Just under two kilometres north east of Skellig Michael is its smaller sibling, ‘Little Skellig’ or ‘Sceilig Bheag’ in the native Irish tongue. I first laid eyes on Sceilig Bheag seven years ago and was introduced to the home of one of the northern hemispheres largest colonies of gannet, along with its incredible accompanying smell. […]
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Cahersiveen
Over the last 6 months I have come to know the County Kerry town of Cahersiveen quite well. As this is the home port of the Inbhear Sceine Kerry Sub Aqua Club, we have departed from here for many amazing diving adventures off the amazing South West coast of Ireland. On top of the incredible […]
Read MoreThe Magic of the Gloom
Of my many different diving experiences here in Ireland, the most profound would have to be depth. My previous South Australian dives averaged 15 meters, now off the coast of Kerry, it’s more like 35. With these depths come the loss of light, the loss of colour and the urgency of time. Below 30m, especially […]
Read MoreSo Long and Thanks for All The Fish
No I am not about to stop diving with these guys, far from it, I plan on many, many more dives to come. I am imagining however that these may have been the words my camera might have uttered as it captured its last image. Here we are on the east side of Puffin Island, […]
Read MoreUrchin Salad
We were diving very deep to avoid the surge above but even here below 30m we were tossed back and forth making photography tricky. While capturing this edible sea urchin I waited for the leaf like red algae to be pushed down flat by the surge. It never was, I think it had gotten impaled […]
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