Hi and ho!
This weekend, the weather forecast was telling of strong winds and rain, nonetheless we went out with the mentality that "tomorrow's worse, and there is no winds and rain underwater". As the weather was forecasted to be bad, we decided to go to Jordfall marina, as it is a rather protected dive site, with little effects of wind. Said and done, when we arrived, the rain had already stopped, and the winds were not that bad at all. We surveyed the site, kitted up our gear, made our plans and got ready to get diving. This time the plan was to dive in a group of four, but in pairs more or less.
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| A little Bobtail squid resting on the bottom. |
Dive 1
Depth: 28m, Time: 43 min, Temp: 11°C
We waded out into the water, and soon realized that the visibility was going to be "bad" for at least the first few meters, but either way, we swam out and started descending in the pairs, agreeing to meet up when at the bottom. As we descended, it soon became clear that the visibility was going to stay bad, when we finally got visual contact with the bottom, we could barely see the other pair, only some light that showed where they were, so we swam and met up with them before we continued the dive. We followed the slope downwards, looking for signs of squids and other interesting organisms, though this time there were not that many out, either because of the time of the day, or the decreased salinity of the water column this day due to the rain. The visibility kept being bad, no matter how deep we went. At about 26 m, the other buddy pair starts signaling that they see something, turns out to be a little squid resting on the bottom, so I spent some time photographing that one in particular before we continued, soon it became time to go upwards as the no-decompression limit was nearing. So we went up a little bit, following the muddy slope once more. At about 23 m, I suddenly spot a rather familiar shape, a angular crab that is out walking on the mud, unfortunately, this one was not very photogenic and I had to chase it for a bit before I managed to snap some rather blurry photos for reporting it, nothing to properly show off there.
Either way, it was around this time we lost contact with the other pair, but we had already decided on the surface that if such a thing were to happen, we were to continue the dive as planned, just separately. Said and done, it was at this time I also hit turn pressure, so we just began swimming back, following the slopes and rocky walls. At the stone rubble area, we found the second dive pair, and we spent some time there looking in the nooks and crannies for animals of different kind, though nothing of great interest were found this time.
We soon hit our safety stop depth and hung around there for a little bit before ending the dive. At the surface, we all decided that one dive was enough this day, as the vis was bad and it was kind of cold.
All in all, it was an OK dive, though the visibility was very bad, but hey, at least there was no rain and little to no winds.
So until next time! Keep on Swimming!
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| The European Plaice usually stays in one spot, allowing for close-up photographs like this one |
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