Kerry Sims
- Kerry Sims's trip Malta 2012
2012-09-03 - Susie's Pool, Marfa Point, Cirkewwa, Malta
25m - 50 min - Dived with Maltaqua
2012-09-04 - Um El Faroud Wreck, Malta Island, Malta
29m - 43 min - Dived with Maltaqua
2012-09-05 - Santa Maria Caves, Comino Island, Malta
13m - 70 min - Dived with Maltaqua
2012-09-06 - Mv Karwela Wreck, Gozo Island, Malta
36m - 39 min - Dived with Maltaqua
Entered the pen with the most unelegant of bellyflops over the two booms. Dropped down and from 5m below the surface could start to see the bluefin tuna- each weighing 150-200kg and bigger than me! The speed of the tuna in these numbers swimming round in circles created a vortex current in the pen pushing me out to the net edges or downwards. Went and sat at the bottom of the pen and looked up surrounded by a ball of fish- incredible site. Fish just move around you as you swim through them. Got so close that I could see the yellow spines down their backs and the blue flashes down their sides. An amazing dive- completely different to anything i've ever done before! Could see the stream or sardines going down into their pen- fishery consumes 110 tonnes of fish a day- gained a small first insight into the scale of the tuna fishery/ industry!
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