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  • Nº109 # Date: 2017-06-25 - 10:48
  • # Max Depth: 4.9m Duration: 20mins
Diver's Notes

First dive of 2017, where did the year go? It was a bit choppy today, bit of a breeze and very overcast. Hardly any life about and visibility was about 4m to 6m but murky, lots of particles in the water.
My BCD was ever so slightly inflating during the dive so i disconnected the hose and reconnected it, that seemed to do the trick. Also i never put on my ankle weights so my legs were slightly buoyant. I'll have to get my boots resized on my suit this year. I'll probably wait until the diving season is over to change them.
At the end of the dive i took off my hood as i was sweating with it on in the "warm" water. Mick, my dive buddy, did the same but somehow managed to loose his mask and snorkel as we relaxed on the surface talking. So no second dive for us today. Next time i'll pack my spare mask!!
Nice to be back in the water in Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 19°C Bottom 14°C
  • Dive type : Photo, Shore
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Aqualung - Maverick
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Glacia
  • Other: Suunto - 2+1 Console (depth,air,compass)
  • Mask: H2O Odyssey 3 - MS8
  • Dry suit: Oceanic -
  • Computer: Suunto - Zoop
  • Camera: GoPro - Hero 4 Silver & Housing
  • Weights: 14 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Mick Frizzelle
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 150 bar
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  • Average depth: 3.3m
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Species Identified

Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 (red wrasse)
Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) (freckled goby) In the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus (Teleostei; Gobiidae), a distribution-wide study showed that spatial variation at the rhodopsin gene matches the characteristics of specific light environments. This match sugg...
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