Thursday 1 March 2012

It begins....

My breathe holds are shocking. I'm currently struggling with a two minute dry static. However I've started running and today had my first (quick) dive of the year. The water felt freezing, the visibility was quite poor and my suit seems to have developed several leaks. It was great to get back in the water though and my friendly seal came to say hello. She seemed quite cagey probably because I have been away so long.

My gloves have no fingers (wear from loading my gun) and it turns out my boots have holes in the soles which I hadn't noticed. It's definitely time for some new gear. I'm looking at a 6mm Elios made to measure suit, new boots and new gloves. When I'm all wrapped up I might venture in for a night dive, but it will probably take a month or so for the suit to arrive.

In fact I've just ordered the suit ( from Spearo ). In the meantime I'm going to set about repairing my suit enough to get in for a night dive.... watch this space.