shellbird once bubbled...
Yeah, what is the diving like over there. Can't be much different than it is here in New England. Cold, mediocre vis. Do tell. You too Irishdiver, what is Ireland like to dive? My friends visit Ireland quite a bit but they only dive into Guiness. Friend visited Dingle recently and my present boyfriend has an old flame in Dublin.
[Just in from the pub after celebrating my b'day...hic!]
Shell, my dear, if you haven't dived off the west coast of Ireland...where you been all your life!
Galway Bay, Aran Islands, Inis Boffin island are all fantastic dives sites. Cold, deep-ish (40m+), and full of currents; but the life is fantastic and the viz is excellent in the summer. Doesn't compare to, say, the Red Sea, but this is a very different type of diving...very challenging. Not too difficult, but it requires good compass work, particular mindset, and an ability to deal with whatever the waters can throw at you.
I don't know if your friend is a diver but if s/he was in Dingle and didn't dive...they really missed out. It's a beautiful location, good dive centre there, fantastic 30m+ diving just at the mouth of the harbour and on either side. Huge fish, crystal viz. Fungi, the dolphin, usually shows up to join in the dive as well. I've dived there on a number of occasions, though it's a five-hour drive from where I live. If the weather is right, it's magic!
BTW, it appears that your government is shipping munitions to the Gulf through our airports. Some outcry here about that (we're supposed to be neutral, whatever that means). The whole situation is a bit of a mess. Let's hope it all gets sorted out. Soon.
See, Dee - we're all able to have a civilized conversation about the most sensitive of subjects. No need to pull the thread and treat us like children, even if we act like them every so often!
