Babbacombe June 08

[simonmort]

Compressor sold last year, is the response i have had . but air fills are just at the top of the hill from divers down.
no change to diving.

just waiting on response from the morningside hotel.
simon.

[triplefin]

It is as Simon says. My club were diving down there last weekend and although I didnt dive I did walk down the hill to meet them. No airfills any more and the carpark has been sold to the hotel owner. Apparently he has to keep it as a public car park but how long that will continue remains to be seen. Sadly I think diving at Babbacombe will become a thing of the past so make the most of it. Not many cuttlefish were seen last weekend but the viz was not too bad. Several pairs of divers did find themselves taken by the current round the pier and beyond and had to clamber out over rocks. Possibly just an odd day on which the currents were different but something to bear in mind.
Have a good time guys and sorry I messed up and cant join you this year.

[triplefin]

BTW we ate in an italian place called Milan Milan and can recommend it - not too pricey and lovely food - its along the main Babbacombe Road near where all the fish and chip restuarants are
have a good w/end

[TimIngmire]

Anybody know what the conditions are like there at the mo - with the weather we had last night I can't imagine the viz is going to be great right now.

[simonmort]

well we had vis that was 5/6/7mtrs and then we had vis that was less than a mtr. But with saturday being sunny, and sunday being slightly cloudy. Would say wasnt a bad trip this year for babbacombe.

Some stunning images taken by all, well just the 2 of us that went!!
simon.

[whacky]

So when we gonna see them?

[simonmort]

Heres a couple of the images,

my first ever cuttlefish shot, Not the best but they got better. This was my first cuttlefish sighting.

This little fellow, was hid well out of the way


And this one i just loved the affro.


So what do we think?
simon.
Come on tim show them off!!

[TimIngmire]

Very nice Simon, how did the photo of the spider crab in the snakelocks turn out?

I'll post mine soon.

[TimIngmire]

Here you go:

[simonmort]

There you are posting some of your images tim, and im feeling pig sick.

Such a difference in the colours and the detail.

Im afraid the spider crab in the snakelocks, didnt turn out as well as appeared on the Lcd panel.

But here is a couple more


And heres the spider crab from my side just doesnt look right to me on the composition side of things.





Big improvement from last years images, and gives me a bit more hope for plymouth.
simon