Apr/092
All the ducks are swimming in the water
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An interview with Alex Diamond of Diamond Diving. We join Alex on the easydive Antibes dive boat where on a beautiful June day in early season we learn what kind of marine life we can expect to see in Antibes, what level of diver you have to be, and why diving in the med is all about where you dive. The Cote d'Azur is in fact: a world class dive spot.
Apr/090
Diving With Diamond Diving in Saint-Raphaël
Diving with Diamond diving was a pleasure this weekend, but as Alex himself says: "c'est normale". The weather wasn't the best for our 2 days in St Raphael, but the hotel was nice and I didn't really mind the rain on the second day as the wind on the first. The Ile du Lion de Mer was pretty choppy with wind gusting up to about force 4 at times. But here's what the site has to offer.
The second dive on Sunday was in a calm, rainy sea off the Ile D’Or was stunning. The water was still 16deg, but being the hardy UK diver I am, I had a proper drysuit with enough padding underneath to keep me warm. The highlight of the dive was seeing a couple of jeuvenive barracuda hanging around looking meanacing.
I'm glad to have caught up with Alex. The great Diamond Diving news is that they're taking delivery of a new diving RIB this week, which should open up a whole new area of Antibes to any qualifyed diver. The cote d'azur actually is a world class dive site and I'm going to be going back there this year for sure.
Here are some photos from last year's trip to Antibes. The weather wasn't really great for photography this trip.
Meanwhile - back in Chamonix. Winter has reared it's head again and there's new snow. And it's still snowing. I think I might well follow a couple of days diving with a couple of days skiing. Perhaps the garden can wait. Damn snow killed my berlotti bean seedlings anyway.