swansea

[jimy286]

Was planning a trip up to swansea at some point

Any spearoes rond that parts keen for a fish. Or anyone know anywere good?

 

[ben]

Dont want to tread on toes or piss on your chips....but this time of year you will be really lucky to get any decent vis around here. Been struggling in West Wales since August this year!

If you do bring your gear...there is lots of potential around the Gower have a look on multimap. There used to be some gower spearos on here but not seen any activity from them in a while...

maybe this will lure them out...

 

[jimy286]

What bout Swansea its self? Il be staying near the Unie.

Dnt you just hate crap vis

 

[ben]

Spearing wise...nothing doing around swansea bay (uni) area but gower is only a just down the road.

Swansea is ok everything you need...pubs, clubs shops etc but if you surf, spear, fish (rod and line) etc the gower has lots to offer...... some fantastic beaches......but a bit murky this time of year!

 

[jimy286]

So will you be around that area to say good day/go for a spear if any good?

 

[ben]

Unless we have a very calm spell i.e. a good week+ of dead calm and i mean no wind, rain or swell, i would almost certainly say your chances of seeing anything at this time of year are very very slim

Let me know when your coming and i'll advise if you dont get one of the Gower boys to help you out first...... im 54 miles miles away in cardiff so im not exactly able to give a vis report. Just dont get your hopes up!

 

[jimy286]

Ritoe Il giv u a mesage when im Comen up.

 

[scottie3030]

jimy if u need someone go out with give me a shout gota 2.7m inflatable which i can take anywhere!

 

[jimy286]

Il prob be heding up within the next two weaks.

do you know the area well?

 

[Draenog]

I don't spearfish but I snorkel the area a lot.

Ben is right, you'll be very lucky to get viz at this time of year. We are in one huge Estuary (Bristol Channel) and have smaller ones either side so silt is always a problem, even in summer. He's also right that you're going to have to go to Gower, (or just past Mumbles at Limeslade at least).

I've just moved into a flat on Gower (Caswell) with this view http://www.homefromhome.com/mumbles/Mumbles%20Images/306caswell2.gif so I can give you viz reports, but I haven't got a landline there until 24th Oct, so have to wait untill I'm somewhere with internet to post.

If there is viz by some miracle, I'll be happy to show you some spots - though I look for general wildlife spotting rather than spearfishing so might not know the best spots for you.

 

[jimy286]

Nice view Draenog

Thanks for that.

How does line fishing go round those parts?

 

[Draenog]

There's plenty of fishermen about, and I hear of plenty of succesful trips, but I don't know much about it to be honest.

You might want to talk to these guys:
http://www.gowerrockhoppers.co.uk/

 

[Draenog]

Well - we've got a flat calm spell that's forecast to hold until the weekend. Caswell looked like a millpond this morning, though I didn't have time to go right to the waters edge to check the viz.

If this holds there might actually be some reasonable viz this saturday.

I've got my son this weekend so would be tricky to get in, but maybe possible.

 

[Draenog]

Well it looked pretty clear at high tide Saturday evening from my flat so I decided to give it a try at low tide yesterday as it was still flat calm.

Walekd down to the waters edge, but it looked a bit dodgy, so I left my kit on the beach and swam out 200m or so - but still couldn't see my feet.

Swam back in and went for a cuppa........

Going to have to head west for a winter dive at some point.