Brill......iant Brill

Anyone get in the water today? I got out this evening ... 

What a great evening dive! Well finally the weather cut me some slack! More than I can say for the tide however.

I need to go fishing.  I have only a bag of turbot and two sole in the freezer, that will be tea for the end of the week. This is getting serious....  The good news is that we are getting out on the West Coast diving.


Paul, Tuc and yours truly headed out loaded with dive gear from Rousse Pier headed out the bay South West down the coast to our favourite spot for flatties. Following a huge spring tide, vis was a little better than expected at 2-3 metres with a very fast drift dive on the bottom due to 9.2 metre tide that was running hard to the South, it was more like water skiing under water rather than diving.

Fluke fishing finally gained some steam as I managed to spot two nice brill hiding in the sand, much to the annoyance of my fellow dive buddies who came out empty handed. Well, fishing is still slow but some of us managed to catch some nice fish.    
    

It doesn't get much better than that..                                                               

WEST COAST DIVING

Mondays dive
Diving at the end of the rainbow. No crock of gold at the end of this one only sand and seaweed, come to think about it no scallops either....?
Well, the fact is that Folklore says that at the end of every rainbow sits a leprechaun, hammering on a shoe, who will reveal the whereabouts of his crock of gold. Leprechauns, rainbows and pots of gold! ...

 Late afternoon rain storms

Just as well, then, that it's only Folklore- otherwise the little green pint-sized goblin at the end of this rainbow would have found himself in thirty meters of water breathing through his aqualung and looking for a fish for his tea.
















Sundays dive
Today we got into the swing of things, heading off to do a double dip
Great viz, great weather out on the west coast yesterday, even saw a sunfish sun bathing.

Great start to the week