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Lady Hole
The last shore dive at Beadnell and a nice site with a couple of dive options, one for newbies and one for the slightly more adventurous!
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A flatfish, species TBC!
The same tower slightly further out, the slits are located around the entire diameter of the tower to allow the crew to see any assailent and take appropriate actions.
This section is the only bit commonly found south of the boilers, you might find some bits of bow but its a swim and they may be covered in sand
King scallop (Pecten maximus) not a huge amount of 'live ones' here but loads of shells from where they are gutted by divers. Those present seem to have been 'thrown back' by divers who realise that they were undersized!
A Long Legged Spider Crab (Macropodia rostrata) there are loads on all or most sites, this is the most common 'camouflage'.
The Staple Sound side of the site is a wall smothered in Dead mans Fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and is a great scenic dive!
Christophe Badesco, a monster of the deep
At last something recognisable, in this case a small calibre gun and associated turret
Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), probably why a lot of 'non-locals' dive Babbacombe, I was a touch late this year.
All of the time keep an eye open for Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) they sting and the tentacles are a few meters long, always approach from up-tide!
A shaggy mouse slug, or sea mouse or more accurately Aeolidia papillosa, this one was spotted quite early in the season.
The boilers again
The propellor from SS Abessinia, due to the absence of a shaft was it lost 'mid-salvage' or was this the spare cast iron part?
A shot showing part of a shoal of Saithe (Pollachius virens) hovering above the kelp line wiating for the tide to turn!
Another shot of the propellor tip, this time from the side, maybe looking at the two shots it makes sense.
These Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) are very common and again in common with most starfish a good subject for macro work as you can get close and take very good textural and close up shots.
A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) the reason loads of divers visit the islands
Storm Emma or the Beast from the East, arguably the worst conditions I have witnessed at Beadnell, I was cut off for 3 days!
Not too happy at all!
The common nudibranch Polycera quadrileata, if there are 'lots' of protrubences at the head then chances are it's a faeroenis!
My 'northern most' lobbie, she was a good size and provided food for all of us along with rice and a delightful lemon and butter sauce.
And here is the business end, not really good as you cant get a sense of scale
The northern, vertical rock face is smothered in hydroids, sea-squirts and boring corals but no dead mans fingers, it's still nice and pretty in bright conditions
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