My checkout dive in Mallorca was delayed due to vast numbers of small red, stinging jelly fish. These had been brought in by unusal weather conditions, forcing the local beach to be closed on some days. It was over a week before they cleared and we were able to enter the water for our first dive.
This took place in a sheltered cover near Cala D'Or. From some steps we swam around the rocks, over swaying forests of seaweed and eventually through a rock arch. To be honest, the visibility was poor and the sealife was mainly the seaweed, but at least the water was warm.
A couple of days later and the weather had settled enough and we went out to sea in the boat. Only a brief ride out, but again evidence of plenty of jellyfish, but this time much larger than the red ones that had been blown in shore. This could have been a deeper dive, but we limited to 30m, and were joined by Baracuda and Eels. Once more, plenty of rock formations and an interesting dive, which would have benefited from the torch that I'd left in my hotel room.
Not as inspiring as other holiday resorts, maybe it was just unfortunate summer weather that caused the problems.
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