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Susie and Alan Gray |
Shearwater is available for daily and weekend diving charters when tides and weather are favourable. A diving day will normally include 2 dives, with depth ranges suitable for the qualifications and experience of the participants. Shearwater is owned and operated by Alan and Susie Gray, both of whom have been diving for many years. As well as being a qualified Coastal Skipper, Alan is also a BS-AC Advanced Instructor and a R.N. trained Sub-Aqua Diving Supervisor. We dive the coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, including St.Tudwal’s and Bardsey Islands. Strong tidal streams are a feature of the area and knowledge of the tidal characteristics here is needed to enjoy the excellent diving, with visibility in excess of 20 meters when conditions are ideal. From our years of experience diving this area, we find that best diving conditions rarely occur during spring-tide periods. We therefore arrange our dive programme outside these times when our customers are more likely to enjoy the diving at its best. |
Dive sites range from quite shallow, sheltered areas with exceptional life (including our extremely curious and playful seals), through to steep drop-offs and submarine pinnacles that rise from very deep water. Strong tidal streams in some areas make it incredibly difficult for fishermen to lay pots, so divers can regularly see unmolested, fully mature lobsters, crabs and crawfish.
We have our wrecks, but they are mainly shallow and broken-up and are not a major feature of the area, but the prolific and varied undersea life certainly is. The Llyn Peninsula enjoys a direct gulf- stream influence providing a point of convergence for species common in both more northerly and more southerly habitats. Examples from more southerly climes include Sunfish, Blue Trigger Fish and Mantis Shrimps.
Leatherback Turtles are seen in the area and migrate here to feed on the spectacular bloom of the Rhysostoma (or Barrel) Jellyfish. Although they breed in the Caribbean, Leatherback turtles are totally adapted to life here and are regarded as a native species. They are the largest of all turtles, with one stranded example, found locally in the late 1980s measuring 9˝ ft (3m) long and weighing almost a ton. The Leatherback is, however, quite difficult to spot so please don’t come here expecting us to readily produce one!
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Returning from a Dive |
Pre-dive Buddy checks |
To give some idea of the underwater life and topography of the Llyn Peninsula, one of our regular customers, Tony Gilbert, has provided some examples of his images, taken whilst diving from “Shearwater”
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Amphilectus Fucorom sponge |
Edible Crab |
Sunfish |
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Fanworms |
Grey Seal |
Ross Coral |
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Dragonet |
Drift-diving country |
Spider Crab |
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Cuckoo Wrasse |
Common Lobster |
Typical sea-bed topography |
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Rhysostoma Jellyfish |
Pipe Fish |
Tompot Blennie |
Shearwater
Contact Information
Alan and Susie Gray,
Crud yr Arwel, Mynytho, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 7RS
Tel: +44 (0) 1758-740899 Mobile: +44 (0) 7815-717241
Email: alan@llynmarinecharters.com
(please copy and paste this email address into your emailer to contact us)
Web Site: www.llynmarinecharters.supanet.com
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