Scubamoose

Date : 14th June 2008

Time : 46 mins

Depth : 7m

Temp : 15 C

I hadn’t visited this site before so I was looking forward to seeing what I could find. The skipper (Paul Dyer) said that the area was covered with rock gullies, perfect for grabbing the odd lobster or crab. So I hopped in wondering if it would be my lucky day and I would manage to go home with two lobsters.

The moment I hit the bottom I saw the tail of a small lobster sticking out from under a rock. I chased it around for a bit and then grabbed it, but it was too small to bring up so I let it go again. Then a few days later I was in waitrose looking at a rather small lobster at the fish counter on sale for £16 and I knew the one I had let go was bigger…. hmm.

Anyway after 10 minutes of rock gullies I seemed to end up gliding over nothing but sand for 15 minutes. As I started to quietly curse the skipper under my breath more of the rock gullies came into view and I chased a few more baby lobsters around. The sandy area had been covered in hermit crabs which were going about their business and having the occasional fight over a shell due to the desire to move house (or shell as it were).

I enjoyed the rocks and the reasonable viz and headed up without needing to stop due to the depth. That made a nice change.