Jan diving

wrecks1971

Anyone been diving recently,Locations,sites,conditions,viz,temp, love to get something in soon if conditions were right.

scubakid

Just done a few river dives. Visibility was excellent, water temp was 2 degrees.. Was wearing a full face mask so didn't really mind the cold

whosedaddy?

wrecks1971 wrote: »

Anyone been diving recently,Locations,sites,conditions,viz,temp, love to get something in soon if conditions were right.

getting poporn n waiting for smug answers citing Egypt, Tunisia, Thailand, etc....

scubakid

Thailand would be nice

wrecks1971

Yeah was waiting for them answers too but it would be good to hear about any diving thats happening at the moment.

scubakid

I know that there is diving going ahead in Cork but dont know any more details than that I'm afraid

wrecks1971

I never done a river dive, have done lakes. Whats the river diving like ? Did you do the diving in the river just to get out and about or is it a worthwhile dive ? Whats depths like,life etc

scubakid

I river dive quite a bit. I usually go when the club aren't going to sea. I like river diving because it gives me experience for our search and rescue unit. There is always a bit of life, but I'm more interested in finding things being honest. Depth would be around 4m usually..

whosedaddy?

River diving is great - especially if you're lazy :-)

one of the great river dives - Verzasca Valley in Switzerland.

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wrecks1971

Hi scubakid only back after being away all day. The river diving sounds different might give it a try sometime. Did you ever find anything of interest.

wrecks1971

Nice looking dive whosadaddy clear water,great viz.:)

Lobster

The sea is 7 degrees, not bad

wrecks1971

7 degrees not too bad this time of year,whats the viz like I wonder with all the bad weather we`ve been having.

murrayp4

scubakid wrote: »

Thailand would be nice

Ugh, this time last year I was diving in Thailand

joeKel73

Went for a couple of dives in Killary yesterday. Water was 6deg... bit chilli but manageable in the semi-dry! Sea was flat calm and visibility was great, water's very clear this time of year.

Got a few photos when I was down...

Cipher

nice photo's foto joe.

how good was the vis

joeKel73

Well we were down around 30 so darkness was more of a factor than murkiness. Around 15m there was a good 10m maybe... hard to guage really! No algae this time of year so water tends to be clearer.

Here's another version of the scallop shot, you can see the eyes better!

stiophan

Have not river dived before. Is it like a drift dive assuming the water is moving. How does that work - do you need short help? (or walk alot back). Do you dive when the tide is in or out? Is the depth not a pain to control or do you add a lot more weight to compensate. is the water temp usually higher. How do you avoid stirring up the sediment?

joeKel73

Dived Carraroe at the weekend. Two 30min dives but very shallow as low tide on a huge spring tide. Most of the normal dive sites were above water! Water was extremely clear and wasn't too cold in the semi-dry.

Few photos on the gallery thread or on Flickr.

stiophan wrote: »

Have not river dived before. Is it like a drift dive assuming the water is moving. How does that work - do you need short help? (or walk alot back). Do you dive when the tide is in or out? Is the depth not a pain to control or do you add a lot more weight to compensate. is the water temp usually higher. How do you avoid stirring up the sediment?

Stiophan you might want to start a new river diving thread, not really related to january diving. And this thread will probably die now as it's turned Feb today!

Cipher

great photo's again joe, super clarity

joeKel73

Thanks

loctite

Did a few shore dives during the cold snap in Jan.

Dived off of white strand in Clare. Class little dive, Visability was excellent. Around 10-12 metres. A very cold 6 degrees though....... especially when ya'd surface!

wrecks1971

I guess we should change it to Feb diving so.

joeKel73

Seldone that's nothing to do with January Diving - you might want to start a new thread...

seldone

.thanks foto joe.I think i understand forums a bit better now .