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Dive 66, Duke Rock Buoy, Plymouth, England, 20/08/2006

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In 13:52, dive time 36 minutes, max depth 15.5 metres.

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After seeking shelter from rough sea behind the breakwater (& a sandwich), swim to buoy and down large encrusted anchor chain to silty gravel bottom. NE current - bit like a drift dive. But good thing is any silt we stir up quickly cleared by it. Lots of different life to see, including a floppy orange-brown sponge, & lovely Janolus cristatus nudibranch. Richard's with Graham's SMB (up at start as we're in shipping area), but we lose Graham! Who surfaced (!) & finds us again. Camera memory fills up, so waste time deleting -:( But good pics from this & previous dive. Worth doing again. Good life around wrecked buoy too.

Hemimycale columella & Dead men's fingers

Tompot blenny

Janolus cristatus (nudibranch)

Eyelash worm (Myxicola infundibulum)