Made my first trip to the Louis Shield at Thurlestone (South Hams) this morning. Bloody freezing getting changed but fine in the water. Offishore winds all week ensured the viz was pretty good for the time of year 5-7m. A very pretty dive with lots of rock and sand gullies covered in kelp, sea anemones (excuse spelling) and the like. Saw an edible crab but too small for the pot. Also saw a small shoal of sand eels so I headed to the bottom to wait and see if anything larger was following. No such luck, no proper fish seen at all but the ground looks excellent and I can't wait to revisit in the spring/summer when the fish return.
I've never dived a wreck before and I wasn't too bothered about finding it but it found me. It's so close in you can't miss it. I got a really spooky feeling when I happened upon it, can't explain it really but I felt like I wanted to leave as soon as I got there. Maybe I'd be more brave if I had had some company. It was only in about 4m of water at low tide.
May have to get the fishing rods out soon, doesn't seem much hope of bagging anything with the gun at the moment.
Talk about desperation!
