Släggö 10/7 2022 Warm waters and forgotten gear.

 Hi and ho!

This weekend we went to Släggö in Lysekil once more, as i had forgotten my diving hood there the previous time we visited the site. As the day was quite nice, with good winds and not to high temperatures, it was a good day for diving.

We divided into pairs, kitted up and got ready to head out.

Armed bullhead, a slightly more skittish bottom dwelling fish.

Dive 1: 

Depth 28 m, Time 65 min, Temp 15 C

Me and my buddy swam out a bit before starting to descend along the cliff wall. In the surface waters, the visibility was relatively ok, but as soon as the thermocline was hit at about 5 m, the visibility became a bit more hazy in my experience. We followed the slope and the wall outwards and downwards, soon finding our way to the dive helmet that has been put there as an art piece. We continued further beyond the helmet for a bit before turning around and slowly making our way back towards the entry point. We soon found the line that goes from the helmet and up to the entry point, so we started following it until we could see the ladder back up to the pier from underwater. We surfaced at 65 minutes, got up, and made ready for surface interval with food.

A Great pipefish hiding among the algae.

Dive 2:

Depth: 21 m, Time: 65 min, Temp: 15

The second dive, we decided to do a bit more shallow and maybe more towards the right side, over the soft bottom area instead of the cliffs, but, as the soft bottom was a bit boring this day, we soon turned towards the cliffs again. Soon after we turned, the second boat that has been sunk in the area (small motor boat) started to come into view. After circling around it for a few minutes, looking for things hiding in it or underneath it, we continued on our way towards the cliffs. Not too soon after finding the cliffs, we turned around and started making our way back towards the starting point, though this time we didn't find the line, and thus subsequently got a bit lost on the way back, after peeking up on the surface to get our bearings at the shallow part, we quickly got back on track and found our way to the ladder once more. 

We surfaced at 65 minutes, got up and made ready to head home.

All in all, it was an ok dive day, even if there was a little less photogenic stuff out and about.

So until next time! Keep on swimming!

Common dragonet posing for the camera.