Diving with the colossus

This gigantic Nephrops norvegicus waves its claws against me. I stop. This is nothing like expected.

This colossus probably measuring up at 15 fabulously centimeters. He is king of his cave, and ruler of the sandy sea floor in front of me. Backing in to his cave he whispers silently to me: – Float any nearer and I will make seafood of you.

This dive was a pleasant surprise. Nothing like expected. Shallow water and a muddy sea floor was what I had pictured. The pier, where we could park our cars close to the sea, were the only reason for us to chose this place. I, and my dive buddy Nina, had also grown tired of our usual dive sites.

We saw many different sea animals. Ling was the most common fish at this places. A little bit surprising, because we didn't dive that deep. My depth meter stopped at 23 meters. They have probably come up from the deep cold fjord to prey on small fish in the warm shallow water.

I recommend this place to those who have just started out diving. There is no nasty currents here, nor no danger of getting to deep. You just follow the berg down to your favorite depth. When it's time to descent, just fin in to the each and follow it upwards. There you can take a really lazy safety stop. Laying on a shelf watching small creatures crawl around you.

TIL MEG SELV: Foruten lange, så vi flere sorter eremittkreps. Noen av disse hadde lange, blå tråder. Forskjellige sjøstjerner, en sjøpølse, små krabber, kråkeboller og mange kolonier med store o-skjell.