Just back from Lochaline, we had 3 days great Diving in the Sound of Mull on Lochaline Charters MV Brendan, staying at Morvern Lodge which was brilliant, a house that sleeps 12 nice comfortable accommodation at a great price.

We all arrived on the Friday afternoon/Evening and some had a Dive on the famous Lochaline Wall which is a Shore dive onto a sheer wall which reaches from 6metres to over 90metres. Visibility was pretty good and the Divers had a decent Dive. We ate in the Lochaline Hotel which has a real 'cheery welcoming' atmosphere....

Saturday we were ropes off at 0900 and Debbie had a bit of a Cold but when she heard the Dives were the Rondo and the Hispania she got much better.

Rondo is normally diveable at most states of tide and we jumped in to maybe 5m vis which is poor on this wreck...after 35metres it was reported the vis improved but is till think Narcosis played a part in the vis clearing...

Hispania again was 5-6m and was poor for this wreck, the particles in the water looked like it was the end of another Plankton Bloom...lots of jellyfish about and i noticed a lot of change in the Hispania with the stern really rolling over to Starboard...a good dive even with the tide picking up on the shot.

Saturday Night we had another meal at the cheery Lochaline Hotel, the excitement that night being caused by Andy from Durham locking his keys in the Car...luckily the AA managed to get in via a window and he got his keys back.

Sunday 0900 Ropes off and it was Thesis and Shuna, we arrived at the Thesis an Hour before Slack to find that the Sound Diver had his Divers in already Tide had slackened over 90mins before it should have! so a frantic scramble to get in and we managed a decent dive...i lost my Buddies so was watching a Conger in a Pipe when i suddenly felt the Tide began to run, the Fish all began to disappear...i headed over to the shot, which on descent was vertical, now was at an angle of 45degrees, i headed up the line then decided the tide was too strong so l;eft the other Dive pair heading up the line...I met my Buddies at the bottom and i was ready to send up my DSMB, not sure what they thought I was up to and they headed up the line. I sent my DSMB up and set off, i soon drifted over the four Divers on the line all holding onto the Buoy at 20 metres....certainly made me laugh all the way up.

We arrived at the Shuna which again can be dived any state of tide, normally a 'dirty' wreck i knew it wouldnt be great vis, everyone dropped in when they were happy with their Surface Interval..dropping down the line it wasnt great vis and we arrived at the Stern Winch, one hold back and we were at the spare Prop and the Steering gear, again I lost my Buddies so had a look at Prop and then along to Bow and back after 30mins i headed up the line and met my Buddies who had well over 15mins of stops...being on my Rebreather i had no stops but i waited with them until they were clear, after a 50min dive time we surfaced.

I headed home about 1600 and got back to Edinburgh about 1930...on the Monday I think they Diver the Hispania again and a scenic Dive on a Wall which was excellent as vis had improved.

It was a good weekend and was spooky as our Skipper Robin was the Skipper when i organised my first Trip up there 11 years ago...it was good to catch up with him.

Good trip, Great Company and even after 10 Trips up there it is still Good Wreck Diving