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A great days diving at Hahei, with Casper, my dive buddy. Watch for the Ray that past within 2 metres. Thanks to Russ for being the great skipper he is. He watches my bubble trail.....

As it turned out this was my last dive of 2013. Not the best of dives as it turned out. The P12 varies between being dark and beautifully clear. This time is was one of those dark dives. Still a very good dive as there is so much to look around and into. This time there was a scallop bed in the adjacent gravel so a good time was had by those divers who picked up their tea! The second dive which...

This is a stunning dive by day and an excellent night dive. Sadly the video just does not do it justice. The human eye can see far more than the video camera, in the poor lighting! The amount of life that is around at night is stunning and of course it is not the same as daytime diving. on this dive we say Dover sole, turbot, cuttle fish, spider crabs, edible crabs, star fish, pipe fish. not fo...

Lobster Pot Diving 12th August 2012

The A1 is a protected wreck and was the Royal Navy's first submarine. The A1 was launched 9th July 1902,. The A1 was accidentally rammed by the SS Berwick on the 18th March 1904 with the loss of two officers and nine ratings. The wreck was salvaged and modified with a second water tight hatch at the base of the conning tower. The A1 was put back into service but was finally used as an underwate...

a rather dark dive on the Nab Tower, lots of fish at the upper level, which I should have taken more video of. This was one of those rare occasions that the Nab tower was at a slack tide so we were able to explore the far side, sad it was so dark!! as this was an evening dive and as luck would have it we we were treated to a 'show' by the RNLI on the way back into harbour.

One of the longest drift dives I have undertaken. The reason was that at the end of the dive the sea bottom was had the most interesting I have ever come across. So many unusual rock formation cause by the sea currents. Nice cuttle fish at the beginning of the dive crabs and a number of other fish. Not a lot but enough to keep one interested. Very nice dive and I hope to persuade the skipper to...

Really great dive on the Reef at Budleigh, 10 mins swim out from the shore. Two cuttle fish caught on video, odd they did not change colour when they posed in their 'threatening position'. The large wrasse were out and the viz was near 6 metres!

Diving in Chesil Cove always has a difficult entry and exit to the sea. The viz was rather poor for Chesil, which got worse on the second dive. Not a lot of life due to the poor viz but quite a few spider crabs! The underwater surge was the worse I have ever come across. As you can see the final exit was an event!

On our way back from a dive at the Nab tower and coming into Langstone Harbour. The RNLI having a bit of fun with the wake of the Wightdiver after their training.

Diving on the Bembridge Ledges off the Isle of Wight. Sadly with not a lot of 'drift' going on. Some life apart from Ali my dive buddy and myselft. This was Ali's 300th dive and my 202nd dive. Great fun! a little bit of a worry at the start as we were in the water on a lobster pot line!

The first dive of the year and as far as I am concerned far too long since the last dive. Not as much life as I would expect on the Far Mulberry. Sadley lobster pots are being placed close to the wreck, which is regarded by divers as a no take site. I have noticed a decline in the crab and lobster population over the last couple of years, which I blame on the location of pots near the wreck.

The 'Lord Percy' is a working barge that lies in around 14m of water and rises up to 5m from the seabed. Yes it is named after me! Previously some years ago on a days diving on Wightdiver the second dive was going to be a drift dive but the skipper gave us the option of investigating an 'interesting' blip that he had previously recorded on the sounder The naming was based on the fact that I was...

Not the best dive I have had at Babbacombe but I needed it after some months of not being underwater!. Mushroom rock was the best place by far with what I think were bream a lobster nearby and interestingly a conger eel in a hole at just 10 Metres!.

Lobster Pot Diving 6th August 2011

Diving the Bomber 2nd August 2011

Diving the Nab Tower 26th July 2011

Bembridge Ledges Drift 29th June 2011

Diving the S.S. Shirala 25th April 2011

Diving the Bomber & Bembridge Ledge dift 16th April 2011

23rd February 2011 Diving in Hahei, New Zealand (day 2 diving)

Diving in Hahei New Zealand 22nd February 2011

Diving on the Poor Knights Islands New Zealand

Diving on the Poor Knights Islands New Zealand

Level Crossing Idiots

A woodpecker in a suburban garden

Diving in Vobster 5th April 2009

Wightdiver Diving

Fort Bovisand May 2008