Diving in Majorca?

Having missed out on a cheap trip to Malta in October half term week,
wife and I have booked a week in Alcudia.
Can anyone tell me if there is any diving to be had in this area? if
so, any recommendations for people to use?

TIA

Reg

"PanMan" <reg@talktwoone.com> wrote in message
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> Having missed out on a cheap trip to Malta in October half term week,
> wife and I have booked a week in Alcudia.
> Can anyone tell me if there is any diving to be had in this area? if
> so, any recommendations for people to use?
>
Sorry to say that I think Alcudia is probably about the least interesting
dive location in Mallorca. I sailed and dived around Mallorca this summer -
and there is some great cave diving all around the island - except in the
bay of Alcudia. I have to admit I didn't actually dive in there - but that
was only because the dives in my guide book did not look that interesting
compared to stuff elsewhere on the island - so there may be some great stuff
that just wsn't in my book.

The guide book I bought for the ballearics is the best diving guide I have
ever bought with excellent descriptions (most in Spanish only but the fifty
best dives are in English) and superb illustrations and photos. I'd
recommend you buy a copy as soon as you get there, then plan around that. I
bought mine in Pollensa, just a few kms from Alcudia, but I expect it would
be available in Alcudia too. Sorry - can't remember the name now. It is down
on my boat still - I'll try and remember to bring the name home tomorrow
night.

Ric wrote:

> "PanMan" <reg@talktwoone.com> wrote in message
> news:3F815780.15A1B98A@talktwoone.com...
> > Having missed out on a cheap trip to Malta in October half term week,
> > wife and I have booked a week in Alcudia.
> > Can anyone tell me if there is any diving to be had in this area? if
> > so, any recommendations for people to use?
> >
> Sorry to say that I think Alcudia is probably about the least interesting
> dive location in Mallorca. I sailed and dived around Mallorca this summer -
> and there is some great cave diving all around the island - except in the
> bay of Alcudia. I have to admit I didn't actually dive in there - but that
> was only because the dives in my guide book did not look that interesting
> compared to stuff elsewhere on the island - so there may be some great stuff
> that just wsn't in my book.
>
> The guide book I bought for the ballearics is the best diving guide I have
> ever bought with excellent descriptions (most in Spanish only but the fifty
> best dives are in English) and superb illustrations and photos. I'd
> recommend you buy a copy as soon as you get there, then plan around that. I
> bought mine in Pollensa, just a few kms from Alcudia, but I expect it would
> be available in Alcudia too. Sorry - can't remember the name now. It is down
> on my boat still - I'll try and remember to bring the name home tomorrow
> night.

Thanks Ric. If you could find the book it would be appreciated, but I think we
may have to travel further afield if we are going to dive at all.

Reg

Hi,
I'm just back from a week in Mallorca staying in Port Pollenca. I
dived with Scuba Mallorca (based in town) and did a couple of dives
along the SE side of Cap de Formentor. Nice dives with 25-30m vis,
but not too much to see. Lots of fish, but all of the smallish
variety.

I checked out the dive centre before booking dives with regard to
surface intervals and saw-tooth profiles etc (which I've experienced
in Mallorcan diving before). They promised me that they'd stick to
safe diving parctises with a minimum of 60 mins surface interval.

Sadly, on the day, they didn't manage to honour this...

Rgrds
Callum

Callum wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm just back from a week in Mallorca staying in Port Pollenca. I
> dived with Scuba Mallorca (based in town) and did a couple of dives
> along the SE side of Cap de Formentor. Nice dives with 25-30m vis,
> but not too much to see. Lots of fish, but all of the smallish
> variety.
>
> I checked out the dive centre before booking dives with regard to
> surface intervals and saw-tooth profiles etc (which I've experienced
> in Mallorcan diving before). They promised me that they'd stick to
> safe diving parctises with a minimum of 60 mins surface interval.
>
> Sadly, on the day, they didn't manage to honour this...
>
> Rgrds
> Callum

HiCallum,

Forgive my ignorance as a newbie, but what is a sawtooth profile?
Reg

PanMan wrote:

> Callum wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm just back from a week in Mallorca staying in Port Pollenca. I
>> dived with Scuba Mallorca (based in town) and did a couple of dives
>> along the SE side of Cap de Formentor. Nice dives with 25-30m vis,
>> but not too much to see. Lots of fish, but all of the smallish
>> variety.
>>
>> I checked out the dive centre before booking dives with regard to
>> surface intervals and saw-tooth profiles etc (which I've experienced
>> in Mallorcan diving before). They promised me that they'd stick to
>> safe diving parctises with a minimum of 60 mins surface interval.
>>
>> Sadly, on the day, they didn't manage to honour this...
>>
>> Rgrds
>> Callum
>
> HiCallum,
>
> Forgive my ignorance as a newbie, but what is a sawtooth profile?
> Reg

Hmm... my first attempt at ASCII Art... hope it comes out.

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Above should look like a saw tooth profile, generally considered a bad thing
for decompression purposes.

Deepest dive first, start deep then gradually come shallower is the theory.

Danny

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