5th November 2006, Conger Alley Loch Long.
Typical “DANK” Scottish November. Windy, dark, overcast and cold.
Met up with Robert at Moodiesburn house at twelve thirty, dumped my car and off we went on the usual journey to Loch Long.
I love living in Scotland, great diving on my doorstep just over an hours drive to either coast.
Dive 1 (94): Conger Alley / Duration 51 Minutes / Entry - 14:14
We got to the site, no other divers around and a high tide, Straight in down to the left and straight to 30 Metres.
Reef right in front of us, slowly worked our way up the reef with a couple of congers to be found under the rocks a large fish with a sort of barb at the front (Ling / Cod?)
Plenty of large crabs, Squat lobsters. A couple of large wrasse free swimming around the reef and at the twelve metre mark I just couldnt believe how many schooling fish there was to be seen. Hunners and Hunners! Lots of little shrimp, crabs, anenomes.
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What a brilliant wee dive! One of the best for fish life I have done yet in Scottish waters!
Dive 2 (95): Conger Alley / Duration 50 Minutes / Entry - 16:04
After roughly an hours interval it was starting to get pretty dark so this was going to be essentially a night dive on a dark Scottish Afternoon.
This time we went in at roughly the same point but limited our depth to the 20 metre mark as most life was at 12 Metres on the first dive.
When we came across the reef we also came across a conger eel pretty much straight away then another and another, three congers found in the first few minutes of finding the reef.
Yet again a nice slow ascent working our way up the reef watching the squatties, crabs, shrimp & Wrasse all feeding and playing in the sea water.
Not as much life this time but still an enjoyable wee guddle in Loch Long.
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Seventy five dives this year, Ninty Five Total: 65 Hours 20 Minutes.
