Isles of Lundy
I was doing my usual scan through the ‘available boat spaces’ on yorkshire divers and came across a cancellation space for a three night liveaboard on Pride of Bristol
This 25m former Royal Navy Fleet Tender was our home for the next three nights.
We set of from Bristol on Friday evening for the 10 hour trip to Lundy, I was sea sick again as the journey out to Lundy was a little rough although the weather was very pleasant
Gannett Cove
We had arrived early and the seals were in the water when we arrived. They were very inquisitive as you would expect and fun to be in the water with. They would bit at our fins and give them a tug, I couldn’t believe how strong they are
Knoll Pins
This dive was quite challenging. Descending was interesting dragging myself down on the rock face Once down, the dive was great fun and spectacular.
The ‘pins’ were quite small and narrow but the 10 of us managed to not crash into eachother during the 40 minutes we were down there. The current between the pins was really strong, I don’t think anyone made it through the gap
I saw something that I’d never seen before. Back on the boat I described it to the experts and it turns out that I saw a sunfish …. fabulous!
There were spider crabs laying on the kelp, I don’t understand how they did not fall off
It was a really good dive with spiny starfish, fan worms, anemones, sea squirts and sea fans
