2011.06.13 22:58:08

Seawolf

Wow, it was with great sadness that I left Portmagee today, pulling out of Portmagee after an intensive week of Diving and suppin my last pint of the "Black Nectar" (Guinness) in the Bridge bar last night.  A week of mixed weather, that cut back diving on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, but, never mind, the club membership logged 81 dives over the course of the week.

Sites like Long Island, Cus Diarmuida, South & North Puffin were all visited during the course of the Week. Despite that, I still did not get opportunity to visit Basalt Cliffis and north side of Valentia. :-(

 

A great turn out over the weekend and a nice daily boat boat load through the week.

 

The Club BBQ on Sunday organised by Teresa and Suzy was a great affair. The food feast was excellent and it was great to see the membership all together after an eventful days diving out of Glen Pier. Well done to Teresa, Suzy and all who assisted with the BBQ :-)

 Indeed diving on Sunday yielded a surprising addition to the boat numbers as we returuned from my drift dive on Puffin south on the second Boat trip. Doc Tom and Richie picked up 2 divers that were missed by OceanDivers. Tom dropped us in about 1.15pm and when we surfaced I could see there were 2 new divers in the boat. The drift on puffin was amazing, so much so, that Tom had to scoot out for Dave & Noel were pushed off puffin by it. It appears that our visitors were left behind in the maze of divers on South Puffin, so I'd say the 2 guys from Dublin were extremely lucky that Limerick Sub Aqua were diving in the same area as, Tom informed Valentia Coast Guard that Limsac had picked up 2 divers. The Irish version of Open Water came to mind. Anyway all's well now, we returned to Glen pier where fortunately, the guys were able to alert OceanDivers and arrange pick up back to Knight's town.  Monday seen the Guys back in Glen Pier using, this time,  with the services of Willie Kennedy to Dive around puffin.

Oisin from GSAC was in fine form over the weekend. Those local ladies really enjoyed his dancing in the bridge. The Bridge was alight with the two Clubs having the craic. Francis was testing out his leading Diver skills with the Limsac on Saturday and had to deal with a case of Salt Water aspiration and a bad ankle sprain, the acting was only brill from Emma and Dave...hope it helps his prep work for it. :-) Good luck to him. 

Monday seen the arrival of Martin Bowes, who added a laugh or two and an un ending chatter to the wilds of Portmagee. We were enlighten by a trip to Cahirciveen to get fuel on Tuesday and got lost talking to Mick Walsh re the enlightenment and Philophosy of Buddahism. Wow, what an afternoon :-)

Saturday allowed us to escape with Gearoid to the Northside of Puffin. We were dropped at the entrance of a gully that ran back into Puffin. It was amazing, in that it had so many swim throughs and it was very sheltered at the end of the dive. Lovely and certainly a dive to repeat upon our return back to Portmagee.

 

 Overall, I'd say the Week was yet again a great success, lots of dives Logged, safe & enjoyable. Fun was had by all and I am already can't wait to get back next year. Diving, that you just cannot beat.