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Spike, is an ex-Royal Navy Clearance Diver of 30 years, and has been diving for almost 40 years - 10 have been in Qatar waters. He is still a Military Instructor/Advisor, but also a PADI/TDI Instructor, who specialises more in Technical Diving. Although Qatar doesn't have the visibility of the Barrier Reef, or the depth of the Red Sea, we do have many interesting wrecks, in depths of 18 - 50m; mor
A complete 180 from our last dive on Terry's: strong current, cracking vis (10m+), and hardly any fish...until, myself and Robert - on rebreathers - took a peep at the 'Cleansing Station'! With Danny testing his Big One (his new wide angled lens), and Karim back, there may be a few photos to follow...
16/12/2019
Good dive, bad dive, SQ always says it as it is: no ifs or buts or, indeed, even a maybe (sorry, if you’ve suffered 3 years of Brexit and the recent UK general election like me), but the dives on Saturday were CRAP! Possibly, exacerbated by the previous two dives being so good – this was Qatar diving at its absolute worst; however, it is what we must always be prepared for! Topside, conditions were ok, but I did warn, before the dive that, after almost a week of rain and windy weather, not to mention spring-tides from hell - the conditions underwater, probably wouldn’t be the best! And so it proved: as soon as the first group hit the bottom at Terry’s, they could hardly see the anchor, let alone the wreck…Big John wasn’t diving, so they couldn’t even blame him☹ Off to Huwaila it was then - one of the reasons we went to Terry’s, Huwaila is always decent vis, even when conditions elsewhere are CRAP! Thank Heavens, the vis was better (only just), but with the strong tides, the current was absolutely horrendous! Anyway, enough said, other than a bad dive is better than no dive: highlight, Dave spotted an Eagle Ray, but a combination of the strength of the current and speed it was travelling, meant he couldn’t get a photo. As ever, the photographers managed to make the best of some awful conditions, and got some really nice shots of those small thingees.☺
A pretty mediocre dive at the Marjan today, and then up pops this little beaut! Juvenille Whale Shark - well done Patrick, for catching it on video, although much room for improvement on the selfies! Another vid, by Christian to follow, including dit and a few photos from last week's dive on Terry's:-)
Despite the, lumpy conditions, we decided to soldier on North to Terry’s, instead of the more comfortable option, Pericles! Thank God we did…we were on a mission, and convinced that the Zebra Shark(s) would be there again. We wanted to confirm that there, indeed, were 2, and work out what they were actually doing there? Well, after spending almost 10 minutes ‘solo’ with them, I think I have the answers to both, and confirm the male wasn't wearing a condom! Hopefully, a dit and few more photos to follow, including ‘loads’ of those small critters (which apparently were in abundance), and I never seem to spot☺
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