hoochykoochy
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I've just got back from Arcachon, SW France having completed my first 4 boat dives..and what a fantastic experience.
The boat was a small RIB with only 9 divers, and 3 were the Dive shops divemasters, so it was 1 DM to 2 divers.
The first 2 dives were to an old WW2 German bunker, that had slid to about 16.5 mtrs depth. Full of rays and fish (those rays just love to be gently stroked!!). Surface temp was 34 deg and bottom temp about 19 deg.
The next day we dove an old fishing boat that sat at about 17-18 mtr max. We descended the line, again same groups, and spent 55 mins going round the bottom and then the deck. Again full of rays and this time plenty of conga eels, the largest at least 5 -6 ft long. On all the dives the bouyancy control just got better and better, as did the air consumption, going from 45 mins to 55 mins on the 4 dives, starting with 2000 psi. The brand new Suunto Favor S was broken in and was a great help. All the safety stops were observed and carried out perfect.
The DM's and all the staff were superb and I can thoroughly recomend them to anyone who is in that part of the world..
Can I give them a plug on this board??
The boat was a small RIB with only 9 divers, and 3 were the Dive shops divemasters, so it was 1 DM to 2 divers.
The first 2 dives were to an old WW2 German bunker, that had slid to about 16.5 mtrs depth. Full of rays and fish (those rays just love to be gently stroked!!). Surface temp was 34 deg and bottom temp about 19 deg.
The next day we dove an old fishing boat that sat at about 17-18 mtr max. We descended the line, again same groups, and spent 55 mins going round the bottom and then the deck. Again full of rays and this time plenty of conga eels, the largest at least 5 -6 ft long. On all the dives the bouyancy control just got better and better, as did the air consumption, going from 45 mins to 55 mins on the 4 dives, starting with 2000 psi. The brand new Suunto Favor S was broken in and was a great help. All the safety stops were observed and carried out perfect.
The DM's and all the staff were superb and I can thoroughly recomend them to anyone who is in that part of the world..
Can I give them a plug on this board??