Diving with Seals - Farne Islands | UKDiver

[@BlueHorizonDiving]

Love diving the Farnes!

[@craigmiles298]

The video is great. Please keep them coming.

[@UKDiver]

Thanks for the support Craig! Appreciated pal 😎

[@diveclyde]

The baby fish was a young cod I think. It has a chin barbel so definitely not a pollock. Great underwater footage.

[@UKDiver]

Hey! Thanks for the education and cheers for the compliment. I’d have been happier if it was slightly less green and snotty, but hey, this is UK diving!!

[@christinat9259]

I've never wanted to get dry suit certified until now. Thanks for the video!

[@UKDiver]

You’re welcome! Let me know if you ever fancy a bimble to the Farnes. Ill introduce you 👍😎

[@davesmith559]

Good video, thanks.

[@UKDiver]

Glad you liked it!

[@JURASSICCOASTMODELLER]

Super jealous…..looks like a great place to dive!

[@UKDiver]

Really nice pal. You’d enjoy. We’ve got a couple of trips next year. Check them out on the Pontefract scuba club page and drop me a line if any of the date suit 👍😎

[@JURASSICCOASTMODELLER]

@@UKDiver thanks will do

[@Mrveescuba]

well done mate another amazing vid!!tnx for sharing

[@UKDiver]

Thanks for the support as always pal! 👍

[@stevenlovell3466]

Andy, another very entertaining video, looking forward to some stuff from your Malta trip. By the way, the latest rendition of your beard looks well dodgy.

[@UKDiver]

😂😂😂 It’s changed again pal! Had to give it a good old trim as had some interviews last couple weeks. Another tomorrow 🤦‍♂️ Yeah, I’m over in Malta with Brian Davies from the Brain Davies Scuba channel, so should be a cracking week 👍

[@stevenbaxter5149]

Lovely octopus mate 👌 looks like you had a great trip

[@UKDiver]

Had fun. Always a pleasure diving the Farnes!!

[@ceej8582]

Great video. I live in Northumberland and this is the first dive im going to do after completing my open water with PIDA. Just curious how deep do you go to be able to spot the seals/wildlife?

[@UKDiver]

Hey! Thanks for the comment and good luck with the course. To be honest, anything from snorkelling on the surface down to 20m and you should see them. Like anything with wildlife, it’s hit and miss whether they will bother with you. We went a couple weekends ago and nothing. Go looking for other stuff and if you get some seal action, it’s a bonus 👍

[@scubavery]

There next week weather depending. Like the tip about DONT look into there eyes 🤣but will try not too . I was going to do the same video like yours how am I going to top that especially with the octopus 😡😁

[@UKDiver]

Lol! Sorry pal. You’ll need to bring your own Katie to be super spotter for you!

[@scubavery]

We’ll I won’t be needing Katie any more as it’s been cancelled due to high swells 😭

[@UKDiver]

@@scubavery oh no. That's rubbish. Sorry to hear pal

[@sensoryneuron6365]

Can you dive there also in December?

[@UKDiver]

I guess you could, but there would be a couple of issues. Firstly getting diveable weather in December will be quite the challenge and secondly, most hard-boats will be out of the water by this point for annual maintenance. But if you’ve got your own boat or a skipper willing to take you and there is a break in the weather, there is nothing stopping you.

[@sensoryneuron6365]

@@UKDiver Hi, thank you for your reply. What about early november? Would that be better?

[@UKDiver]

@sensoryneuron6365 personally, back end of October / very early November is my limit for booking diving in the UK. Too much risk of getting blown out after that for me. Some say fortune favours the brave! I say “have a plan B - chances are you’re gonna need it!” 😂 If you’re keen to go, give some of the skippers a call and see when they are pulling boats out. That’ll be your hard deadline if you’ve not got your own / club boat 👍

[@sensoryneuron6365]

@@UKDiver that's perfect, thank you for the advice. Also, is it possible to rent equipment there?