Derek’s Dive Domain

I’m home from the lovely warmth of Tenerife, and it is time to try and get back into the normal diving that is the UK.  So, I’ve arranged a dive with David Morris (Freeflow) at Stoney on a Wednesday evening, as I don’t really do many night dives, and I want to build up a little bit more experience in this area.

So I arrive at Stoney just after six o clock and get my cylinder filled.  So we kit up and drop in just before 7pm.  We go in from the main quayside and fin over to the road, and slowly make our way down there to 20 metres, having a quick passing look at the BOP on the way past.  David only gets lost once, and we stop briefly at 20 metres, before descending down to 25 metres so that I can have a look at some of the bits there.  Then it is back up the road and onto the ledge for a bit of a bimble around there, before exiting for a short break.  I’m usig my new computer on this dive, its the RGBM version of the Mares M1 that I had before, and I am using them both to compare them.  Reading wise they are identical, but the offgassing times are completely different, which shows how the new calculations work.  After an hour on the surface, its back in for a short 20 minute dive to use up the remainig gas in our tanks, and we drop straight over the edge and down the wall to the Wessex.  We scoot around the helicopter and over to the white van, and then we come up the wall there, looking for crayfish and sleeping fish etc.  We then have a quick look around the ledge before leaving the water. 
As usual its pack away the kit and into the bar time, before heading for home.

Dive 1 (107)  Max Depth 24.6m, dive time 31 mins

Dive 2 (108)  Max Depth 19.8m, dive time 20 mins