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The seas were pretty calm on Saturday, and we went out for a couple of dives at the Hermes and Virginia Merchant.  The vis at the Hermes was terrible, but Virginia Merchant wasn’t bad and we saw a huge Black Grouper on that Dive. 

On our way home I asked Jules if she fancied going for Sushi at Salt Rock Grill for lunch, which was my way of delaying the studying I knew I had to start in the afternoon. We went home to have a quick shower and dump our dive gear, and managed to catch the end of the Hibs Vs Hearts derby on the Radio.  As I was in the shower the Hibees went 2-1 up and won the match.  I ended up celebrating the Hibs win with a couple of pints as we sat in the sun and ate Sushi.  I continued my study-avoidance with more beer and Howard Stern on the radio, and we ended up sitting out on the Patio for the rest of the afternoon. Just around sunset we spotted a pair of Rays swimming along in the shallow water - a perfect end to a great day.

Unfortunately for me, I had picked up way too much sun on my head at Salt Rock and had developed a case of Sunstroke by the early hours of Sunday morning.  I was really bummed out at the prospect of missing the dives we had planned as the sea was completely “flat calm” and I was due to reach my 100th Dive.  After some gentle prodding from Jules I decided to go anyway.

I really didn’t feel that great as a headache, a sunburned head and cold water don’t go together very well.  However, it was worth the pain to get my 100th Dive in at a very calm Southwest Breaker.  The highlight of the dive was when Jules and myself found an Octopus being chaperoned around the reef by some coneys.  This was the first time I’ve ever seen an octo out in the open during the day, and it quickly moved to a new hiding place.

Photos of the Octopus on the reef, and the Coney with the octopus hiding under a rock are below.  More photos are up in the photo gallery.

  

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