Indeed it does!
Over one month in particular (awhile back (May bank holidays in 1996?)) our club dived the MV Lucy off Skomer 8 times and never had the same conditions twice:
Lots of fish to no fish, and all the diving conditions between.
-Crystal clear - being able to see the whole wreck from the shot at the bow. Beautiful! One of THOSE dives you read about!!!!!
-Really S#ite zero vis - only able to see the wreck by holding my nose agaist the metal, forget using a torch. Loved it!
-Nil vis at the surface - only to pass a thermocline at 15m and find it very clear but very dark (pitch) on the wreck.
-Murky but lots of pollack and other fishlife in the holds and companionways.
-No current to streaming torrents!
-and on one occasion missed the wreck completely! I know its shotted! Don't ask!! Lots of Scallops, crabs, squatties and Lobbies on the flat silt/sand seabed but otherwise hard to recommend as a dive option.
Then like many I suspect, I enjoy the rough and the smooth. The bad dives might be a trial but it makes those rarer good un's even better? It is afterall, the only reason I've been able to come up with when sitting in the car, to explain why I still regularly head down the M5 (or sometimes up the M6) after all these years and afterwards, still think fondly of Porthkerris reef !!!??!!!??
But I too would recommend Dive Pembrokeshire anytime and the MV Lucy is cracker! One of the best!
Ed
Just shows you that one day can be great and the next awful. We had heard it was good but as I say we had the worst dives of the whole year there
Derek
:=Mike,
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:=We have also used Dive In2 Pembrokeshire frequently. We've dived around St Brides bay, a site that is crawling with marine life with excellent visibility. We've also dived on wrecks within Milford Haven on one of the hardboats, again the service is fast, efficient and friendly; the diving is fantastic. Contact Brian Dilly (number on the website <a href="http://www.dive-in2-pembrokeshire.com/" >http://www.dive-in2-pembrokeshire.com/</a>) for further information; he can arrange accomodation, food, boats and give good advice about what diving you can do.
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:=Hope this helps
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:=Mark :-)
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:=:=Mike
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:=:=We used Dive Pembrokeshire, earlier this year.
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:=:=www.dive-pembrokeshire.com
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:=:=Very friendly, good set up, good accommodation and good food, so can highly recommend the operation. Choice of a large bunkhouse and several separate rooms. Close to village (1 mile) with 2 great pubs.
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:=:=The only disappointment was the diving. I don't know if we just had 2 bad days but saw very little life and unfortunately will not be slogging all the way back to Pembrokeshire again. We expected loads of life in the marine reserve but saw diddly squat on a 1 hour dive. The wreck dives were the same. We have better dives and more life at our usual haunts along the South Coast around Brighton.
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:=:=Sorry but hope this helps and maybe someone else can praise the diving.
:=:=Please contact me by 'e' mail if you want more or a phone number for a chat
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:=:=Derek