Dive 78, Hallsands, Start Bay, England, 05/11/2006

In 12:11, dive time 36 minutes, max depth 5.6 metres.

First test dive with new Polar Bears Explorer dry suit & Richard. In Dougie's pool yesterday only needed 7kg to do buoyancy test ok - but today needed + 6kg of rocks & weights! Did I get all air out of suit? Leaks at neck, so I'm wet on upper body T shirt & under suit, & cold :-( Tried adding air to get warmer - maybe that's some of the 6kg? Trim seemed ok - but most rocks in my dry suit pockets, so maybe ankle weights would be good. Lots of sand brittle stars, also hermit crabs, snakelocks anemonies & dragonets. Discovered later I should have turned the neoprene neck inside, like reverse polo neck, not like latex. So maybe leak & buoyancy completely wrong.