Well, as the name implies I should dedicate this dive to our fellow buddy Dave, for returning to Malta and diving with us. However this is not the only good "cause". We also saved [the Russian Spy] from his vibrators (ask him for more details)& myself and Simon were suffering from withdrawals :D
Thus Buddies: Myself & Simon; Watson & Milo.
Dive Location: Cirkewwa, P29
Actual Dive: Relaxing deep dive; very calm seas & cool temp with good viz. Entry point was the 1st one (down the stairs), down on to the reef (no jellys this time YEY!) gradually going down to 34.4m near the prop (ex prop insomma). Quickly toured the patrol boat (10/15min max) and then back to the reef and out of the water.
Negative points: (a) disappointed with the lack of marine life: a few sea breams on the way and that's it + 1 flying guarnard + a few squid eggs on the P29.
(b)strong currents on the way back - its normal on the P29...must get in better shape! :D
Positive points: (a) great company, loved the dive
(b) diving in Cirkewwa is always diving in Cirkewwa....nuff said
(c) Il- Kafe ta' wara d- dive Joe.... talghassenin in San Pawl il- bahar. Should see us more often!!
PS Super Negative Point: Some Italian b@st@rd slaughtered all the groupers on the Rozi....I'd better not comment about this and censor my blog *&^&%$*$(%($*%$ :(( vaffa....
PS no 2: Priceless moment of this dive: Messaging Ryan Zammit whilst kitting up to let him know we were diving.....qed tara kemm nahsbu fik hux!!! :P
Till next one guys
Sahhiet
~D~
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
"She's Waiting For Us" Dive
21/04/11 - With free time in hand, thanks to the beloved Easter Holidays, we planned for a much needed "deeper dive" to (really) test our equipment. Luck was on our side as the weather forecast predicted E-SE (F4/5) winds, meaning it would be perfect in Cirkewwa; but...I never imagined it would be THAT perfect.
It was actually a swimming pool with non-existent currents / swells (hgiega kien il- bahar rahal!)with unlimited viz. Although the wind was a bit chilly and it was cloudy still it was a great dive.
Buddy: Simon C
Dive plan: Medium depth (20ish meters), down from Suzies's pool all the way along the wall, pass the sugar loaf..maybe reaching the arch and back. Good Plan...but:
Actual dive: down from Suzie's pool, past the sugar loaf, sand bank, ANCHOR (how could you not visit the anchor?!)...and there she was - smiling at us, waiting....how d hell can we stay away from ROZI? down near the rudder hell yeah we're back pedij style, 33ish metres (slightly off plan) *tuwwwwwom*! :D :D
Rozi is always Rozi - feels good to be back, we'll definitely visit you soon (and very soon!).
Marine Life: Unlike last dive we saw "something": Cipullazza, Tunnagg, Denci, Ceren imdaqqas, qarnita hoxna u xeba' zabri :D ahhhhh there's nowhere like home....Cirkewwa!!
Till next time - PS Happy Easter
~D~
It was actually a swimming pool with non-existent currents / swells (hgiega kien il- bahar rahal!)with unlimited viz. Although the wind was a bit chilly and it was cloudy still it was a great dive.
Buddy: Simon C
Dive plan: Medium depth (20ish meters), down from Suzies's pool all the way along the wall, pass the sugar loaf..maybe reaching the arch and back. Good Plan...but:
Actual dive: down from Suzie's pool, past the sugar loaf, sand bank, ANCHOR (how could you not visit the anchor?!)...and there she was - smiling at us, waiting....how d hell can we stay away from ROZI? down near the rudder hell yeah we're back pedij style, 33ish metres (slightly off plan) *tuwwwwwom*! :D :D
Rozi is always Rozi - feels good to be back, we'll definitely visit you soon (and very soon!).
Marine Life: Unlike last dive we saw "something": Cipullazza, Tunnagg, Denci, Ceren imdaqqas, qarnita hoxna u xeba' zabri :D ahhhhh there's nowhere like home....Cirkewwa!!
Till next time - PS Happy Easter
~D~
Saturday, April 9, 2011
We're Back!!
Yepp, after a surface interval of around 5,136 hours we're back in the water. With NW Force 4-5 winds, we had to abandon our initial plan (and favourite spot) i.e. Cirkewwa and thus had to choose another location to test our equipment (and ourselves).
The first dilemma was where to actually dive; options: Fra Ben, Near Coastline / Taht il- Maghtab. Near Coastline was like the moon and smelled like gobon tas- sajd (for our foreign friends: smelled like cheese of fishing)and most of us (non adventurous divers) chickened out. Taht il- Maghtab was another spot but (especially myself) was scared of radiation, ninetopous / fishes with 3 heads. Thus we had to settle with FraBen.
Nice location for an orientation dive: Calm seas, shallow reef...perfect.
Positive notes: very relaxing / chillin dive, cool water, 63min under the sea, had the time to practice some oldskool tricks like the "Manta Ray" swim by Milo.
Negative notes: the only thing we saw was bloody alka....and loads of rubber jollys in the carpark! LOL!
Divers: Myself, Milo, Simon C, and a person we cannot mention (till tonight) for privacy purposes :P :P
Till next time fellas...hopefully next week we'll visit the Madonna of the Cave in Cirkewwa!
Sahhiet
~D~
The first dilemma was where to actually dive; options: Fra Ben, Near Coastline / Taht il- Maghtab. Near Coastline was like the moon and smelled like gobon tas- sajd (for our foreign friends: smelled like cheese of fishing)and most of us (non adventurous divers) chickened out. Taht il- Maghtab was another spot but (especially myself) was scared of radiation, ninetopous / fishes with 3 heads. Thus we had to settle with FraBen.
Nice location for an orientation dive: Calm seas, shallow reef...perfect.
Positive notes: very relaxing / chillin dive, cool water, 63min under the sea, had the time to practice some oldskool tricks like the "Manta Ray" swim by Milo.
Negative notes: the only thing we saw was bloody alka....and loads of rubber jollys in the carpark! LOL!
Divers: Myself, Milo, Simon C, and a person we cannot mention (till tonight) for privacy purposes :P :P
Till next time fellas...hopefully next week we'll visit the Madonna of the Cave in Cirkewwa!
Sahhiet
~D~
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Here we go!
Summer is just around the corner, and the preparations for yet another awesome summer under the sea are underway. This season, apart from the usual videologs of our best dives, I will be keeping a "cyber logbook" to tell the tales and adventures of my buddies (if I am not too lazy to update it that is!)
Current situation: been out of the sea for too long (7months :S) thus next dive will be a shallow orientation dive - checking that every part of the equipment is still functionning. Hopefully this will happen during the next few weeks (weather permitting).
Sea temp: 16 degrees - pprepara s- suit il- hoxna, thermos kafe u tlaqna Joe!
Looking forward to a great season with all the crew: Simon, Cris, Milo, Dario, Claudio, Ganni, Ryan (for 2 weeks only i.e. :P), Sergio & Heather, Adri & Esther and all those who will join us.
Objectives for this season: loads of night dives, pedij gozo's, Imperial Eagle, Um-Els, and the usual Tuna Dives
That's it for now....watch this space for our aventures..
Sahhiet!
~D~
Current situation: been out of the sea for too long (7months :S) thus next dive will be a shallow orientation dive - checking that every part of the equipment is still functionning. Hopefully this will happen during the next few weeks (weather permitting).
Sea temp: 16 degrees - pprepara s- suit il- hoxna, thermos kafe u tlaqna Joe!
Looking forward to a great season with all the crew: Simon, Cris, Milo, Dario, Claudio, Ganni, Ryan (for 2 weeks only i.e. :P), Sergio & Heather, Adri & Esther and all those who will join us.
Objectives for this season: loads of night dives, pedij gozo's, Imperial Eagle, Um-Els, and the usual Tuna Dives
That's it for now....watch this space for our aventures..
Sahhiet!
~D~
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