Observation Start Time: 16.39
Observation End Time: 17.52
Weather Conditions: Sunny and Calm
Depth of Observations (indicate meters or feet): 5-9m
Water Visibility (high, medium, low): Medium 3-6m
Water Turbidity (high, medium, low): Low
Water Current Direction: Low
Water Current Speed (high, medium, low): Non
Water Temperature (indicate C or F): 15C
Notable Flora: Kelp, Sugar Kelp, Aplidium punctum, Boring Sponge, Morchellium Argus, Hydrallmania Falcata, Pot Weed, Sea Mat
Notable Fauna: Sea Hare (many, mostly mating), candy stripe flatworm, compass jelly fish, very large edible crab, school of juvenile bib, ballan wrasse, ling, large plaice, Ling, velvet swimming crab, spider crab, sand eels, Onchidoris Luteocincta (Fried Egg Sea Slug), Mermaids Purse -- Other divers saw 'baby' cuttlefish too.
Other Observer Comments: Dived at low tide in a group (Nina Hukkanen & Izzy Imset). Dropped in on a direct line from the ramp and on a bearing of 220 hit wreckage (the Preveza) at 5m. Large population of Sea Hare would appear to be their mating season. Click for a photo album of the Project Baseline Chesil Beach Dives - July 2012
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| Cheryl Lombardo, Underwater Explorers Portland • PB Diver |
