North Wales, The Llyn and Anglesey 2016

[DafyddRees]

Happy New Year gents!

Hopefully our resident vis reporter, Denian will keep us all reliably informed as he did last year!

I will award 1 'Like' for the first fish of the year!

 

[grantl]

Sorry, Denian has defected to the far North........ beyond the wall.

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[Joejoe352]

when is this swell and wind going to stop? Anyone fancy a January trip let me know.

 

[Foxy]

Evening all

Having returned from hols in Mexico and having had a couple of cracking days spearing, Im keen to improve my depth and times. Now, from what I remember, one of you runs courses in the Manchester area - any chance of PMing me - id love a chat. Having the boat in pwll opens up a bit of fun for this year, so keen to get practicing!
Cheers
Pat

 

[apneaboy]

Not signed in for a while buddy, but that will be me

www.learn2freedive.com give me a bell if you want, i'll PM you now...

 

[apneaboy]

We have spearfishing courses as well as Freediver courses running again this year ... http://www.learn2freedive.com/spearfishing_course.shtml

 

[Johndory Hunter]

Spearfishing course? Never heard of that! Good luck!!

 

[foxfish]

https://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/guernsey-2016.104903/page-4#post-954138

 

[Joejoe352]

Quick report for all the lurkers. went in today at low tide about 13:00 on the south lyn. Water was 9c but felt warmer (I have a 7mm suit). Went in for about an hour Only dived to 6m but got a few scallops and sorted out may weighting and had a play with a new dive watch
. Vis was 2m at best so as a newby it was a bit intimidating but good fun.

 

[Joejoe352]

hoping to get in on the lyn on thursday anyone interested or any tips north or south???

 

[dyl12321]

What are you going for mate

 

[Joejoe352]

tuesday afternoon looks ok any takers

 

[dyl12321]

Looking good

 

[Joejoe352]

Got as far as Conway then had to come home because of accident on A55. If road is clear tomorrow I may try again Wednesday.
Fancy it?

 

[Joejoe352]

anyone been in recently. I am hoping to have a dive tuesday if anyones interested.

 

[Joejoe352]

Back in down south no scallops today, saw 2 doggies and some massive starfish which may explain no scallops?
Vis about 4m but it was patchy as the tide turned, water felt pretty warm and watch said 13c but I am not sure that right.
I had a walk in Abersoch to look at a shore dive spot but couldn't work out how to get to it can you walk down the yacht slipway?

 

[foxfish]

13c does sound unusually warm for the time of year, we have 10c in guernsey at the moment.
Should be some plaice around.....

 

[grantl]

13 c sounds warm but very nice. A couple of weeks back we had 6 degrees on East Coast Scotland which is a bit colder than normal. At the same time the West Coast was 10.5 degree which is probably slightly warmer than normal.

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[Broseidon]

Well done on getting out, I don't think that temperature can be accurate though - 13 degrees would be normal for around end of June / start of July temperatures.

NOAA is giving the current temp around North Wales as around 8.9 degrees which would be pretty average for this time of year: http://www.seatemperature.org/europe/united-kingdom/pwllheli.htm

To get to the main beach, go into Abersoch and up the road / lane beside the garage marked Lon Treath on the map

I wouldn't recommend shore diving Abersoch without either a boat or kayak attached to to you as the boat traffic is insane, here is short video I shot off the jetty a few years ago - just listen to the boats - one went pretty much right over me during the video, despite the fact that I had a kayak attached to me - thankfully I've got a good breath hold!

 

[Joejoe352]

That looks awesome I had my eye on the old outflow?