography. These pictures were taken on the west coast in Loch Fyne. The photographer was David Gilchrist who also provided the Latin names for the species. Enjoy!
Sealoch anemone (protanthia simplex)
Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) eating eggs
Short spined sea scorpion (myoxocephalus scorpius) and harbour crab (liocarcinus depurator) with the crab trying to eat eggs and being head butted by the fish
Long clawed squat lobster (munida rugosa) and its cavemate, a leopard spotted goby (thorogobius ephippiatus)
Lesser spotted dogfish (scyliorhinus canicula)
and finally, a rare picture of a cold water diver (homo sapiens scubafrigus)
This was the west - the east is next.
Yvonne Press
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Has been diving for six years, most of it in warm water. She started exploring Scotland's waters in 2008.
Loch Seaforth Wave
March 2, 2009 on 10:51 pm | In Whitewater Kayaking, Surfing, Sea Kayaking | No Comments
Sunday afternoons when the forecast is not great but when there is four metres of tidal difference provide only one source of amusement. The wave at Loch Seaforth on the border of Lewis and Harris. With the tide falling through a narrow gap and over a shelf it creates a wave which can be surfed in a river kayak. The perfectly positioned island provides the ‘tripod’ for the camera and the tea breaks. With the rest of the island getting rain and hail we seem to strick lucky and it missed. I will let the pictures tell the story:
Tim Pickering
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