Diving from Portavadie

A weekend diving from Portavadie Marina. Great accomodation and facilties, pretty good diving. Distinctly iffy weather...

	Grass roof at the accomodation.
	I took this one for Ruth - she loves to see scallops swimming.
	Whelk
	Arctic Anemone - only the second time I've seen one of these.
	Arctic Anemones are quite big - this one is 6" across.
	Me!
	Seven armed starfish.
	The arm of a spiny starfish.
	A queen scallop and an edible crab.
	Queen scallop.
	Another seven armed starfish...
	Feet on an arm.
	Edible crab.
	Alison having a nap on a safety stop.
	Alison's new underwater camera.
	Alison winding in her catch.
	Ghostly long-clawed spider crab.
	A big bruiser of an edible crab. Maybe really an inedible crab then?
	Can you spot the little sea scorpion fish? Look for the eye...
	A collection of stuff clinging to rocks.
	Long-clawed squat lobster.
	A featherstar - swimming to find a new home. by curling it's feathery arms in sequence.
	Swimming featherstar - all spread out!
	A tiny hydroid.
	Another squat lobster - Galathea Sqamifers I think...
	The underside of a little starfish, seen through kelp.
	Otter rest site - how lovely!!!