This morning I had to thaw my frozen weight belt off the bench, knock the icicle stalactites off my buoyancy harness and de-ice the car before heading off for today’s dive on Lemontounagher Rock (Lom\u00e1n tSamhnach), near Puffin Island, Co Kerry.<\/p>\n
Despite the cold, the sea was calm, the surface conditions perfect for diving \u2013 and I really enjoy the
\ncamaraderie of sharing the icy conditions with like-minded, adventurous divers.<\/p>\n
Lemontounagher Rock has spectacular walls and ravines covered in dahlia and jewel anemones, and it was the inspiration behind the image title: a brown\/edible crab (Cancer pagurus), tending a garden of dahlias (Urticina felina).<\/p>\n
This is my second Irish winter dive of the year. Yes, I got cold \u2013 very cold \u2013 and I ended my day out washing my dive gear outside in the falling snow. But despite the ardour of it sometimes, it always brings a smile to my face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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