A lovely clear sunny day and I got to Babbacombe Bay 08.40, with a very supportive wife.
The sun was up the mist was there he water was flat calm and inviting. Kev and Viv were there and the opportunity to dive in the Bay at nearly high tide was so attractive. So we dived as a threesome. We had a sort of a dive plan “that way and then round a bit and come back”. That proved to be very successful as we came across a cuttlefish that was very happy to be photographed. This was a lovely dive.
Kev and Viv left to be busy fort he rest of the day and then to have an evening dive at Budleigh.
I met up with Simon and Gavin to the afternoon dive. This was a dive that was planned to be further out and move across the bay. Some crabs at the beginning but on the way back to shallower waters I came across the biggest spider crab I have ever seen before at the bottom of a permanent buoy. As we moved across to the mushroom rock the life we could see began to increase with a large pipefish in the last minutes of the dive. This was another really lovely dive.
Babbacombe is a great place to dive where you can have a very relaxed dive, not a lot of depth but with a lot of life. Also there is a very nice café serving freshly cooked hot food as well as hot drinks.
You just have to get their early to ensure that you get a place in the very small car park!
Or you can go via the link: Babbacombe Bay 27th June 2010
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