Diving
Dives
I've dived with Carole Mullen 4 times:
Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
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4 Jul 1985 | Doris | Skye | Scotland | ![]() |
28 | 23 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen | ![]() |
One of the best dives ever for marine life. Ballan wrasse, pollack, dogfish, cup coral (fluorescent green or red centres), anemones (similar to cup coral and dahlia), huge purple and red sunstars, sponges 1 foot high. Very unusual nudibranch: 1.5 inches long, white/transparent - gills with white blobs on end. Even saw some of the wreck. Vis excellent. Sandy bottom with dead men's fingers growing out of it. | own | ||
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12 Jul 1985 | Isle Martin | Loch Broom | North-west Scotland | Scotland | 38 | 12 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen | ![]() |
Dived on north coast of the island. Very steep slopes alternating with vertical cliffs. One of the darkest, most lifeless dives I've ever had. Counted two cuckoo wrasse, several Devonshire cup corals and one unusual anemone. Good dive but a real contrast to the north coast. | own | ||
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12 Jul 1985 | Leuim an Fheidh | Cliffs to north of Isle Martin, Loch Broom | North-west Scotland | Scotland | 30 | 9 | 11 | Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen | ![]() |
This dive made the previous one look teeming with life. The proverbial boulder slope, with life limited to cup coral and squat lobsters. Water very dark due to peaty run-off from the hills. Saw more of those strange anemones [sea cucumbers]. | own | ||
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3 Aug 1985 | Loch Long | Clyde | Scotland | 31 | 18 | 22 | Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen, Graham Russell, Sarah McCracken | ![]() |
Forecast SW 5 so called off the 'Kintyre' and dived at the usual spot in Loch Long. Straight down to 30m in very clear water, torch beams lighting first on a washing machine, then on huge boulders covered with anemones and feather duster worms. At 18 minutes ascended to 5m and spent another half hour among plumose anemones, wrasse, codling, blennies, crabs and clabby-doos. Good dive. | own |