Carol Reid
30-08-2002, 01:20
Hi folks,
Last Sunday, I went out with the Divers in our club RIB which has a new 4 stroke Yamaha engine which had to be run in.
We therefore had an unusually long trip, 1 hour, to the dive site which was Trail Island, off Little Cumbrae Island in the Clyde.
Conditions for snorkelling were perfect; it was sunny, giving plenty of light down to 3/4 metres and still with no wind and calm sea.
My snorkelling adventure took me right round the tiny island off Trail Island where I dodged some evil-looking jellyfish and was looked upon with suspicion by the gulls and possibly cormorants sunning themselves on the rocky outcrops. There were a few tiddlers around and a couple of 30cm wrasse ( I think) and a few crabs. I saw nothing of the seal which had been spotted on the surface earlier! Something blue looked interesting so I dived down about 4m to retrieve...... a rubber glove!
The rocks, sea weed/kelp and the Scottish corals were fairly colourful but I saw no signs, from the surface, of the lovely plumose anemones which I know are common at that site. There were, however, tiny dark red anemones.
We then went round the corner of the Island, below the Lighthouse, and I snorkelled again looking down on the huge boulders on the sea bed near the shore. It was not worth the bother of going further out because the viz was so poor nothing below the surface was visible.
Seems to me that if anyone wants to snorkel in Scotland, this can, in the right weather, be a good site.
Cheers
Carol
Last Sunday, I went out with the Divers in our club RIB which has a new 4 stroke Yamaha engine which had to be run in.
We therefore had an unusually long trip, 1 hour, to the dive site which was Trail Island, off Little Cumbrae Island in the Clyde.
Conditions for snorkelling were perfect; it was sunny, giving plenty of light down to 3/4 metres and still with no wind and calm sea.
My snorkelling adventure took me right round the tiny island off Trail Island where I dodged some evil-looking jellyfish and was looked upon with suspicion by the gulls and possibly cormorants sunning themselves on the rocky outcrops. There were a few tiddlers around and a couple of 30cm wrasse ( I think) and a few crabs. I saw nothing of the seal which had been spotted on the surface earlier! Something blue looked interesting so I dived down about 4m to retrieve...... a rubber glove!
The rocks, sea weed/kelp and the Scottish corals were fairly colourful but I saw no signs, from the surface, of the lovely plumose anemones which I know are common at that site. There were, however, tiny dark red anemones.
We then went round the corner of the Island, below the Lighthouse, and I snorkelled again looking down on the huge boulders on the sea bed near the shore. It was not worth the bother of going further out because the viz was so poor nothing below the surface was visible.
Seems to me that if anyone wants to snorkel in Scotland, this can, in the right weather, be a good site.
Cheers
Carol