Well I missed an opportunity to squeeze in some dives in December, yet again work getting in the way, however, after recovering from New year's celebrations in Kenmare, ventured up to Portroe Quarry to dive on Sunday. The quarry was not ice ridden, thankfully, so Matt, my buddy.. just another lunatic willing to dive in these conditions kitted up and we had a "nice" dive. I was anxious to test out my new torch, a magicshine 1200Lumen LED all the way from Hong Kong. Very happy with it :-)

Visibility from the sleepers down to 38M was crystal clear. No problem seeing the bottom. We did a bit of a tour out to the far wall and then returned in a clock wise direction back to ramp. By the time we finished our Deco requirments, we were 45 minutes in the water. The hands were suffering from the 4degree water temperatures at this stage. Still, nice dive after warming up in the heated Porta cabin :-) looking forward to another dive this weekend.