{"id":12491,"date":"2023-09-07T19:22:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?p=12491"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:25:12","slug":"atlantic-outliers-north-scotland-12th-18th-august-2023-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/?p=12491","title":{"rendered":"Impromptu Anglesey Weekend- 1st &#8211; 3rd September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12491\" class=\"elementor elementor-12491\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7067581 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7067581\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2a978e\" data-id=\"e2a978e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7fe96a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c7fe96a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffadd62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffadd62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impromtu Anglesey Weekend - 1st - 3rd September 2023<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2531352 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2531352\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b66609c\" data-id=\"b66609c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b48cdc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b48cdc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Phil prepped Top Cat on Thursday evening ready to tow it to Anglesey on Friday evening.<\/p><p>We met Anna, Mark and Julian at 8.30am in the car park at Rhoscolyn in order to set up our kit, prepare and load Top Cat ready for launching. This was to be Julian\u2019s first sea dive.<\/p><p>Phil had planned 2 non tidal dives, however the first site on The Beacons had a strong tidal flow at either end therefore he decided to move to the small rocky island beneath the Coastguard Station. As Mark\u2019s ears wouldn\u2019t clear Anna dived with Julian.<\/p><p>The viz was 2\/3m at best and the site was silty. The water temperature was 17C \u2013about 3C more than we expected. The rocks were covered in short red weed, and Deadman\u2019s Fingers. We spotted lobster, Velvet Swimming Crab. Ballan Wrasse, Gobies, Tompot Blennies, Comon Prawns, Boring and Elephant Hide Sponges, Hornwrack , Star Sea Squirts, numerous\u00a0 Sea Orange\u00a0 and Bloody Henry Starfish.<\/p><p>Julian\u2019s first sea dive was 58 minutes long&#8212;- brilliant buoyancy and gas consumption!!<\/p><p>We went back to Rhoscolyn to change Julian\u2019s cylinder and take an early lunch break.<\/p><p>Our second dive was The Kimya. at 15m. \u00a0Mark shotted the wreck. The viz was 2\/3m, and there was a slight surge which washed the detached seaweed back and forth. Again, a silty site but a significant amount, of marine life. Large lobster, Spider Crab, Saithe, Pollack, Cod, Velvet Swimming Crab, Gobies. The port side was covered in Common Prawn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1347830\" data-id=\"1347830\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62331f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62331f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12510\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5ecd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d5ecd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We were joined by Amelia and her mum, Alison on Sunday. We dived The Beacons in the morning and The Ledges beneath the Coastguard Station in the afternoon. Both sites were silty and the viz again 2\/3 m. The Beacons did not have the usual variety of life. We spotted Velvet Swimming Crab, Boring and Elephant Hide Sponge, Sea Orange and Finger Bryzoa. There was a distinct lack of Edible Crab and Lobster. The second dive was much better. We found Lobster, Squat Lobster, Edible and Velvet Swimming Crab, Tompot Blennies, several species of Goby, Cuckoo and Ballan Wrasse, Gold Sinny, Snakelock, White Striped and Burrowing\u00a0 Anemones, Elephant Hide, Black Tar and Hedgehog Sponge.\u00a0<\/p><p>A super weekend with two of our newer diving members, Julian and Amelia, extending their sea experience.\u00a0 Thanks to Mark, Anna, Julian, Amelia and Alison for joining us.\u00a0 Thanks to Pahil for towing, launching and recovering Top Cat and for planning the dives.\u00a0<\/p><p>Trip Organisers: Pat &amp; Phil<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5729605 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5729605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_152745-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"20230902_152745\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_161524-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"20230902_161524\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230902_165357-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"20230902_165357\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecsac.org.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC05042-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05042\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impromtu Anglesey Weekend &#8211; 1st &#8211; 3rd September 2023 Phil prepped Top Cat on Thursday evening ready to tow it to Anglesey on Friday evening. 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