South West Ramblings 13

Mark Webster · Issue 84, May/Jun 2015 · pp. 64–69

Products mentioned: Nikon D7100, Subal ND7100, 105mm micro lens, Nauticam SMC wet lens, Inon Z240 flash, Inon Quad flash, Subsee +10 wet lens, Sullivan fibre optic snoot, Nikon D200, 60mm micro lens

The weather this winter has been far kinder than last year when we suffered several very strong and damaging storms which blighted the visibility for several weeks throughout the south west. We had to endure a fine grey/white suspension in the water throughout February, March and April which often reduced the visibility to 1-2m at best which certainly made finding subjects and photographing them a challenge. Dive sites also changed quite a bit due to the heavy seas with substantial scouring changing the topography which added to the fun of low visibility navigation on many shore diving sites. The milder and calmer conditions in January and February 2015 has meant more diving and also an early start to the season for some of the marine denizens. You can definitely see the seasonal changes underwater just as you can on land. As the water temperature begins to gradually increase after the w…