by James
“Octopussy” and assorted tales from the Dingle weekend
20:55 in Club Dives, Club Holidays, Dive Sites, Diving, Ireland, SCUBA by James
This small octopus find himslef in the spotlight while exposed on the sandy bottom.
A good crowd of club members made their way to Dingle last week for the bank holiday weekend. Those down early enough on Friday were treated to incredible visibility diving in Smerwick harbour.
We were lucky enough to have good weather Saturday morning and took the chance to take both boats to Great Blasket Island and dive the wreck of the Three Brothers.
Saturday afternoon saw us take the shorter spin to Parkmore point. This site boasts spectacular scenic underwater gullies and provided the suprise of the weekend when numerous octopuses were sited. Once the dispute regarding the correct pluralisation of the word ‘octopus’ was settled (or so we thought) all agreed that the site was worth revisiting Sunday morning.
Sunday afternoon saw the small group of divers who could tear themselves away from the rugby visit a shallow site just outside Dingle Harbour known as “Fungi’s Bedroom”.
Fungi's Bedroom: A shallow but scenic dive.
This gorgeous cave-like swimthrough again provided outstanding scenery.
However, the real fun was on the way to the site. Fungi, Dingle’s resident dolphin, obviously found the outboard on the humber to his liking as he left two boat loads of tourists scratching their heads and followed us from the harbour to the divesite where he proceeded to circle the dive boat for the duration of the dive.
The weekend provided a wonderful showcase of what is great about Irish diving, stunning scenery, interesting critters and good visibility.
More photos can be found here.
