The weather didn’t hold. We woke up whistling winds from the north, making the trip out to Coll impossible. So we settled for an atmospheric dive on the Shuna, lunch at Lochaline, then a dive on the Rondo, which everyone…

The title is not a cryptic crossword clue, but a summary of the day. Elizabeth Rock, an underwater hillock near Bo Fascadale, is crawling with nudibranches. Especially the big white furry ones whose name we can’t work out. Photos to…

We woke up to find it was foggy. Very foggy. So we scrubbed the plan and went diving at Sligneach Mor in Loch Sunart instead. This is an island heavily populated by seals, who haul out at low water. After…

Normally, on the first proper day of a dive trip, we take it easy. But a perfect weather forecast is too good to miss out on. Clidive Yellow cruised out of the Sound of Mull north to Eigg, one of…

Pick up boat. Drive to Glasgow (slowly). Kip in a lay by. Wake up. Drive to Oban. Spend £400 on boat fuel. Squeeze onto a ferry with 2 inches to spare. Launch the boat. Go diving. Then, the next day,…