Dropped down just a few yards out; Derek tested his buoyancy for a short while, then we sent up the blob. We headed off north over rocky weedy ground which had a few interesting reefy lumps here and there. Plenty to see - several pipefish (greater, and well into the dive I found a snake pipefish), gobies, blenny, wrasse, and a dogfish.
There were all kinds of crab - very well camouflaged long-legged spider crab, velvet fiddler (also known as witch or devil crabs, most probably because of their red eyes), hermit crabs, and what was probably a harbour/swimmer crab with green eyes (see picture). There was a solitary giant sea-squirt like the one at Meadfoot the other day, prawns, and lots of worm tubes in the mud and whelk trails.
The new yellow and black reel was fine. It wasn't particularly easy to wind in, but is nice and compact and much more sensible design than many others I've tried. Strobe worked well; I set flash on camera to autoflash and made sure there was a patch over alternate light sensor.
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