Top diving

[Rob Meddes]

I've been in the Falklands for 79 days now (not that i'm counting) & yesterday i finally got to do some proper diving. The first dive (Seal rock) was around a reef in a giant kelp forest. It was ok but no seals????? The next was on a wreck called the John R Kelly. It's very old & well broken but i could still recognise parts inc. the steel mast & deadeyes. This however was forgot ar we rounded a towering clump of kelp to see a Southern Sealion less then 4m away (in 15m viz). He didn't even look at us but carried on playing with the kelp. The students i was with were edging behind me (just in case, you never know). It was a thrilling sight. On the way back to Stanley we were joined by about 3-4 Commersons dolphins which spent 20 mins with us coming within touching distance. What a top day. We all had huge grins. If only i'd taken my camera.
Good diving

 

[Jonathan]

I bet not a lot of people have that in their log book?!

Jonathan

 

[Lemonade]

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[Rob Meddes]

The temp was 9 degrees C but i was quite warm as i was in a drysuit with Weezle extreme plus undersuit & drygloves (not really needed). Hoping to do a few more wrecks this weekend. With my camera this time. We also had Cormarants landing on the rib as we were getting in. Top place.
Good diving
Rob