The end of March saw Mid Herts Divers setting off for a few days in the sun to do some warm water diving. There were 14 on the trip, including 3 non-divers. 2 completed their Ocean Diver training and 2 completed most of their Advanced Ocean Diver training, only thwarted by high winds on the last day! Four went for an extended week/10 days package holiday whilst the remainder just went for 5 days that allowed us to get six dives in at Puerto del Carmen, only a short distance from the airport. Safari Divers were great hosts arranging Ocean Diver referrals, accommodation and equipment hire.
As well as the mainly shore diving, we managed to get in a RIB dive to explore some of the old harbour wrecks. Depths encountered were from a shore wade-in and down to 30m. Visibility was good, water temperature at 19 degrees compared to 6 degrees back in Arlesey and Stoney Cove. Angel sharks, rays, cuttle fish, octopus and the rarely seen sea-horses were seen.
A great trial trip for Mid Herts Divers to get newer members trained up whilst the UK waters were still cool and for experienced divers to just enjoy the sun and diving. An added bonus was a great social event with everyone getting together for local sight-seeing, runs and evening restaurant visits.