Diving
Dives
I've dived with Ceri Reid 11 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
78
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27 Mar 1982 | Dunollie Castle | Oban Bay | Oban | Scotland | 18 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid |  |
Fairly boring - cliffs to 10m then boulder slope leading to steeply-shelving sandy bottom. Life - starfish, with the occasional crab, sea urchin, tubeworm etc as we went deeper. Vis 4m. Saw an otter. | own | ||
| 80
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27 Mar 1982 | Golden Gift | Oban Bay | Oban | Scotland |  |
14 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid |  |
Excellent night dive - wreck, crustaceans, fish, phosphorescence, the lot. What more could one ask for? (A - an Ocean Pro) | own | |
| 81
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28 Mar 1982 | Easdale | Seil Island | Oban | Scotland | 25 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair |  |
Not the quarries, but natural cliffs to the north. Amazing variety of sea life - fanworms, sea squirts, crustaceans of various kinds. Vis 6m at least. | own | ||
| 83
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6 Apr 1982 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | |
25 | 27 | 27 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Eric Franz | |
Vis better than last time. Good sea life. | own | |
| 100
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1 May 1982 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 15 | 30 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair | |
100th dive! Weather conditions - hail and snow. Bottom is silt, shelving downwards and with many sea pens, crabs, scallops etc. Collected queenies for tea. Water warm. Leaks in dry suit and sinus trouble again. | own | |||
| 101
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15 May 1982 | Seacliffs | North Berwick | Forth | Scotland | 9 | 50 | 50 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Eric Franz | |
Lobster hunt with Ceri and Eric. Vis fairly poor. No lobsters in clefts - all in lobster pots instead, a new innovation. Plenty of squat lobsters and one fish. Also fishing line. Evening dive - in about 7pm. Good sunset. | own (New Typhoon depth gauge - works!) | ||
| 102
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18 May 1982 | Seacliffs | North Berwick | Forth | Scotland | 6 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid | |
Second lobster hunt. Forgot weight belt (rats!) so borrowed Susan's and was somewhat buoyant. Let all air out of suit so water came in great quantities => cold. But! found huge lobster in cleft - trouble was, it was inextricable. Went for a snorkel beforehand. Vis fairly poor. | own, but Susan's weight belt (24lbs) and Ceri's Ocean Pro | ||
| 103
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21 May 1982 | Seacliffs | North Berwick | Forth | Scotland | 5 | 5 | 5 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Eric Franz |  |
In water after 9pm so dark and very low vis, 2-3m. Dive abruptly cut short by realisation of massive leak in cuff. | own | ||
| 104
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30 May 1982 | St Abbs | South side of the Firth of Forth | Forth | Scotland | 12 | 30 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair | |
Low tide, good vis (10m). Wrasse, flounder and smaller fish, squat lobsters etc. Swam around Cathedral and elsewhere. Suit dry again after repairs. So was Susan's (much appreciated). | own | ||
| 107
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20 Jun 1982 | Eyemouth | Forth | Scotland | 12 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid | |
Ceri was borrowing Susan's dry suit, so we first checked his buoyancy, venting and inversion recovery. Another scenic dive, notable for numbers of squat lobsters and sea anemones (one of which was eating a squid!). Also fish of various types, and jellyfish. Vis not so good, about 6m. Some trouble with sinuses on coming up - pretty sore. Saw divers jumping off 50' cliff into cove. | own | |||
| 109
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25 Jul 1982 | St Abbs | South side of the Firth of Forth | Forth | Scotland | 13 | 45 | 45 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair | |
Fed wrasse, made much use of underwater communications system. | own |