The owners, Michael are Steve were friendly and I found it easy to become part of the diving team.
I enjoyed my time diving with them which included training dives and leading fun dives. Most of the training dives were conducted off a pier in Port Erin while on fun dives we used the state of the art, Endeavour, as the dive boat (see photo below).
The water temperature varied from 14c to 16c so I wore a dry suite for all of my dives.
I also took my PADI enriched air diving or nitrox course with Discover Diving. This is a ticket I've wanted to get for a while now. Diving with nitrox means you use oxygen enriched air so you are exposed to less nitrogen, this makes longer and frequent diving safer.
The Isle of Man is home to an abundance of pristine underwater ecosystems. Sandy bottoms and rocky shores dominate the coast line with areas of beautiful edges and cliffs. A huge variety of organisms can be spotted from tiny nudibranchs and gloomy dead man fingers to massive brown crabs, lobsters and an array of pelagic fish. The island is home to a vast common and grey seal population which although I didn't get chance to dive with I free dived with the seals many times, so much fun.
Big Thanks to Michelle, Steve, Anne and the rest of the dive crew. Hopefully I'll be back to dive with you again but for now it's be great.
http://www.discoverdiving.im
For reference:
Michelle Haywood- +44(0)7624 300090
Michelle@discoverdiving.im
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