Surprised by another opportunity to dive at Chesil we changed our plans to go further afield and dive the local site again.

• Divers: Simon, Jane
• Max Depth: 15.2 metres
• Dive Time: 55
• Water temperature: 15 degrees C
• Viz: 5 metres
• Dive Details: I write this report with the caveat that I have absolutely no idea as to what I’m looking at; I swim among the varying different species ‘in wonder’ simply feeling privileged at the opportunity.We walked down the stoney beach to shallow water where we put on our fins, and then swam out a way.  When all 4 divers were together, we descended and swam through tall weed and on to large boulders and what appeared to be a forest-like area.  There was plenty of sea-life, all of which I faithfully recorded on my go-pro, only to discover later that the card was corrupt, and no footage was salvageable.  On the whole the four of us kept together, exploring beneath the rocks and on the seabed, the fish and crustaceans were plentiful and the dive really colorful, despite the fact the sea was ‘milking-up’ a bit.  It was lovely turning the corner to find a huge shoal of little fish on the sandy seabed, but even more thrilling was the sight of a huge shoal of mackerel swimming around and above us, maybe 3m distant (I was told they were mackerel; don’t go thinking I know what I’m talking about!!!).  So despite not seeing the promised cuttlefish that had been spotted the previous year (I would have recognised them had I seen them!) , the dive was an enjoyable meander in the world of the sea-creatures. 

• Divers: Paul, James
• Max Depth: 15.8
• Dive Time: 60
• Water temperature: degrees C
• Viz: metres
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