Mid May dive weekend
A dive weekend held in conjunction with Preston SAC to the sea lochs north of Oban was held over the third weekend in May. Diving in the Kerrera Sound and Loch Creran was quite interesting with the usual tremendous diversity of marine life although it was quite gloomy with underwater visibility down to only a couple of metres at best. A dive on the underwater cliff about 200 metres to the west of the old railway pier at Kentallon inLoch Linnhe was the highlight of the trip. Underwater visibility was at least five metres at the top of the the wall which plunges down in a series of steps to approx. 35 metres deep. The wall is covered in a profusion of life, with vast numbers of peacock worms Sabella pavonina & sea squirts, Ciona intestinalis. This was an excellent dive to conclude the weekend. Many thanks to Gordon Fletcher for organising the trip to co-incide brilliant sunny weather.
Posted: May 27th, 2010
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