Mark’s day June 20th
First dive of the day was the Kronprinz Wilhelm, with Grant and Wayne. After some pretty spirited and frank discussion while planning the dive, we went the wrong way off the shot-line and missed the big guns we were aiming for. We even missed the smaller guns on the outside, while everyone else seemed to just drop astride them by accident. The main impression was that this is a huge wreck and it is pretty difficult to keep your head where you are on the ship.
The second dive was a really nice one with Marian on the Gobernador Bories, which is one of the blockships. A strong current here keeps the visibility pretty good at over 15m. There are some lovely swim-thrus which are really atmospheric, if a little tight in places! The wrasse are very friendly, almost as though they were expecting to be fed, and we found quite a few nudibranchs amongst the kelp. The current was really ripping when we finally ascended, and we encountered quite a few jellies populated with colonies of little fish. This is something we’d never seen before. Sadly, I’d been wearing two sidemounts for practise on this dive, and the surface conditions had gone to pot by the time we struggled back onto the boat. The boat pitched at just the wrong moment and I went down on my face like a 400lb sack of spuds! I was totally helpless, but thankfully nobody had the presence of mind to capture my humiliation on film.
Marian: …or so he thinks…!
Got him the next day! (BA)
